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

1. Call to Adventure - Basketball team
2. Refusal - Fear of not performing well
3. Supernatural Aid - Shoes gifted from grandpa
4. First Threshold - Tryouts
5. Belly of the Whale - Posting of players who made it (name is last)
   Initiation
6. Road of Trials - Making a shot with crowd, winning a game, playing with team
7. Meeting with the Goddess - Letter from Mother
8. Temptation - Invitation to a street game, fight breaks out; friends invite to play games all night before game
9. Atonement with Father - playing against another team, coach is an uncle; Step-father is accepted
10. Apotheosis - injury to star player; coach in peril/health
11. Ultimate Boon - making the game winning free-throw
    Return
12. Refusal of the return - not playing at the old outdoor court
13. Magic Flight - on the court someone pulls out weapon, hero uses secret path to escape
14. Rescue from Without - teammates retrieve player in car.
15. Crossing of the Return Threshold - Finding a Summer Job
16. Master of Two Worlds - Working with elementary kids at camp on old outdoor court
17. Freedom to Live - joined by girlfriend