The Hero

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The Heros Journey

• The Steps of the Heros Journey pattern as
  outlined by Joseph Campbell

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Stage One The Departure

• The Call to Adventure
• The Refusal of the Call
• Supernatural Aid
• Crossing the First Threshold
• Entering the Belly of the Whale

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The Call to Adventure
Luke Skywalker finds the hologram of Princess
Leia.
Harry Potter receives letters inviting him to
Hogwarts.
Dorothy is told to find a place where she wont
get into any trouble. She sings about going over
the rainbow.
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The Refusal of the Call
Jonah runs away after God told him to go to
Nineveh.
Harrys Uncle Vernon refuses to let Harry read
his letters.
Bilbo Baggins informs Gandalf that he doesnt
want to go on any adventures.
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Supernatural Aid
Hagrid arrives to find out why Harry hasnt
answered his letters.
God sends a storm as punishment against the ship
in which Jonah is attempting to escape.
Dorothy meets a Fortune Teller who insists that
she go home to her family.
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Crossing the First Threshold
Marty McFly gets the Delorean up to 88 mph and
travels back in time.
Percy Jackson enters Camp Half-Blood, but his
mother cannot cross the threshold.
Indiana Jones picks up the trail where his father
was last seen and breaks through the floor to
find the tomb of Sir Richard.
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Entering the Belly of the Whale
Jonah is swallowed by a large fish and must
repent before being released.
Dorothy finds herself in the Land of Oz and must
go to the Emerald City to find a way home.
A young Indiana Jones falls into a boxcar filled
with snakes, which forces him to move forward in
an attempt to escape.
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Stage Two The Initiation

• The Road of Trials
• Meeting with the God/Goddess
• Facing the Tempter
• Companions on the Journey
• Atonement with the Father
• The Apotheosis
• Receiving the Ultimate Boon

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The Road of Trials
Hercules must complete twelve labors to atone for
the sin of killing his family.
Dorothy must travel the Yellow Brick Road to the
Emerald City.
Greg Mortenson and his crew of workers from the
village of Korphe in Pakistan must carry the
lumber to build their school when the trucks are
unable to get through with the supplies.
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Meeting the God/Goddess
Luke Skywalker learns the wisdom of the Jedi from
Yoda.
Korphe village chief Haji Ali teaches Greg
Mortenson about the life of the Pakistani and
helps him to assimilate.
Harry Potter relies on Dumbledore to guide him
through his trials at Hogwarts.
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Facing the Tempter
Luke Skywalker must resist Darth Vaders frequent
attempts to lure him to The Dark Side.
The Wicked Witch of the West tries to foil
Dorothys attempts to get home.
Marty McFly constantly runs into his nemesis,
Biff Tanner, throughout his travels through time.
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Companions on the Journey
The Lion, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow all
sought the same things that Dorothy needed to
find in herself.
Luke Skywalker could count of Chewbacca and Han
Solo to get him out of a jam.
Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley traveled the
same road as Harry Potter throughout their time
at Hogwarts.
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Atonement with the Father
Harry is able to see his parents and make peace
with his past through the Mirror of Erised.
Indiana Jones realizes that he might lose his
father forever and does what he needs to do in
order to save him.
Dorothy finally admits how badly she wishes to be
back home with her family.
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Apotheosis
Harry must defeat Voldemort in each of the
adventure novels.
Greg Mortensons completed Korphe school.
The Grail Knight tells Indiana Jones that he must
choose wisely in order to claim the Holy Grail
and save his father.
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Receiving the Ultimate Boon
After rising to the Green Knights challenge,
Gawain is permitted to keep the magical Green
Girdle.
Arthur draws Excalibur from the stone and becomes
King of all England.
In Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, Indy
learns that he has a son only after the two have
survived several adventures.
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Stage Three The Return

• The Refusal of the Return
• The Magic Flight
• Help From Without
• Crossing the Return Threshold
• The Master of Two Worlds
• Freedom to Live

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The Refusal of the Return
Harry hates having to return to the Dursleys at
the end of each school year.
Even after Indiana warns Elsa Schneider that the
Grail cannot cross the Great Seal, she decides to
try to take it anyway.
Dorothy hesitates when she says good-bye to the
Scarecrow, telling him that she will miss him
most of all.
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The Magic Flight
Neo jacks in to the Matrix to fight the agents.
Luke Skywalker escapes the Death Star in the
Millennium Falcon.
Dorothy attempts to ride in the balloon with the
Wizard of Oz, but when she jumps out to catch a
runaway Toto, the balloon leaves without her.
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Help From Without
Glinda returns to tell Dorothy how to use her
ruby slippers.
Henry Jones, Sr. tells Indy to let the Grail go
in order to save his son.
Luke Skywalker hears Obi Wan Kenobi's
encouragement in his head Use the Force, Luke!
as he tries to escape the Death Star.
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Crossing the Return Threshold
Dorothy clicks her heels together three times and
says, Theres no place like home
When the clock tower is struck by lightning, Doc
Brown sends 1.21 gigawatts of electricity into
the flux capacitor, sending Marty back to the
future.
The Goonies escape from the Pirate Cave minutes
before the wall collapses, freeing the
long-hidden pirate ship.
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The Master of Two Worlds
Dorothy wakes up and remembers that all of her
friends and family were part of her dream
Luke Skywalker and Han Solo are rewarded at the
Yavin Ceremony
Bilbo Baggins writes his memoires of his
adventure and entitles them There, and Back
Again
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Freedom to Live
Jack Sparrow and Will Turner survive to continue
their adventures
Peter Parker turns away from MJ in order to
protect her from Spidermans enemies as he
continues to fight crime
Harry Potter continues his education at Hogwarts
School of Magic