The Hero with a Thousand Faces

“Heneral Luna is a film that should be watched by every Filipino from all across the globe.” This was the only statement my mind was able to process and produce the first time I watched the renowned movie Heneral Luna. It was as if my whole tiny and parched patriotic-system was watered and revived. The movie Heneral Luna is a biopic film directed by Jerrold Tarog and produced by Artikulo Uno productions having John Arcilla play the role of Antonio Luna. [1] It was a film narrating the story of…

the film the Incredibles is about super-hero's Frozone, Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl we learn this in the prologue. about Mr. Incredible who is vigilante hero, and when he makes couple mistakes and gets sued after helping people who didn't ask to be helped the government has pay the fines. They are given two choices either live as a super-hero or go into hiding he chooses to go into hiding. So, in act 1 Mr. Incredible AKA Bob Parr gets married and then we see him fifteen years later living a…

Hero's Journey” This is a way of narrating and analyzing how a hero(e) took his role in a story or myth. Myths explain stories were the character face magnificent phenomenons.“The Hero's Journey” methodology was created by Joseph Campbell who was an editor and author of different comparative mythologies. “ The Hero's Journey” is the cycle that the hero does to achieve a goal. This cycle is represented in two parts; when the hero is in his/hers ordinary world, and then something or someone…

The hero’s journey is an arc that a hero takes in a story. The hero first begins in their ordinary world and goes to an unfamiliar world, facing obstacles along the way. Then the hero comes back with a reward which could be knowledge or an object. The Odyssey is also a hero’s journey because Odysseus is trying to get to his home, Ithaca. He faces many obstacles along the way but eventually makes it back. Everyone has a hero’s journey sometime in their life whether it be a major event or just a…

To begin, a definition of a hero's journey is the common template of a broad category of tales that involve a hero who goes on an adventure, and in a decisive crisis wins a victory, and then comes home changed or transformed. The Great Gatsby is about a young man who fell in love with a girl named Daisy, but he was sent off into war so was lost from his long love and then years later he reunites with her and tries to get her love back when she's married to another man. The Matrix is about a man…

story. The author Joseph Campbell studied the myth and made the famous claim that nearly all stories have similar ideas and the heroes' adventures are almost identical in their format. It describes the adventures and experiences that an archetypal hero would go through. The story of Pi on the boat also follows the format found in the hero’s journey of departure, initiation, and then return. During the departure he experiences the Ordinary world, the call to adventure and the crossing of the…

Have You Ever Wanted to be a Hero? Have you ever wanted to be a hero? I am sure you have, at least in your childhood. Disney does a wonderful job of showing who and what heroes are. Hercules is a greek God that is turned into a mortal by Hades the god from the underworld. Disney thought that this story would be a great background for a movie, so there you have the movie Hercules. The story of Hercules, written by Walt Disney, was about many different aspects of being a hero like, being brave,…

our call to adventure. He studied ancient mythology and came up with The Hero’s Journey. We are all heroes one way or another in this world. We all have a purpose in life,whether it’s good or bad. Joseph Campbell helped me determine that I too, am a hero. At first, I thought that my life was just simply a “repetition” on a daily basis, but as I reflect on special moments in my life, I see that there is a journey written among the lines of my life. My life’s journey as a student is much like…

The hero begins with the step known as Departure. They begin as an ordinary person but are called to action and that leads them into the unknown. The hero then answers the call, and goes forward to transform into this new world of unknown. The second step is known as Initiation. Here the hero faces a series of tests or tasks that they must complete. If they survive, the hero usually receives a great gift. The third step then is called the Return. The hero must decide to return and the hero…

In most cases this is when the scene and general overview of the story is set. The ordinary world typically introduces the hero in a less than ideal environment, which elicits a sympathetic response from the audience. Harry is adopted into his aunt’s boring family of ordinary individuals, otherwise referred to as muggles. He’s forced to live underneath the stairs in a dingy…