Social Studies
Booklet
Maria Jose Velasquez
4/12/17
Index
Part 1
The hero 's journey
Part 2
The foundational myths
Part 3
The relationship between the hero 's journey and the foundational myths
Part 4
The GSDG
Part 5
The relationship between GSDG and the foundational myths
The hero 's journey
The hero 's journey is a template created and popularized by Joseph Campbell. This template shows the common pattern of a story in general more specifically the pattern the main hero follows. It starts with the hero he/she lives in the ordinary world but goes to an adventure in the unknown world (the supernatural) by a calling, here he/she faces many challenges and gets to a point where everything is almost lost the hero can even die but then the
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Some years later she commits suicide but as time passes her city become the great and successful city of Carthage.
Romulus and remus
This myth is about two twins, the nieces of a tyrant king that took the throne of his brother and killed his children so no one would take his throne expect for his daughter that gives birth to the twins the children are put on a basket i the river to die but a wolf finds them and gives them milk then a shepherd finds them and decides to raise them. Years pass and when Remus is kidnapped to be taken the king and Romulus decides to defeat and dethrone the king at the end they emerge victorious and like this Rome is born but time later the brothers have a conflict caused by the decision of who will be the king and because of it Remus
In the departure there is a miraculous conception because Romulus and Remus are sons of the god Mars, they were on “the belly of the whale” when Amulius left them in the river, and they had a supernatural aid when the she-wolf nursed them instead of eating them. They grew believing that they were sons of a shepherd, it was his ordinary world until they discovered they were princes. In the Initiation, they allied with some shepherds and overthrow Amulius, restoring the kingdom to his grandfather Numitor. After that trying to decide who should rule the city both received a signal from heaven (a boon). Then Remus was killed (Death).
The hero 's journey is an ancient story pattern that can be found in books from thousands of years ago or in just released Hollywood movies. Most stories follow the exact same pattern over and over again, but with different characters, scenes, settings and themes. Relatively new books like The Ender Games, The Hunger Games, The Hobbit or even Harry Potter, all follow the same pattern, but we can also find the hero 's journey in older books such as Alice In Wonderland or in The Wizard of Oz. The hero 's journey is divided into 10 different steps. This essay is going to analyze the hero 's journey in one of the most known books in the world, “The Maze Runner.”
The Four stages of the hero’s journey is the call to adventure, meeting the mentor, supreme ordeal, and seizing the prize for our movie we picked and our story is a real life movie not like cartoon and it’s about a kid that gets involved with the drug world and he is a really good A student and he lives in a bad neighborhood and wants to get an education but can’t.
During his landmark interview in 1988 with Bill Moyers, mythologist Joseph Campbell explained the significance of hero myths and why they continue to be of interest to audiences today. In his interview, Campbell explains that there are two types of heros and how their journeys might be different. Heroes have sacrificed and have a moral objective that inspire average people to want to do something similar. They have a transformation of themselves, that show anybody can change. As well as heroes go and achieve something that most would view as unobtainable.
The concept of the hero’s journey is significantly cliché. It seems that each hero story starts and ends exactly the same way in today’s pop culture. In Linda Seger’s “Creating the Myth,” she gives insight on what makes a hero, how this specific type of hero creates a myth, and the significance the hero has on the story. In Robert Ray’s “The Thematic Paradigm,” he defines two types of heroes in American pop culture: the official hero and the outlaw hero. These two types of heroes are different in their personalities and beliefs, with the official hero being family oriented and the outlaw hero being more individualistic.
The film Stardust fits the classic Hero’s Journey mold, while also having elements of a post-modern Hero’s Journey as well. Many archetypes from The Hero’s Journey are seen and some characters possess more than one archetype or stray away from the classical versions of their archetype adding to the idea of a post-modern Hero’s Journey. As you will see this film has the characteristics of both types of The Hero’s Journey. The first way that Stardust relates to the classic Hero’s Journey is when the hero of the film Tristan goes through the Hero’s Journey cycle.
