A mentor is a wise and trusted counselor or teacher. The mentor is a significant figure because he/she helps the hero on his journey by guiding and helping the hero. In The Odyssey, the goddess Athena helps protect and guide Odysseus on his way home from twenty years away for battle and the adventure he had. Athena provides protection when she is with him: “’ Surely I’ll stand beside you, not forget you, not when the day arrives for us to do our work’” (13, 299, 449-450). Athena helps Odysseus because she had sympathy for him and all Odysseus wanted to do was return home. Athena helps protect Odysseus as he is on a mysterious island full of perils. As Odysseus is on the island, Athena helps protect him in a unique way by: “’First I will transform you-no one must know you. I will shrivel the supple skin on your lithe limbs, strip the russet curl from your head and deck you out in rags you’d hate to see some other mortal wear’” (13,299, 454-457). Athena helps protect Odysseus by changing the way he looks and dresses, so the people on the island don’t know his true identity. Athena helps guide and protect Odysseus on is journey back home.
In Star Wars; a New Hope, Ben Kenobi mentors Luke Skywalker on his journey to becoming a Jedi and fighting against the empire. The empire has taken over the galaxy and the rebels are …show more content…
Other stories that follow the same mindset are; The Wizard of Oz, Lord of the Rings, and The Hunger Games. Beginning with the Odyssey, many stories have followed the same storyline because they follow the hero’s journey along with other archetypes. One thing I have noticed about these stories, because I am familiar with each one of these stories, is that the heroes are considered the least qualified one to do the job, but with the mentors help, they become the great and molded people they
In Star Wars; a New Hope, Ben Kenobi mentors Luke Skywalker on his journey to becoming a Jedi and fighting against the empire. The empire has taken over the galaxy and the rebels are …show more content…
Other stories that follow the same mindset are; The Wizard of Oz, Lord of the Rings, and The Hunger Games. Beginning with the Odyssey, many stories have followed the same storyline because they follow the hero’s journey along with other archetypes. One thing I have noticed about these stories, because I am familiar with each one of these stories, is that the heroes are considered the least qualified one to do the job, but with the mentors help, they become the great and molded people they