"The cave you free to enter holds the treasure you seek." Joseph Campbell
Win +1 points if you can recognize this pattern in the characters you read about going forward.
Reading H/W
Work on your book club presentation. Wednesday: Each group must show me the progress you have made so far on your 'Book Club presentation.
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What is a hero?
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The Hobbit is a book which demonstrates the monomyth structure.
ReplyDelete'Nobody' is a sci-fi book that difenently uses this
ReplyDelete'Countdown' by Ben Michaelsen uses the monomyth
ReplyDeleteAlice in Wonderland
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Hercules
These three books all show Monomyth structure
In the Messenger how Matty has to keep on traveling in and out of Village. He finds out that Village might be closing so he has to make a last journey through the rough forest, he finds out something that just is not right.
ReplyDeleteHe is called upon to deliver one last message. It is just a revolution through his life.
The book club book my group is reading right now, Waiting for Normal, follows this structure. Addie departs her normal life when her parents get divorced, she is introduced to her new house, she is presented with some trial challenges and so on.
ReplyDeleteOne of the books that I think this was used in was in a book called Eon, by Alison Goodman. She's first faced with the challenge of faking being a boy and having to go on stage to do a dragon ritual, and then her closest friend helps her, (assistance,) then makes her way to the kingdom. Continuing on, she goes through a series of trials to find out which dragon she is. After that, she gains knowledge of her true dragon, but in a scary way. Her crisis was when one of the people at the castle is about to find out the she is actually a girl, instead of a boy. The treasure is a special book from her ancestors written in Woman Script, a different type of writing. Her result is getting in touch with her inner dragon. She doesn't really return, but rather her assistance returns to her family. Now she has a new life as a dragon carrier.
ReplyDeleteThere is a book called Into The Wild by erin Hunter in which the main character follow this structure
ReplyDeleteThere is a book called Into The Wild by erin Hunter in which the main character follow this structure
ReplyDeleteElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
ReplyDeleteEragon by: Christopher Pauloni
ReplyDeleteThat was a really cool lesson today Mr. Buxton. I didn't realize that I could fit almost all the stories I have read to this 'circle' I also was really surprised when the video said this is also relevant with our daily lives. I didn't really think of my life being almost 'planned out' I found that cool but somewhat creepy :)
ReplyDeleteBook + point: Rangers Apprentice uses the most of the structure.
ReplyDeleteHatchet is definitely a book that shows the stages of the monomyth structure
ReplyDeleteI think all of the percy jackson books show the mono myth cycle
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Ernest. I think that all of the Percy Jackson books show the cycle really well
ReplyDeleteCity of Ember, is a dystopian fiction book that captures the "Hero's Journey" perfectly.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mr. Buxton for teaching us this lesson because I think that it could really help us in the future to understand books and movies better.
ReplyDeleteWow That applies to almost all the story I known in my life, hunger games, percy jackson. I think all the stories patterns are same, but just different what is the main clock!
ReplyDeleteNice discussion guys. +1 for all those who mentioned a book or movie.
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