The Hero with a Thousand Faces

ambition, if he was absolutely determined to discover the truth, there’s no way we could prevent him,” explains Christof in the movie The Truman Show. This idea is important to all who are taking the journey to become a hero. It’s up to the hero to make it happen. Whatever the goal, a hero is determined to ensure no challenge gets in the way. You can see this occur in many films, whether it’s a superhero fighting for justice, a protagonist battling against adversity, or even a regular person overcoming

created by the American mythologist Joseph Campbell and is a path that every hero must take in order for them to pursue their personal legend as Paulo Coelho describes in The Alchemist, a hero can be a human, animal or a magical creature. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “archetype as the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies” (“archetype”). During this path, the hero will encounter different obstacles that will prevent him/her from achieving

According to Mariah Carey’s famous lyrics from the song Hero,“So when you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong and you’ll finally see the truth that a hero lies in you,” she is saying that a hero is in everyone. Heros often are overlooked by many and are sometimes hard to identify. Though there are many heroes in history, it may be hard to find the hero in oneself. Standing up for one’s belief or showing an act of kindness or courage that is out of the ordinary can be seen by others

The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships Helen, daughter of Zeus and Leda, was said to be the most beautiful in Greece, desired by thousands of suitors. Thankfully, her outward appearance is reflected on the inside as well. Although Helen did some wrong, most of these unholy acts were out of her control, and in some ways made her even stronger. Overall, helen can be considered a hero, she had no say in who she got to marry, and the gods were not on her side. Even throughout all this she faced the

People need such stories, which drives journalists to write and the audiences to hear. More often than not in news writing, the scapegoat/ fall guy character in storytelling or the hero character that saved the world has been reapplied time and again to figures in different social contexts. One such example would be the Hero figures that saves the world and whom society adores. Society needs scapegoats or a figure to throw their emotions at in order to maintain the communication of its fundamental values

divine parent or ancestor, physical strength, a performance of seemingly “impossible feats” and an encounter with divine powers. Although the hero has his own characteristics, he will typically follow a traditional pattern throughout his life. Both the work of mythographer Lord Raglan and the Russian folkorist

There are many different ideas of what a hero is and it has varied throughout history. Today a hero is someone who stands up to the popular power or gives service to helpless people. A hero is simply someone who works at being the best they can as well. In modern day society, some look to Kim Kardashian to be a role model or Bruce Jenner as a symbol of bravery, but the real heroes in modern day society are the servicemen who all the sudden get attention for doing their job in a crisis. People like

The female character in Aang’s posse named Katara often reflects what Kal Bishop states on his online article on “The Temptress”, “the entity that causes the Hero to not think of himself; the entity for which the Hero is prepared to sacrifice himself; the entity that triggers the Hero's change of attitude; (and) the reward at the end of the journey” (Bishop, Hero’s Journey: Woman as Temptress). Interestingly enough while Katara is portrayed

spot which characters are considered heroes? Odysseus traits that qualify him to be a hero can be identified using Maria Gavilan’s article, “The Hero’s Journey”, that summarizes the ideas from Joseph Campbell’s book, A Hero with a Thousand Faces. The story that will be analyzed is the Odyssey, an epic poem by Homer which tells the story of Odysseus trying to get back to his home in Ithaca. Odysseus qualifies as a hero because he meets the following components based on Joseph Campbell's Model because

became somebody. The man shows bravery by staring danger in the face and still taking a risk to save others. The woman does not only inspire people all around the world she succeeds in her goal. The boy that stands up to the bully does a little bit of everything. Although heroism means being brave in the face of danger, and having the ability to inspire when everyone may be out of hope, failing to accomplish a goal fails to make a hero. A hero can help in a society by inspiring the people to become heroes