Hero's Journey Review Questions

Answer the following questions in complete sentences.  Copy and paste the questions into a Word document.  Type your answers in Word and then copy and paste the entire assignment into an email document and mail it to <spillal@ocps.k12.fl.us>.  Use the uhsrp@hotmail.com account if needed (Username:  uhsrp  Password:  cougarsrp).
 

1.  How are the two types of heroes different? Be specific noting at least two examples.

2. How is the primary purpose of each hero's journey different?

3.  Describe what happens in the first stage of the hero's journey.

4.  Define chaos and describe what it causes.

5.  How is the hero transformed in the transformation stage?

6.  When the hero faces his or her worst fear it is called ____?

7.   Name the last stage of the journey and describe the hero's job.

8.  What happens if the hero dies?

9-11.  Come up with 3 stories, movies, or television shows that may fit the typical story structure of the Hero's Journey.
Name the story, the hero, and why you think the story fits this structure.  Give a title of story, hero/heroine, and an explanation for each of the three examples.


© Adapted from Karla Owens
by Lee Ann Spillane, November 2000