Ryan Robertson The Hero's Journey

JOSEPH CAMPBELL- THE HERO'S JOURNEY By Ryan Robertson • Was born in 1904, New York • Died in 1987, Hawaii • He released books on his unifying concepts of mythology such as: • He Inspired many with his - The Hero With a Thousand Faces work on the comparisons on - The Power of Myth mythology and religion - The Masks of God JOSEPH CAMPBELL 1. The Hero begins in their ORDINARY WORLD 2. They then receive a CALL TO ADVENTURE 3. The Hero may be RELUCTANT or REFUSE THE CALL 4. Then they meet their MENTOR, whom helps guide them 5. Enters a new world, CROSSING THE FIRST THRESHOLD 6. Where they face TEST, ALLIES & ENEMIES 7. The Hero cross a second threshold as they APPROACH THE INMOST CAVE 8. Experiences the ORDEAL, of their most difficult challenge 9. Receive a REWARD 10. Finally are on route to THE ROAD BACK to the Ordinary World 11. Cross their third and finally threshold, experiencing RESURRECTION 12. They RETURN TO ELIXIR THE 12 STAGES OF THE JOURNEY 1. THE HERO’S ORDINARY WORLD Maximus thinks and dreams about his ordinary world with his family but has not been for sometime 2. CALL TO ADVENTURE Maximus is leading the Roman army to battle 3. REFUSES THE CALL The Emperor offers Maximus to take his place once he dies but he turns it down 4. MEETING THE MENTOR Promximo bought Maximus as Slave, trained him to become a magnificent Gladiator 5. CROSSING THE THRESHOLD Maximus is captured as slave and introduced into the slave world as a Gladiator TESTS ALLIES ENEMY 7. APPROACH TO THE INMOST CAVE The Emperor’s sister, the Mentor and other slaves try help Maximus escape 8. THE ORDEAL The New Emperor challenges to fight Maximus but stabs him before hand the match to get an unfair advantage in the flight 9. THE REWARD Maximus kills the Emperor and Rome is now saved 10. THE ROAD BACK The stab before the match is slowly causing Maximus to bleed to death 11. RESURRECTION Maximus sacrificed his life but now is able to join his family in the after-life 12. RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR He is reunited in his ordinary world with his family in the after-life After studying about Joseph Campbell’s theories I can identify a pattern in many movies that I have watched such as Troy, The Last Samurai, Captain America, the Hobbit and Lord of the rings, which the hero of the movie experiences the 12 steps of the hero's journey. I have also notices the structure is being used in the console games for these movies like Lord of the rings and Captain America. MY THOUGHTS A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself - Joseph Campbell