A Hero's Journey

Kira Gardner

Yesterday, we worked on our hero's journey. The class realized that most hero's journeys are the same. Most hero's have a tragic background such as being an orphan, or having mean parents, or just them being unhappy. They will then recieve a call to action, such as an uncle being murdered, which is what happened in Spiderman. Most will choose the road less traveled. Harry Potter went to Hogwarts while most people don't. Each of the heros have some kind of mentor, seer or a companion. In The Chronicles of Narnia, the children's companion is the lion. For our story, the hero is unhappy, as her parents aren't around a lot. Her call to action is when her goldfish is lost in a suitcase when she plans to runaway. The road less traveled would be that she went through the portal into other worlds and her companion/seer is her goldfish. We came up with this by brainstorming, then explaining and going over what a hero's journey is. It took us a while to finalize our hero's journey, but we know what we're doing know and we're pretty excited by our story.