Monomyth

Carl Jung was a notable Swiss psychiatrist. He proposed many ideas, one of which included the concept of individuation. Individuation was the process by which an individual became whole by integrating the disparate parts of their psychological being into the self. This means that they must accept all parts of themselves from the dark part one represses to the male/female psyche. Jung called the individuation process a heroic journey. In Henry James ' Daisy Miller: A Study, the titular character…

A hero is usually described as someone who is admired for their courage, outstanding achievements, and noble qualities. However, another aspect someone must experience to be considered a hero is embark on a hero’s journey. A hero’s journey is when one leaves their realm after receiving their call to adventure and accepting that challenge. This person also often encounters evil forces and will be both defeated and victorious when engaging in battle with them. Beowulf fits the mold of a hero…

Throughout history we have seen many different hero stories and how the hero of the story changes. Joseph Campbell's “The Hero’s Journey” describes all the steps of the hero’s journey, from being an ordinary person, to the call for adventure, to the tests all the way to where the protagonist has changed hopefully for the best and has returned home. These stages are important for combination myths, like what Linda Seger talked about in her article “Creating the Myth”. In her article she talks…

Heroes are people who are determined to do what’s right for their comrades or community. They are determined to follow their dreams; they are determined to reach a goal that they set for themselves, and they do. The hero of “The Four Feathers” is Harry Feversham, the descendant of a long line of military heroes, who is expected to carry on the tradition of his overbearing authoritarian father. He was a true figure for the Victorian fantasy of war as a manly endeavor. In the book Salvage the…

In a hero’s journey, there are twelve stages that must be completed.(“Stages of the Hero’s Journey”) In Yann Martel’s novel, “Life of Pi”, the protagonist of the story, Pi, was on a hero’s journey. He completed the twelve stages. Starting with his life in Pondicherry to being stranded in the ocean, Pi never gave up and made it through each stage of the journey. Stage one of a hero’s journey is Ordinary World.(“Stages of the Hero’s Journey”) This stage consists of Pi’s life in Pondicherry. He…

The villain in many works of literature can be as complex as the hero himself; however, this villain that the hero has to fight is not necessarily the only villain that our hero has to worry about. Living inside the hero, the villain is as undeniable and as powerful as it is in the monstrous creatures that are to be fought in a more physical or present way. The true villain in many hero novels is the struggle within the hero himself. This villain is like any other; entering when least expected…

Hero with a Thousand Faces was written by Joseph Campbell explaining the hero's quest. In 1988 there was a movie directed by Ron Howard called Willow. In this movie Willow goes through three sections from Joseph Campbell's Hero's Quest. The three sections are the departure, the initiation, and the return. Willow experiences the departure at the beginning of the movie. Willow's call to adventure is when the baby floated down river and washed up on the river bed. The baby's nurse pushed Elora…

“The Hero’s Journey Defined” is an article by Joseph Campbell describing the recurring process that occur through the course of an odyssey. The article articulates the conditions in which a heroic journey can begin and the possible people who might be entangled. The article uncovers the process from departure of the hero to the initiation of the hero through a series of tests and finally the return of the hero back to his original state. The commencement of the journey, or the departure, is the…

The Hero’s Journey Defined is an article written by Joseph Campbell defining, as it implies, the hero's journey. In the article Joseph explains that there are three phases in the cycle of the hero's journey, Departure, Initiation, and Return each of which have steps embedded inside of them explicitly explaining the role of the main idea. For instance, while in Departure the hero is living an ordinary life which can include not having a fatherly figure and or not having a loving mother. When the…

I chose to do my book trailer for a public library, Bruce Public Library. My book trailer is on Kelley Armstrong’s first book in the Cainsville series, Omens. When I was trying to figure out what book I wanted to do my trailer on, I made a massive list of all the books I read that teens might like to read. Then I went through the list and watched book trailers for each of them, slowly narrowing down my list. I crossed off books that didn’t have any trailers I liked and books that I couldn’t come…