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    "The Heroes Journey" The Heroes Journey is a point in one’s life that changes a person forever. This journey one undergoes follows a timeless theme called the monomyth. The Hero with a Thousand Faces‚ by Joseph Campbell‚ shows that throughout history every culture follows the common myth of the Hero. The key components in the "Heroes Journey" have a major impact on storytelling. The Heroes Journey has 12 basic stages; in which guide on through any certain. The Journey’s 12 basic steps consist

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    Jen experiences the rites of "[being] born when . . . needed" (218)‚ of being "call[ed] to adventure" (219)‚ and of being faced with trials and danger (219)‚ that Leeming discusses as making up the passage into individuation. As Leeming describes‚ heroes are born when the need for them arises; this usually happens during a dark period in the culture’s history (218). In The Dark Crystal‚ Jen‚ who belongs to a nearly extinct race known as Gelflings‚ is born after the Crystal is cracked and a shard of

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    Mythological and Modern-Day Heroes Paper Theresa Weeks English 155 December 10‚ 2012 Christine A. Neilson Mythological and Modern-Day Heroes Paper (indent)One of the most well known figures in Christianity history is that by the Roman Catholic Church‚ Saint Nicholas of Myra. His fame has grown throughout the centuries through stories and legends of his life and deeds. Through these accounts (comma: prepositional phrase) we come to the understanding of why he is so loved and believed as

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    Greek mythological heroes Achilles and Hercules share many common qualities. Both were born of a divine ancestry‚ endowed with great strength‚ athletic abilities‚ and invulnerabilities. They both lived a battle-ridden life‚ fueled by revenge‚ rage‚ or redemption; in the end fulfilling their predestined fate. Although they bear some minor differences‚ the similarities between Achilles and Hercules are evident. Achilles and Hercules both were of a divine ancestry and inherited some immortal blessings

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    The article “Target baby PJs say boys are heroes‚ girls can date them” by Jane van Koeverden‚ reviews the troubling message that had put two Universities of Waterloo in an outrage when Target store had been selling onesies that had been labeled with “I only date Heroes” was being inscribed on the bodied of little infants. This advertisement being sold at Target frames feminist critique on how women are judged powerful by who they date‚ and how men get to be powerful in their own rights behaviour

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    FILM HEROES SHOULD HAVE NO ROLE IN THE REAL WORLD We all know that movies suspend disbelief and enable you to run off to an escapist paradise‚ but pretty much every movie ever released is grounded in reality. Even fantasy and sci-fi movies. Take out the magic wands and space ships‚ and most of the time you get human stories portrayed realistically. But sometimes‚ events unfold in a movie and you end up muttering out loud “Oh come on. That would never happen in ‘real life’.” No matter how fantastical

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    An isolated community of the struggling longshoremen living under the exploitation of the corrupted union is introduced in one of Elia Kazan’s brilliant works in filmmaking‚ “On the Waterfront”. The viewers are moderately convinced‚ by looking at the mere world of brute force and injustice‚ that someone has to play the heroic role in order to return justice and hope to the working class on this dock. Edie Doyle seems to stand out among the rest as a candidate with her superior quality possessed from

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    1974’s Chinatown‚ Polanski manipulates noir motifs and archetypes masterfully to create a personal statement of anguish and pessimism‚ with Gittes as his detective to whom human limitations apply‚ a real man measured against the faculties of noir heroes. The script‚ written by Robert Towne‚ recalls that of The Big Sleep‚ wherein a seemingly regular case unravels into a cluster of mysteries‚ the answer to which eludes the detective‚ and at times even the audience‚ throughout the film. It departs

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    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – Treating our heroes Linda A. Smith Liberty University Abstract Combat veterans and active duty service members who have suffered mild to severe traumatic brain injury or head trauma are at a higher risk for the development of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder post-deployment. Research has revealed that treating the soldier immediately after the injury with pharmacotherapeutic agents significantly reduces the risk that the soldier will develop post-traumatic

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    How have our ideas of heroes changed over the years? In the beginning of cinema heroes and heroines tended to stay within the mythic structure of heroes using binary pairs of opposite terms to simplify the complexity of events and reducing the players down to good guys and bad guys or more cinematic‚ white hats and black hats. That changed radically in the late 1960’s and early ’70’s when a series of films such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid‚ Bonnie and Clyde‚ The Godfather‚ Midnight Cowboy

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