This book, along with being a utopian fiction, follows the Hero’s Journey archetype. Even though this book may not have purposely been made as an example of the Hero’s Journey the book and many others follow the paradigm. It may not be a perfect example, however, it definitely has it’s moments. The first three steps of the Hero’s
This heroic quest, or, The Hero’s Journey, illuminates how Nick Carraway is a true mythological hero. The first step of the Hero’s Journey
Joseph Campbell’s theories about “The Hero’s Journey” can be seen in many pieces of literature including mythological and superhero stories, such as in the movie Spider Man (2002) and in the book Theseus by Plutarch. Spider Man, a well-known and loved modern hero, follows almost every step of the “hero’s journey” exactly how Campbell intended for them to. The Ancient Western hero, Theseus, is also another great hero that follows Campbell’s steps closely. Spider Man, Theseus, and Campbell’s steps share many similarities, such as the “Call to Adventure,” “Crossing the Threshold,” and the “Road of Trials.” Theseus and Spider Man, in my opinion, are two exemplary models of heroes that most accurately represent Joseph Campbell’s steps of “The Hero’s
The Heroes Journey, identified by American scholar Joseph Campbell, is a pattern of narrative that describes the typical adventure of the main hero, whether that be a fiction or nonfiction hero. The first step is the call to adventure, where something shakes up the hero’s current situation and the hero starts experiencing change. Consequently, this theory is also applied to the fictional hero Odysseus in The Odyssey and the real-life hero Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights activist. In The Odyssey, Odysseus embarks on a 10-year voyage from Troy to Ithaca and encounters many monsters along the way including a gigantic Cyclops described as “…a brute so huge, he seemed no man at all…” (9 89-90).
Mythology for many years has been seen as folktales and stories that help entertain people. In the modern world the influence of ancient mythology has been very impactful on the entertainment world, as it has allowed for the creation of fictional characters and films that have brightened millions of people's lives. The influence of these stories in ancient times may rival those of the modern world because of their vast influence on the world as it has affected many parts of it. The understanding of these topics is greatly led by the study of mythology which has given insight into human nature , and emotions of people as they often depict human experiences.
When creating a story, many great minds will use a pattern to enthrall readers and shape them into a hero. Established by Joseph Campbell, The Hero 's Journey is the iconic template many utilize to plan their imaginative tale. The Hero’s Journey is the cycle in which the protagonist ventures into an unknown world where he or she will go through a series of adventures and learn moral lessons. Heroes in ancient myths such as Homer 's epic poem, The Odyssey follows this formula since the protagonist, Odysseus, faces hardships throughout different regions that ultimately change his once arrogant character. Throughout Homer 's monomyth, Odysseus undergoes challenges that teach him the importance of humility.
Therefore, the Boy’s “Hero’s Journey” in The Road, while certainly not a traditional Hero’s Journey, does contain several key elements of the journey, such as a mentor, tests, and a supreme ordeal. However, the atypical journey of the Boy, particularly the lack of a clear denouement, allows the Hero’s Journey of the Boy to become open to the interpretation of the reader, and therefore allow the reader to transpose their own experiences and journey to the Boy as he struggles to keep the fire
Everyone has heard a good hero story, because they are everywhere, in the media, in history, and in even with each other. Tales of action and adventures have been around since humans have known how to tell stories, but every story has a similar journey that they embark on. The tale of the hero has many variations, but they each follow the same basic pattern that Joseph Campbell describes in his book A Hero with a Thousand Faces. Some stories only follow the basic outline of a hero, and others can be traced along the route exactly. An example that follows the outline exactly is The NeverEnding Story (1984) which is a movie based on a German book by Michael Ende.
• The hero’s journey: Harry’s narrative follows an age-old pattern found in numerous myths and stories. American mythologist Joseph Campbell analyses this storyline of the journey of an archetypical hero in his book “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” (Campbell, 1949), a work that has inspired many writers and artists. Classic examples of Campbell’s archetypical hero include ancient Greek myths such as that of the hero Odysseus, the story of Moses and Star Wars’ protagonist Luke Skywalker (cf. Colbert, 2008, 208).