Everyone is sent on a journey at least once in their life that helps shape who they are as a person. The journey may take people on a path that helps them understand who they what to be in life, or it simply may be overcoming a difficult obstacle they face. Some people’s journey may be similar to the idea of a hero’s journey. The hero’s journey has 12 stages, and it is normally a story about an ordinary person who gets called to be the hero in a dangerous situation, or it could just be about someone overcoming a fear. The hero’s journey main stages are the call to adventure and the road of trials. A lot of literary characters go on a hero’s journey that help shape who they are as a person. Some characters may be called to defeat a monster that
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When my teacher had handed the information for the speech tournament out in class, I wasn’t very interested in being apart of this event. I hated public speaking, and I wasn’t very good at it. I liked to hide in the background and be unnoticed. I disliked public speaking so much that every time I had to do a speech in class or read outloud, my face would turn as red as a tomato, my hands would get sweaty, and I would shake so much that it felt like there was an earthquake. When I would speak out loud, I would have a soft timid voice that resembled the voice of a mouse. I was the worst at public speaking, so I was glad to say, “No thank you,” to being a participant in the speech tournament. Then my teacher and mom asked me to participate in the speech tournament. They told me that they thought it would be a good experience for me. I was so terrified that I felt like my heart was going to burst out of my chest. At first, I was reluctant to go. No matter how much the speech tournament would benefit me as a public speaker, I was not going to put myself through all the stress and anxiety this tournament would entail. But my mom was still constantly persuading me into doing the tournament. She kept on telling me that the speech tournament would help me with my high school applications. It took me awhile, but I finally agreed to participate in the
When my teacher had handed the information for the speech tournament out in class, I wasn’t very interested in being apart of this event. I hated public speaking, and I wasn’t very good at it. I liked to hide in the background and be unnoticed. I disliked public speaking so much that every time I had to do a speech in class or read outloud, my face would turn as red as a tomato, my hands would get sweaty, and I would shake so much that it felt like there was an earthquake. When I would speak out loud, I would have a soft timid voice that resembled the voice of a mouse. I was the worst at public speaking, so I was glad to say, “No thank you,” to being a participant in the speech tournament. Then my teacher and mom asked me to participate in the speech tournament. They told me that they thought it would be a good experience for me. I was so terrified that I felt like my heart was going to burst out of my chest. At first, I was reluctant to go. No matter how much the speech tournament would benefit me as a public speaker, I was not going to put myself through all the stress and anxiety this tournament would entail. But my mom was still constantly persuading me into doing the tournament. She kept on telling me that the speech tournament would help me with my high school applications. It took me awhile, but I finally agreed to participate in the