Hero’s Journey

What are the two worlds of the hero’s journey?

• The Ordinary World and the Special World

• Mars and Venus

• The inner world and the outer world

• Actually, there is only one world

Think of your favorite book or movie. Does it follow (parts of) the hero’s journey pattern? Explain.

When does the hero realize that he/she is changed (or has outgrown his/her old life)?

• 6:00, when the hero dies and is reborn (usually, symbolically)

• 3:00, when the hero crosses the threshold, departing on his/her quest

• 9:00, when the hero crosses the threshold, returning from his/her quest

• 1:00, when the hero hears the call to adventure

Can you think of an episode from your own life that fits the hero’s journey formula?

What is another word for the “hero’s journey?”

• Monomyth

• Crisis

• Saving face

• Denouement

In many stories, the hero must cross a physical barrier that separates the ordinary world from the special world, but the two worlds aren’t always physical places. Can you think of a story that follows a hero’s journey through a “special world” of unfamiliar emotional territory?

What author is most associated with the concept of the hero’s journey?

• Joseph Campbell

• John Dewey

• Daniel Webster

• Virginia Woolf

According to the hero’s journey paradigm, the treasure you seek lies…

• In the cave you fear to enter

• In your ordinary world

• At the departure threshold

• At the return threshold