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Hero's Journey Narrative Analysis
Maya Chase Nov. 13, 2015 8-4 Hero’s Journey narrative

The rain kept coming. It hadn’t stopped for days. The drainage grates bubbled as huge streams of water rushed down the street and into the ground. Penny, a firefighter, waded through the rising water that was now over a foot deep. She was coming home from a hard day at work, even though there hadn’t been many fires with all this rain, things had still been busy. Penny was a small but strong woman, and was enjoying her first career as a firefighter, but nonetheless was looking forward to relaxing in front of her favorite TV show with her children. Just as Penny rounded the corner that lead to her street, she looked up to see a small child being swept from her

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