MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
11.9/10 - Archetypes and You
Warm-up (15min)
POTD
QOTD: Use google or another search engine to find another system of HJ steps. How many steps are there? What are the steps? What steps did they “leave out”?
Part 1 - 7 common archetypes (15 min)
Use interweb search engine to find the SEVEN common archetypes of the heroic journey. Identify the basic traits and, for extra credits, identify characters in a movie or story you have seen. Post on your blog at the 15 minute mark.
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Part 2 - Construction Activity - (30min)
Use an example character and that character them through the steps. Identify archetypes along the way.
Example - High School Basketball Player
Departure
- Call to Adventure - Basketball team
- Refusal - Fear of not performing well
- Supernatural Aid - Shoes gifted from grandpa
- First Threshold - Tryouts
- Belly of the Whale - Posting of players who made it (name is last)
Initiation - Road of Trials - Making a shot with crowd, winning a game, playing with team
- Meeting with the Goddess - Letter from Mother
- Temptation - Invitation to a street game, fight breaks out; friends invite to play games all night before game
- Atonement with Father - playing against another team, coach is an uncle; Step-father is accepted
- Apotheosis - injury to star player; coach in peril/health
- Ultimate Boon - making the game winning free-throw
Return - Refusal of the return - not playing at the old outdoor court
- Magic Flight - on the court someone pulls out weapon, hero uses secret path to escape
- Rescue from Without - teammates retrieve player in car.
- Crossing of the Return Threshold - Finding a Summer Job
- Master of Two Worlds - Working with elementary kids at camp on old outdoor court
- Freedom to Live - joined by girlfriend
On the very last movie made of Drognball GT, Goku Jr. fonds out that he needs to become
brave because he is the one that has to protect the earth from now on. And the name of the movie was a Hero's Journey.
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