Ishmael
Papers on the Hero’s Journey will be due on Friday. You will have the class today to work on them. We have no class tomorrow per the half day, many of you will be gone on Thursday with the Ecology trip, and Friday we will be having Sean’s presentation.
Please seek help if you need it!
Ishmael
Please have chapter 11 finished for tomorrow with questions finished.
You have a 2 page writing assignment due next Friday, January 18th. It should answer the question How does the concept of the Hero’s Journey work within the context of the novel Ishmael? Some directions this discussion might take:
Who is the Hero?
Name and describe the steps, [...]
THE HERO’S JOURNEY
Your description of one Inherit the Wind character’s Hero’s Journey was due on Thursday. I have already looked at one paper that chose to follow Rachel as the hero. I think Rachel is a good choice. She has a Call that slowly builds up and happens before the play begins. She crosses the [...]
INHERIT THE WIND
Writing Assignment - Due Next Thursday.
In 250-500 words please choose one of the characters in the play we are reading and describe their Hero’s Journey through Act II. You should be able to tell me how far along the Hero’s Journey they have travelled, and which steps have been made. Please be sure to adhere [...]
THE HERO’S JOURNEY
Today in class we reviewed in detail the Hero’s Journey. For Thursday, please write me 250 words (about one page) describing one of your own life experience’s within the context of the Hero’s Journey. You might use the Hero’s Journey Worksheet I handed out yesterday to map your experience before writing. Please adhere [...]
THE HERO’S JOURNEY
Please use the worksheet handed out in class today (click here for a new copy) to identify the details for each step in the hero’s journey for The Odyssey. Use the Wikipedia summary handed out last week for the details. This will be due on Wednesday, September 12, 2007.
HOMER’S ODYSSEY
We will be using the movie Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? as the archetypal monomyth for our introduction of the Hero’s Journey. The movie is a loose telling of the most famous monomyth, Homer’s Odyssey. Please read the Wikipedia plot summary of the Odyssey between now and Tuesday. Handouts were provided to you in [...]
Monomyth or The Hero’s Journey
Today we introduced idea of the Hero’s Journey. You need to remember the following things about the Hero’s Journey:
All the literature we read will be viewed through the Hero’s Journey lens.
The Monomyth is a pattern or series of steps found within many narratives or stories from around the world. Some modern [...]
