A Hero's Journey By Frank Santos Summary

1. Briefly summarize your piece. Then describe your message or moral

Based on the life of a teenage boy, Frank Santos, my short story takes place during the mid 90’s in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fifteen-year-old Santos, is lives life according to plan; his father, was a very wealthy man, making the Santos family one of the richest in the country. The father one day, mysteriously, dies and due to fraudulent contracts and deceiving family members, the Santo’s family, once rich and wealthy now poor and homeless. Following his father death, Santos sets himself on a journey; Santos must now, find a way to support his family, as he feels he is the “man of the house.” Keeping his promise, of becoming end engineer to his father, is what Santos is set on. Frank’s journey is about him finding his place in the world, all on his own. Beforehand, everything he needed or wanted, he had handed to him. He had choices and opportunities. Santos had a comfortable, easy, simple life. Now he had to work and study and find a way to get back on the path he was on before, all on his own. The main message of the story is: when life knocks you down, you must get right back up and find a way to continue forward. The story also teaches, that success does not come easy.

2. Discuss your process

My writing process began with brainstorming. I came up with

Instead, basing my assignment on my father’s experience; following his real-life timeline was difficult which is why I, beefed up the story adding detail. When writing my rough copy, I failed to notice the plot holes I had left, at first the story did not make much sense and scenes did not connect; I felt that this was also due to the fact that I had the story