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    a movie which the story is about hero journey and has archetype as the mythical elements that modern media have been creating. The researchers have not doing research yet about what is the director’s point of view while making this film. Thus‚ this analysis is based on our point of view (based on Joseph Campbell theory) only. There is no intervention from the director’s point of view in this work. Hero Journey In this study‚ the researchers apply hero’s journey theory by Joseph Campbell in regarding

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    Jim’s hero journey failed because he made too many wrong choices. For example‚ when he was buying flowers‚ he became distracted and unintentionally created an extremely extravagant bouquet‚ when he originally only wanted a few yellow roses. “But there was a problem: what were these flowers going to cost? The bouquet as she assembled it—as it came to be‚ in her hands—was broader and taller by far than what he’d come into the florist’s wanting” (Antrim 283). Once he realized that the situation was

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    instincts‚ had just killed a man. Pi‚ representing the civilized side of himself‚ felt sorry for the man‚ but he still stole all of his possessions‚ used his body as fish bait‚ and ate part of the man. He says “I will further confess that driven by the extremity of my need and the madness to which it pushed me‚ I ate some of [the man’s] flesh.” (284). This cannibalism ties to the other mentions of cannibalism in the book: when Pi describes how horrid hyenas are‚ and when Pi tells the true story where the

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    makes someone a hero? Is it their ability to put others first? Is it their bravery? I believe a hero to me is someone who goes above and beyond or isn’t satisfied with being average. A hero is someone who puts their own life at risk in order to save someone else. A hero is also someone who knows what matters in life and doesn’t let that slip through their fingers. A hero is someone who is determined to do the right thing and make sure others are doing the right thing. The hero in my life is my dad. He’s

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    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Although the reader is initially unaware of Harry’s future reluctant hero status‚ there is an almost stately importance surrounding Harry as he arrives on Privet Drive. Professor McGonagall asks‚ “You think it – wise – to trust Hagrid with something as important as this?”[2] To which the clever Professor Dumbledore replies‚ “I would trust Hagrid with my life.”[3] There is no doubt in the reader’s mind that Hagrid carries precious cargo – Harry. However‚ Harry’s

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    Objective(s): Students will be able to: Recognize the ‘The Road Back’ in hero journeys. Explain what the tenth stage of the hero journey is. Identify and provide examples of the tenth stage of the hero journey in other texts. Standards/Frameworks/GLEs: List the MO Standards‚ Frameworks‚ and GLEs that this lesson covers. A reference may be found at HYPERLINK "http://www.dese.state.mo.us" www.dese.state.mo.us Missouri Learning Standards: Grade-Level Expectations (Adopted April 2016 for implementation

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    In the book ’Life of Pi’ you find a young man‚ who grew up in a very religious world surrounded by animals of wisdom. The author goes into deep explanation of Pi’s life‚ about how he grew up in a zoo and had a tough childhood. Pi develops a love for a higher power and starts to grasp the understanding of God‚ by learning three different religions. The religions were Islam‚Christianity and Buddhism. After each of the teachers found that he was following multiple religions‚ each of them told him that

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    In the novels Lord of the Flies and Life of Pi the sensation of fear is a prodigious presence‚ fear is inflicted in Lord of the Flies mainly because the boys’ sense of judgment and behaviour ultimately changes when fear conquers and fear is encountered in Life of Pi because Pi experiences genuine terror once his ship has sunk and several acts of violence are committed before his own eyes. Fear is all-encompassing in both novels and this can be proven through exploration of the characters Richard

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    From the outset‚ Yann Martel establishes 3 major themes in the text‚ Life of Pi. These themes being Belief in God‚ The Definition of Freedom and Storytelling. Belief in God is a major theme throughout the text‚ although primarily introduced throughout Part One of the book. Throughout the novel‚ Pi’s belief in God and love of religion is made clear by Martel. Pi’s love and knowledge of religion is so philosophical that he manages to transcend the classical divisions of religion‚ worship as a Hindu

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    adults. As one of the main themes in “The Life of Pi” that lies under the surface‚ the anthropomorphism complicates the task of reading. While many adult readers would feel “demeaned” reading an animal tale since it is associated with low-level reading‚ the fact remains

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