Summary Of The Hero With A Thousand Faces By Joseph Campbell

In a interview with Bill Moyers, Joseph Campbell answered philosophical and almost spiritual questions through discussing mythology. At first, I genuinely thought he was lunatic but, there was something about his words that were relatable and fundamental. The discussion of Campbell’s book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, exhibited a pattern in all heroes throughout time and cultures. Accompanied by examples from famous pieces like Star Wars, Campbell revealed a hero that we all relate to. Campbell mentioned that a hero exists in all human cultures and heroes get updated. Moyers said “the hero evolves over time, like most other concepts and ideas and adventures” and to that Campbell responded the hero “evolves as the culture evolves”. This