The Campbell 's Hero Cycle

In the book “Hero” by Perry Moore, Thom Creed the main character, is a high school basketball star who struggles in finding his desire, love and the truth about his future. Though, there are many secrets that he is hiding, he then discovers that by facing his own insecurity, he would be able to find his happiness. Hal Creed, Thom’s father has always been supportive of Thom. He would attend most of Thom’s basketball games and cheer him on. However, Thom wasn’t the only keeping secrets, one of his biggest secrets would be him being gay. On the other hand, Hal is in pain after what happened to him in the past, his wife’s disappearance. This made him not really ready to talk about his past and not allowing Thom to speak or even play with superhero figures. Which then comes

Why would you get something like that? Never mind it is pretty cool. Even though its like 100 feet tall!!! I thought you guys were just going to the store and you came back with a mosterice truck! Is that what took you 5 hours? You are the best step dad ever! This is my step dad troy but his real name is adam but he doesn't like that name. That is why we call him troy. He is always getting stuff for him hos self or one of us. When he buys the stuff he doesn't tell so it is always a surprise.

This week I read the book Hero by Mike Lupica. In the book a teenage kid name Zach Harriman. But then one day is life is changes when he finds out that his dad, Tom Harriman, who worked as a special adviser for the president of the United States, was a super hero with super powers. Until he died in a mysterious plane crash on a business trip and the weird thing about it is that in the crash site no bodies were found, which made Zach curious. Zach though that his father’s death was murder. Therefore he wanted to see what actually happened to the plane. While doing this he meets a man named, Mr. Herbert, who says he has special powers like Zach’s father. Zach continues to see this strange man and figure out that he was like his father. He also train Zach so he know how he knows

A hero is born is how every story starts with the same story, climax, and ending, but with this specific story this hero wasn’t born he was created. Throughout the book and the cases being fought, Bryan Stevenson is the hero; the man in quest of justice. His motive and moral code is defending the innocents and protecting their lives within the corrupt justice system. With each case, he begins to see what he is capable of and how he holds the lives of these people. Such examples would be the puritans, acknowledging their sins and trying to be redeemed by God. However, finding redemption comes with difficulties in their path to gain their redemption. Although, for Bryan Stevenson he is trying to find the innocence in these felons on death

Tim O’Brien, the author of “Heroes”, discussed and elaborated his emotions and reactions to receiving his draft notice as a young man. He looks to Elroy Birdall as his hero, not for his advice, but his silence. He portrays his message on heroism by explaining that heroes don’t always give advice; however, they can sometimes be heroes just by listening. Tim O’Brien appreciates and admires the “mute watchfulness” of Elroy (O’Brien 278). He composes this argument through rhetorical elements and syntax.

The article, “The Hero’s Journey Defined” is written by Joseph Campbell. “The Hero’s Journey Defined” includes a series of departure, initiation, and return. In these stages of the journey, the participants must illustrate courage, acts of selflessness, and be caring towards others. This article tells to have a main idea of selflessness, selflessness is an act of concern/help of another person rather than helping themselves first. “The Hero’s Journey Defined” explains, for anyone to be announced as a “hero” they must put others before themselves, also it demonstrates that ordinary people can become a hero. Alike selflessness, another main idea is courage. Courage is the ability to have strength to perform tasks that one is afraid

How is my life like Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey? I can really relate to Joseph Campbell’s story because I was put into a very similar situation. There were many stages that were always challenging so to speak the, “call to adventure” or “crossing the threshold”. I might not be a hero, but my life still faces journeys and conflicts just like a real hero. Also, when i reflect my life as a youtuber to his Hero’s Journey, I can always see some type of similarity.

