Personal Narrative: My Hero's Journey

In your lifetime, you may have been faced with many difficult challenges. I have been put in the middle of other people's problems, as well where I am forced to choose what side to be on. Many people I know are very open with their problems and do not mind talking about them, but with me, I keep to myself. In the story written by Joseph Campbell (a scholar for Greek mythology who created the hero's journey), the characters of the story are put to many tests. Each character is being put to a different test to help them get through a journey or mission.They do not have a way to share their journey with others because they are all together, but I only seem to open up to my closest friends and family. Some of my problems consist of my fighting parents, my brother moving out when he was the only one I got along with, and how I did not want to disappoint my parents when I told them I no longer wanted to play basketball. They characters (Odysseus and his men) went on a journey …show more content…
I played basketball to keep my parents happy even though I wasn’t. Eventually, I took a year off travel basketball, but continued with park and rec. Park and rec is what little elementary school kids play. I enjoyed that, but I was just tired of basketball right then.
I then started back with travel ball, school ball, and tons of after school workouts. At the age of thirteen (right now) I recently told my parents, and Coach Bennett that I no longer wanted to play basketball. I was so scared that I was going to disappoint them, but surprisingly I didn’t. They understood that since I have played so long, that I no longer wanted to continue playing. Now that I go through life with that secret gone, I can get interested in other after school activities or something to do in my free time. I don't have my reward yet, but I am looking forward to see what it could