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 small one. The hero’s journey I’m going to talk about is when I came out to my friends as bisexual the first week of October this year. Ring. The bell to indicate that school is about to start rang and I started to walk with my friend to English class. Thoughts were racing through my mind on what
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I whispered into his ear. His face changed when I said that. He tilted his head and looked at me. When we walked into the classroom, I saw my brother so we started speaking in Spanish. He thought I was joking until I told him I was serious. My brother interrupted, “What’re you guys talking about?” We ignored him. He continued writing his character sheet for mandarin class and we started talking again.
When I got home, I went downstairs and hopped on the computer again to talk to Nate. I told him what I did that morning.
“See?” he said, “It’s not that hard.”
Thoughts started going through my mind. I asked myself a few questions. What would happen if I were to tell my other friends? What would happen if I were to tell my parents?
The next morning, I decided I was going to tell one of my close friends, Gary. On my way to English class, which was the first class of my day, I was walking with Gary. I was thinking about how I was going to tell him because I had not thought this through. I told him the same way I told Fred by whispering into his ear. He looked at me with an empty gaze for a while. “I don’t know how to react to that,” he said.
After class was
I whispered into his ear. His face changed when I said that. He tilted his head and looked at me. When we walked into the classroom, I saw my brother so we started speaking in Spanish. He thought I was joking until I told him I was serious. My brother interrupted, “What’re you guys talking about?” We ignored him. He continued writing his character sheet for mandarin class and we started talking again.
When I got home, I went downstairs and hopped on the computer again to talk to Nate. I told him what I did that morning.
“See?” he said, “It’s not that hard.”
Thoughts started going through my mind. I asked myself a few questions. What would happen if I were to tell my other friends? What would happen if I were to tell my parents?
The next morning, I decided I was going to tell one of my close friends, Gary. On my way to English class, which was the first class of my day, I was walking with Gary. I was thinking about how I was going to tell him because I had not thought this through. I told him the same way I told Fred by whispering into his ear. He looked at me with an empty gaze for a while. “I don’t know how to react to that,” he said.
After class was