Throughout all of history there has been stories and tales about heroic characters saving their societies, or even the world. Over these eras, the way these heroes have been illustrated has changed and been refined by numerous people. These stories are called Hero’s Journey’s. There are three main types of heroes; Epic Hero, Greek Hero, and Shakespearean Heroes. Over time their stories have been twisted and turned in many ways. All of these heroes have many differences and similarities. The Epic Hero being a great warrior while the Greek Hero is civilized and the Shakespearean Hero is more centered on the wellbeing of their people. This shows the evolution of each of these themes throughout time.

Stages of hero journey are : The call to adventure, Refusal of the call, supernatural aid, Crossing the first threshold, belly of the whale, the road of trials,the meeting with Goddess, women as the temptress, antonement with the father, apotheosis the ultimate boon, refusal of the return, the magic flight, the crossing of the return threshold, Master of the two worlds and Freedom to live" ( 28-29). In order to become a hero according to Campbell you have to go through all of these 17 stages, but if we compared the campbell definition to that of the story of " The Myth of the Eurydice", sort of goes along with Campbell's notion up until the reward point. I feel as if the myth somehow complicates my theory because he doesn't really sacrifice ANYTHING, he's just doing something for himself. Trying to getting his sweetheart back. "He determined to go down to the world of death nd try to bring Eurydice back"(Hamilton). And how is that being heroic. Being brave doesn't necessarily mean being

Star War hate it or love it, it has captured the minds and imaginations of millions of people. I remember watching Episode IV A New Hope when I was a little kid and was memorized by it. Loving everything about the movie from space travel to the mystery of the force. But now I lost all hope in Star Wars after the last two newest movies which are The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. In A New Hope you can actually see the journey of the hero, which follows Luke’s Journey from being a teenager to a man by the actions he took throughout the movie. In the new movie the force awakens Rey is supposed to be the hero and has to experience events in her life like Luke that will change her to be a hero that she was born to be. Yet after watching the newest movies I feel like there wasn’t much of the hero’s journey, and that they gave her powers that seem unrealistic for her level of training. Even Anakin Skywalker “the chosen one” had to train for years and he was barely able to fight legendary fighters like Count Dooku or Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Many would agree that although there are many stories about heroes, they all seem similar in some way. Joseph Campbell wrote many books about this theory of a "hero cycle" that every hero story follows. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, this pattern is clearly exemplified and it shows the numerous steps in Joseph Campbell's idea of the hero cycle.

During Joseph Campbell’s, “The Hero With A Thousand Faces”, he explains a process. This process is the psychological journey that each and every one of us, can go through. It opens doors to new opportunities and advancements. There are many trials, and conflicts the hero must face. The journey ahead sometimes gets easier, but also difficult. I will be explaining how Joseph Campbell illustrates the argument that his story makes a compelling argument when it comes to stating a person goes through trials, and a life changing experience.

James William Loewen, who is an American sociologist, historian, and author, co-authored a U.S. history textbook and won the Lillian Smith Book Award.

A possible theme for Oedipus the King by Sophocles is that one’s blindness can hide the inevitability that is his destiny. Oedipus is in this situation. He struggles to escape his fate: killing his father and marrying his mother and believes he is successful. Sophocles believes that the gpds control one’s destiny and the inevitability that a person will do what is destined despite there hero’s intentions.Oedipus represent the standards of a true tragic hero: he is well known, basically good, his punishment is out of proportion compared to his crime, the audience at some point feels sorrow and pity for him, and Oedipus has a tragic flaw. During the whole story Oedipus thinks that he may be able to change his fate a live life how he wants but he falls to that which is his destiny.For these reason Oedipus is truly an example of a tragic hero and is unable to avoid his tragic fate.

Heroes like Batman and Iron Man are different because the viewer can relate to their shortcomings more easily than to the issues of Superman, for instance. As Stan Lee points out, what makes those types of heroes interesting is that they need to conquer their "own flaws and inabilities" and fight the villains at the same time. These characters are struggling with issues similar to those of the audience, they seem more human than the traditional archetypal hero and that helps the viewer to identify themselves with the character on the