The Hero’s JourneyRETURN
The Hero’s Journey
Separatio
n
Ordinary World
Call to Adventure/Extraordinary Birth
Refusal of the Call
Mentor
Supernatural Aid
Threshold Guardian
Crossing the Threshold
Tests, Enemies, and Allies
Supernatural World
Initiation
Final Battle/Abyss
Boon/Elixir
Flight
Return
Return
The ReturnHero crosses Threshold back into
Ordinary World, has transformed since leaving it
Reception: might be welcomed back and celebrated, might be rejected
Hero uses new wisdom and changed character in life in the Ordinary World
The Hero’s Journey
Separatio
n
Ordinary World
Call to Adventure/Extraordinary Birth
Refusal of the Call
Mentor
Supernatural Aid
Threshold Guardian
Crossing the Threshold
Tests, Enemies, and Allies
Supernatural World
Initiation
Final Battle/Abyss
Boon/Elixir
Flight
Return
Return
Sharing of Boon/Elixir
Sharing of Boon/ElixirHero shares new knowledge/insight,
point of view, magic, gift with Ordinary World (again, this can be literal or physical thing as well as a new idea)
Boon/Elixir might be learned and appreciated by the Ordinary World, used for improvement/change
Might be rejected and Hero misunderstood
The Hero’s Journey
Separatio
n
Ordinary World
Call to Adventure/Extraordinary Birth
Refusal of the Call
Mentor
Supernatural Aid
Threshold Guardian
Crossing the Threshold
Tests, Enemies, and Allies
Supernatural World
Initiation
Final Battle/Abyss
Boon/Elixir
Flight
Return
Return
Master of Two Worlds
Sharing of Boon/Elixir
Hero: Master of Two Worlds
Hero knows the rules of the Ordinary and Supernatural Worlds, can go between them
Hero might need to go on another journey after returning
Hero has been freed from fears, can live unafraid of death
“Living in the moment”: not anticipating the future or regretting the past
For humans: balance between material (physical) and spiritual (mental)
MulanJourney/Goal: Prove
herself to her family, save her father
Didn’t fit into typical woman’s role in her Ordinary World
Disguised herself as a man and went into the army
Ended up saving China and the emperor
Be looking for…Group 1: The Return: How does the
acceptance or rejection of the Hero work?
Group 2: Sharing of Boon/Elixir: what is it, and how does the Ordinary World receive it?
Group 3: Master of Two Worlds: How is Mulan’s family different than her: are they able to interact with the Supernatural World in the way she does?
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