English IV Semester Review December 2023

Hero's Journey Stage #1: What was their life like before this story of adventure?

• An Unusual Birth

• The Call to Adventure:

• Crossing the Threshold

• The Challenge or Trials

Hero's Journey Stage 2: The character needs to go on an adventure - to defend someone, to recover a lost item, to save society, etc.

• Crossing the Threshold

• An Unusual Birth

• The Call to Adventure:

• The Challenge or Trials

Hero's Journey Stage 3: The character leaves for the journey or adventure, entering a new world (region, area, state, city, planet, etc.)

• The Challenge or Trials

• Crossing the Threshold

• Supernatural Help or Mentor

• The Special Weapon

Hero's Journey Stage 4: The main character faces battles or struggles along their journey

• Supernatural Help or Mentor

• The Special Weapon

• Crossing the Threshold

• The Challenge or Trials

Hero's Journey Stage 5: The character may meet a wise helper or partner who guides or assists them

• The Challenge or Trials

• The Abyss or Temptation

• Supernatural Help or Mentor

• The Special Weapon

Hero's Journey Stage 6: The character is helped by a special tool of some kind (sword, wand, crown, ring, vest, or super power)

• The Call to Adventure:

• An Unusual Birth

• The Special Weapon

• Crossing the Threshold

Hero's Journey Stage 7: The biggest battle the character fights, where they overcome the bad guys for good

• The Challenge or Trials

• Crossing the Threshold

• Supernatural Help or Mentor

• The Abyss or Temptation

Hero's Journey Stage 8: Now the main character is seen as a true hero and gains respect and honor

• An Unusual Birth

• The Transformation

• Crossing the Threshold

• The Return Home

Hero's Journey Stage 9: The hero goes back to the land they came from

• The Return Home

• Crossing the Threshold

• The Transformation

• The Abyss or Temptation

Hero's Journey Stage 10: What will the hero do next? Will they stay in the old world and help people? Will they return to the new world? Will they bring these worlds together and break down barriers? 

• The Return Home

• The Transformation

• The Abyss or Temptation

• The Mastery of Two Worlds