The Underworld “I’m so excited to see grandma!” I say as mama and I find our seats on the airplane. As we took a seat, I could hear mama’s sigh of relief. It was just me and her heading to Bibury, England to visit her mama. Grandma recently got sick with an unknown disease and we’re trying to see her in hopes that it’s not the last. This was the best birthday gift I could ask for! I go to the tight airplane bathroom and realize I’m in my last year of being a “tween.” I want to make sure twelve treats me right. I tie back my long black hair and head back to my mama. “Elda, Elda, hey, wake up,” mama said quietly as I opened my eyes. I look out the window to see the world of England. It’s June and I can feel the warmth through the air. When we …show more content…
I don’t know what to talk to her about. Silence was killing me and I started watching my cartoons that I would usually watch back at home on the TV. She finally broke the silence and she asked, “Do you want to go take a better look at Bibury?” “Yes!” I replied. “We're going to go visit my favorite place right down the street,” she said. I was excited because I think she’s starting to finally warm up to me. She holds my hand and we start going down the cobblestone pathway just east of grandma's cottage. As we walk together, I listen to the birds chirp and the butterflies flap through the air. This place almost seems perfect. We walk down the alley, and we stop. I noticed a small door in what looked like an abandoned household. She sat me down and she told me to enter through the door. As I enter, I hear a sharp pain screeching in my ears. I open my eyes and I see red. I just see red. I see black debris everywhere. I look around and I realize I’m on a tree stump. I take a closer look at where I am and I see creatures and monsters running around. I also see bats flying and screeching around me. I get up and out of the tree stump and I start racing and pulsing and screaming. At this moment, I can feel something chasing …show more content…
With all the complications she had, I was finally there. Her only child is a baby. I was all she had. I watch the video and I see mama put me to sleep. When mama left the nursery room, dad took her by the neck and threw her on the floor. He continuously beat her, as if she was an animal. As I am watching the screen, tears start to fall down my face uncontrollably, but I don’t feel any sort of emotion. Then came the day mama celebrated her first birthday. She was all scarred and bruised by dad. That night she took me and ran away. She ran to the streets and raised me there. I didn’t think the truth of my life would play right in front of my eyes. I started kindergarten and was sitting in the classroom and didn’t communicate with other kids. Every single milestone leading up to this moment is played on the screen. When I boarded the airplane on the screen, that's when the screen went blank. At this moment I felt tape go over my mouth and a blindfold covering my eyes. I felt multiple hands grab me and pick me up from the floor. I start to flail until a certain cloth hits my nose. I start to feel light headed and my body becomes
Watching a film, one can easily recognize plot, theme, characterization, etc., but not many realize what basic principle lies behind nearly every story conceived: the hero’s journey. This concept allows for a comprehensive, logical flow throughout a movie. Once the hero’s journey is thoroughly understood, anyone can pick out the elements in nearly every piece. The hero’s journey follows a simple outline. First the hero in question must have a disadvantaged childhood. Next the hero will find a mentor who wisely lays out his/her prophecy. Third the hero will go on a journey, either literal or figurative, to find him/herself. On this journey the hero will be discouraged and nearly quit his/her quest. Finally, the hero will fulfill the prophecy and find his/herself, realizing his/her full potential. This rubric may be easy to spot in epic action films, but if upon close inspection is found in a wide array of genres, some of which are fully surprising.
Today in the world there are many types of adventures that are closely related to the Hero’s Journey. In the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, it uncovers the adventure of Christopher Boone searching for the killer of Wellington, his neighbor’s dog. Christopher ran away from Swindon, his hometown, because he discovered that his father lied about his mother’s death and that he killed Wellington. While on his adventure, Christopher encounters challenges such as talking to strangers and being followed by a police officer. Since Christopher was a person who showed symptoms of Asperger’s Syndrome, a developmental disorder that affects a person’s ability to socialize with others, it causes him to have a hard time
There are many stories that follow Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey, and tells the tale of a Heroic character. These fables introduces us to heroes that begin their journey in an ordinary place, then receive a call to enter an unknown world full of bizarre powers and peculiar events. These heroes often display great traits, such as bravery or intelligence, that defines their character. One of these heroic's tales is Haroun and the Sea of Stories, telling the adventures of a young man named Haroun. This essay will prove that Haroun from Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie is a hero, because he possess heroic qualities. Haroun shows his heroic qualities by overcoming obstacles, helping his friends, and having good intentions.
“The journey of the hero is about the courage to seek the depths; the image of creative rebirth; the eternal cycle of change within us; the uncanny discovery that the seeker is the mystery which the seeker seeks to know. The hero journey is a symbol that binds, in the original sense of the word, two distant ideas, and the spiritual quest of the ancients with the modern search for identity always the one, shape-shifting yet marvelously constant story that we find.” (Phil Cousineau) The Hero's Journey has been engaged in stories for an immemorial amount of time. These stories target typical connections that help us relate to ourselves as well as the “real world”.
A hero’s journey is an important aspect of any movie. Sports films give a good indication of how the hero’s journey is trying to be portrayed. In the movie “The Rookie” is a 2002 film starring Dennis Quaid as Jim Morris who is a small town teacher finds himself playing baseball for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays farm system after an open tryout. Directors go through the journey closely isolate each particular aspect giving clear indication from one transition to the next.
