Eric Campbell

Imagine the life of a soldier, police officer, or firefighter; each occupation launches a person into a “new world”, and their individual jobs each give them experiences much like a hero might have during a hero’s journey. For example, when firefighters go to work, they are put in situations unlike those of others in the workforce. Firefighters have assistance from tools, such as a water hose, as well as from their colleagues. The hero’s journey is an archetype of the common expedition of a…

Analysing The Protagonists Journey In Star Wars This essay will be analysing the film “Star Wars: A New Hope” and the journey of the character Luke Skywalker through the lens of Joseph Campbell and Christopher Vogler’s theory of the Hero’s Journey and discussing how well the film adheres to the ideas proposed by Campbell and expanded upon by Vogler. The Hero’s Journey is a detailed outline of how the hero of a story traverses the plotline from start to finish. Vogler states the stages of the…

Cesar Chavez has influenced the people in west by enhancing their workplace conditions. In literature, a hero is defined as a person or being who has completed Campbell’s Heroic Cycle. The Heroic Cycle is the guideline to most epics or hero based stories. It includes 12 different stages each having their own symbolic importance to the overall storyline. Cesar Chavez would be considered a modern day hero because of his contributions to the working conditions of the Latin and Mexican American…

“A hero is someone who had given his or her life to something bigger than oneself” - Joseph Campbell (bigthink.com). In other words it means you do something that changes someone else's life positively. Within these heroes there is sometimes a Heroic Journey. The Heroic Journey is the basic path a hero takes to become a hero. Recently I read The Hobbit and watched the film Moana. These two stories have a hero who goes on a Heroic Journey. The Hobbit when compared to Moana has a better/stronger…

Myths are based on religion, supernatural beings, gods and demigods. Legends are based on history, there embellished and told and retold. Fairytales is fiction/false unreal, its magic, fantastic elements, and imagery creatures. The orally transmitted beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people are African in origin, given that slaves brought from Africa's West Coast made up a large majority of those brought to the region. The values that the culture has on my culture is that there is many…

The story of Pandora is one of the most well-known Greek myths in the present day. Though widely misinterpreted in modern culture, Hesiod’s dramatic image of Pandora breaking the seal on a jar full of evils still fuels many debates. Explanations of her character, her motives, and what particular aspects of the story may represent vary widely between readers. Even with such a broad variety of interpretations, few are so forgiving as to say that Pandora had innocent motives. The article The Mind…

Heroism, what is it? Why is it important? Who does it apply to? What are some examples of heroes? Before we get to deep into heroism, it is important to understand what heroism means. To define heroism, heroism is the act of being a hero, someone who sacrifices something for the well being of another with bravery and does not gasconade about it. When heroes are faced with a challenge, they will not stop at anything to complete that challenge. Heros can come in all shapes and sizes and…

If there was anything in nature that there was not a myth to explain, the Greeks became curious, started to wonder and create new myths. Eye color was a common thing people wondered about. One day Zeus got bored of doing things he was supposed to be doing, so he decided to listen to conversations of humans. The conversation he overheard made him wonder. “Eye color is very interesting, isn’t it,” said one man. “Yes, it is,” said the other. “How is it that if the mother has green eyes and the…

Joseph Campbell’s The Hero With a Thousand Faces portrays the hero as a character destined for greatness. But that raises the question of aren’t we all heroes in a sense? He acknowledges that the potential of a hero resides in every soul but fails to mention that everyone on earth is destined for greatness. Everyone is a hero in their own right and their own myth, their life, and each person makes choices that either aid or hinder their personal heroic quest, whether they are aware they are on…

The Role of Myths in My Life As long as America has been a country, myths have been told. From the United States to Europe and beyond, many myths are a part of culture everywhere. Myths are the ultimate “gather round’ the campfire” type of stories, the kind a grandfather would grab the attention of his grandson with. Some are good, some are bad, some are scary and some are joyful, but they all have values and principles that bleed out when each one is told. In this essay I will describe my…