Liam MacDonald
Joseph Campbell
The Hero of a Thousand Faces
The Hero of a Thousand Faces was one of the most influential book of the 20th century and I have never met someone who has disliked it after reading it. It's true that the book has a huge impact on writing and story-telling, and can be seen used making movies. Famous Directors like George Miller, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Coppola owe their successes to the powerful pattern that Joseph Campbell identifies in the book. The ideas in the book I think can be used as a set of tools when making my own stories. With them you can compose a story to meet any situation, a story that will be dramatic, entertaining, and psychologically true. I will go over some of my favorite chapters and what I got from them.
Myths and initiation are tied to each other to help people cross thresh holds when trying it make a …show more content…
In the matrix when Neo is being chased by agents trying to get back to the real world or Luke trying to get off the death star. This is the point where if the hero has not gotten past his fear he will be faced head on with it to make it back. The eleventh part is the resurrection, which is normally when the hero is faced with death and survives or in the case of the Matrix, Neo dies and then comes back to life. This is like a transformation for the character and shows that they have overcome what seemed to be impossible at the beginning of the story.
Return with the elixir is the final part in Campbell’s hero’s journey. This is where the hero comes back to where he started but now brings with him the rewards of his adventures such as treasure or some kind of power the didn’t have before. Often this is the thing that made him go on the adventure in the first place. I think that this part is where most movies now try and avoid because they want to keep things open to make new
Joseph Campbell
The Hero of a Thousand Faces
The Hero of a Thousand Faces was one of the most influential book of the 20th century and I have never met someone who has disliked it after reading it. It's true that the book has a huge impact on writing and story-telling, and can be seen used making movies. Famous Directors like George Miller, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Coppola owe their successes to the powerful pattern that Joseph Campbell identifies in the book. The ideas in the book I think can be used as a set of tools when making my own stories. With them you can compose a story to meet any situation, a story that will be dramatic, entertaining, and psychologically true. I will go over some of my favorite chapters and what I got from them.
Myths and initiation are tied to each other to help people cross thresh holds when trying it make a …show more content…
In the matrix when Neo is being chased by agents trying to get back to the real world or Luke trying to get off the death star. This is the point where if the hero has not gotten past his fear he will be faced head on with it to make it back. The eleventh part is the resurrection, which is normally when the hero is faced with death and survives or in the case of the Matrix, Neo dies and then comes back to life. This is like a transformation for the character and shows that they have overcome what seemed to be impossible at the beginning of the story.
Return with the elixir is the final part in Campbell’s hero’s journey. This is where the hero comes back to where he started but now brings with him the rewards of his adventures such as treasure or some kind of power the didn’t have before. Often this is the thing that made him go on the adventure in the first place. I think that this part is where most movies now try and avoid because they want to keep things open to make new