I walked into the room on New Year’s Day and felt a sudden twinge of fear. My eyes already hurt from the tears I had shed and those tears would not stop even then the last viewing before we had to leave. She lay quietly on the bed with her face as void of emotion as a sheet of paper without the writing. Slowly, I approached the cold lifeless form that was once my mother and gave her a goodbye kiss.
Just like every story a hero 's story has three basic sections the beginning, the middle, and the end but unlike other stories a hero 's tale has a set of acts which conain their own set of steps, if you may, that exist within theses sections that are crucial to not only the stories developement the hero 's as well. In the beginning you have act 1 "The Departure." this step, which contains the first five steps in the Hero 's journey, shows the Hero 's growth leading up to the strt of his journey. Next up is the most crucial part of the Hero 's growth, the middle. In the middle we have the next four steps in the Hero 's journey which will help him grow in to the Hero of legends. Then finally we have act three which contains the final three steps
The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative that appears in novels, storytelling, myth, and religious ritual. It was first identified by the American scholar Joseph Campbell in his book A Hero with Thousand Faces. Campbell also discussed this pattern in his interview to Bill Moyers which was later published as a book The Power of Myths. This pattern describes the typical adventure of the archetype known as The Hero, the person who goes out and achieves great deeds. Campbell detailed many stages in the Hero’s Journey, but he also summarized the pattern in three fundamental phases: Separation, Ordeal, and Return that all heroes, in spite of their sex, age, culture, or religion, have to overcome in order to reach the goal. Alice in Wonderland, written by Lewis Carroll, provides a good example of the Hero's Journey. This story describes the adventures of Alice, a young English girl, in Wonderland. Although she lacks some of the stages identified by Campbell, she still possesses many of them that are necessary for a Hero to be considered a Hero.
The iconic Star Wars series, created by George Lucas in 1977, follows our hero, Luke, as he meets the old Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi. Luke must learn the ways of the Force to defeat the Tyrannonian Empire and its dark lord Vader. Luke must face the evils that control the galaxy and find friends to face it with. One notable aspect of the movie is Lucas’ efforts to deepen the conflict, focusing on internal struggles. A large part of Lucas’ focus is on the conflict within Luke himself.
Although, "The Odyssey," "Naruto Shippuden," and "Harry Potter"—meet the model of the Hero's Journey, they are set in very different settings and narratives. Odysseus, in "The Odyssey," after the Trojan War, must start an adventure of transformation, where tests, allies, and enemies come at him to try and return to Ithica. In "Naruto Shippuden," Naruto Uzumaki goes on a hero's journey to be the strongest ninja and to protect his village by overcoming personal demons and beating external threats through perseverance and growth. In "Harry Potter," the namesake of the story tries to find himself in the wizarding world fraught with challenges, forming alliances and fighting against the dark wizard Voldemort, to find his place as the chosen one.
Kara De Pasquale Mrs. Collins English 1-H 16 April 2024 The Hero’s Journey Analysis The hero's journey has captivated people for centuries, resonating deeply across cultures and societies. Originating in myths and legends and now a staple in modern storytelling, this structure follows the adventure of a protagonist as they undergo trials and transformations before returning home. For example, people who are so drawn to the hero's journey can reflect themes of personal growth and transformation, evoke emotional connections, and inspire hope and resilience.
It was a Monday night; I remember it like it was yesterday. I had just completed my review of Office Administration in preparation for my final exams. As part of my leisure time, I decided to watch my favorite reality television show, “I love New York,” when the telephone rang. I immediately felt my stomach dropped. The feeling was similar to watching a horror movie reaching its climax. The intensity was swirling in my stomach as if it were the home for the butterflies. My hands began to sweat and I got very nervous. I could not figure out for the life of me why these feelings came around. I lay there on the couch, confused and still, while the rings continued. My dearest mother decided to answer this eerie phone call. As she picked up, I sat straight up. I muted the television in hopes of hearing what the conversation. At approximately three minutes later, the telephone fell from my mother’s hands with her faced drowned in the waves of water coming from her eyes. She cried “Why?” My Grandmother had just died.
It is human nature to be drawn to the journeys of heroes. This usually happens, because heroes have many qualities that we may have, or that we may admire. Additionally, they take a journey through their life where they face many challenges and luckily overcome them. That shows their bravery and growth, which is admirable to many. As heroes reflect our desires and inspirations, we are drawn to their lives, which is why their journeys appeal to us.
The Underworld, better known as Hades after the god who ruled it, was a dark and dreary place where the shades, or souls, of those who died lived. In the next few minutes, I will tell you about how one came to die, the topography of the Underworld, and the beings whom dwelled there.
The moment we stepped foot into the hospital, I could hear my aunt telling my mother that “he is in a better place now”. At that moment, something had already told me that my dad was deceased; it was like I could feel it or something. I felt the chills that all of a sudden came on my arms. As my mother and grandmother were both holding my hand, they took me into this small room. The walls were white, and it had a table with four tissue boxes sitting on the top. My other grandmother was there, and so were my two aunts, my uncles, and