different--an explorer. This was where I was at my peak. Yards turned into jungles‚ and my dog became a very rare tiger‚ just waiting to be documented and put into my discovery journal. Exploring was my absolute favorite thing to do. However‚ as I grew older‚ I gradually stopped exploring. The backyard was simply that--a backyard; my discovery journal was thrown deep in a box and left alone for years. My inner explorer became abandoned on a desert island‚ in a place where it couldn’t reach me anymore
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Odyssey: The Journey of a Hero The Hero’s Journey is never an easy one. This particular journey‚ as detailed in Homer’s The Odyssey‚ is one of struggle‚ loss‚ heartache‚ pain‚ growth and triumph. It is comprised of many steps that Odysseus has to overcome and battle through in order to achieve his final goal of reaching his home and his loved ones. From the Call to Adventure to the Freedom or Gift of living‚ Odysseus conquered them all. The story begins in the middle of the story‚ as many
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What is the meaning of a hero in a story? A story would never be a satisfactory story without a hero‚ and without a journey a hero would never be existed. In every story‚ there’s a meaning to the journey of the hero. The meaning of the journey can be really important; it’s something that would open up the mind of the book to the reader. Significantly‚ the meaning of the story would teach the reader either of everyday life struggles or the true meaning of life. Most of the time‚ the author would express
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a big part of the myth in any culture. They are all different‚ yet each went through similar events in their heroic journey. These events were first noticed and described by Joseph Campbell in “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”. Campbell discovered several basic stages that nearly every Hero goes through no matter what
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"Or art thou but a dagger of the mind‚ a false creation from the heat oppressed brain?" In Shakespeare’s Macbeth hallucinations represent a psychological manifestation of the protagonist’s remorse and delusions. Macbeth isn’t the only character in the play who is manipulated and tricked by his own mind‚ lady macbeth also experiences apparitions. each hallucinatory vision comes as a result of both character’s wrongdoing. In act two Macbeth has a vision of a dagger before he murders Duncan
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Have you ever given the word hero a second thought? Everyone has a different hero‚ some might be family‚ friends‚ or famous people. Are these heroes the right heroes to look up to‚ or are they even true heroes. The concept of the hero and the hero’s journey is useful to the individual trying to understand their own life by helping others in need‚ doing what they love‚ and having a reason to live for. First‚ heroes and their journey are useful to the individual trying to understand their own life
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In every hero’s journey that I read in the past the heroes has to be a male there is never a female hero‚ Joseph Campbell talked a little bit about the heroine‚ which is a female hero‚ and most people don’t relays that women also can be heroes‚ the thing that caught my attention in Katniss the main hero in the hunger game movie series is that she was a great example of a hero not because it was the only hero journey move that we watched in this class that included a female hero. in the hanger game
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Odysseus ’ Journey as an Epic Hero In the epic poem The Odyssey‚ the main character Odysseus displays the epic hero. An epic hero is given certain qualities. These qualities make the person (usually male) seem larger than life‚ he or she embodies the values from their culture‚ he usually goes on a journey that consist of a series of trials‚ has an ego‚ and is able to persuade people with his conversation. This description describes Odysseus exactly‚ but leaves out one major detail‚ which are his
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Khalil’s Journey: Not the Tail of an Average Man Our story of our protagonist opens in 1983 when the elderly Khalil is lying in Groote Schuur Hospital‚ trying to gather his memories to “make a good yarn”‚ or story although no one is there to hear it (p.2). We soon find that his end in this life is imminent‚ and what follows is his journey from birth to childhood‚ adolescence and adulthood in the Cape Muslim community‚ and returning in the end to the scene at his demise in the hospital. After this
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The heroes’ journey teaches us to appreciate the beginning‚ middle and end of a person seeking to change‚ grow‚ sacrifice‚ kill your old self and transform. Finding their own‚ ambitious person by learning their strengths and weaknesses. Personally I loved this book because it helped me understand my own characteristics that have led me to come up with the concept I am introducing today. My journey has guided me through the ordinary world to coming full circle and reaching the special world in coordination
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