Freshmen: Today we studied Part I of The Elements of Style and did an activity involving the first 11 rules; there will be an exam on these on Thursday. We also continued studying the technique of process analysis, and you wrote personal letters to someone you care about - I hope you deliver them. Read for 20 minutes tonight and Wednesday; work on Membean for 20 minutes this week.
Sophomores: Today we studied "The Hero's Adventure." Your task tonight is to write a couple of paragraphs in response to the following prompt: Describe what your understanding of the hero concept based on what you learned from the interview with Campbell and Moyers. Continue to read Antigone - see the reading schedule posted on this blog. The entire play needs to be finished for Friday. Work on Membean for 30 minutes this week.
Honors Sophomores: Today we studied "The Hero's Adventure." Continue to read Antigone - see the reading schedule posted on this blog. The entire play needs to be finished for Friday; work on Membean for 20 minutes this week. Your first honors project essay and Prologue from The Hero With a Thousand Faces is due this week.
CNF: Today we did a discussion activity and continued reading The Last Lecture.
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To me the 'hero concept' is all about finding something greater than what is known. The hero finds something greater in themselves or just about human nature. The 'hero' must leave to find to find this a obvious motif in almost all hero stories, yet they always return to home.
The "Hero Concept" is about changing your self. There are two main ways to do this. Either it being physically or mentally. In most stories the hero has changed from the beginning of the story. In one of the more recent books we have read, Santiago change in the book. His thoughts and his actions are more thoughtful. He thinks about everything before he does them. When Joseph Campbell was talking about the motif. I interpreted that as what does the hero or heroine need to do to change himself. I thought that this interview was very interesting and changed the way I will look at the hero's before and after the story.
The "Hero Concept" is going through a transformation that changes you. Many of us don't want to over come our dragon (greed)Because, we just want for ourself and not for others. With each generation there is a diffrent hero , as it is with other cultures. The hero has to give himself up to something greater than he/she is.
Today we learned about the concept of a hero and how heroes are still around. The "hero concept" to me is basically the idea of changing oneself for the sake of others. Going out of your way to make another's life easier is what being a hero is all about.
The hero has usually done a great deed for someone other than themselves. This can be physical and spiritual.The hero's biggest achievement is their character, and finding them self.
There are many common experiences that can make us all heroes. We all can leave one journey, and go to another. Leaving one condition then finding a replacement can give others great opportunities; everybody has the potential to be a hero.
The concept of the hero can be described in various ways. Campbell describes it as one who strives for something bigger than oneself. From the interview we watched today, I learned that there are common motifs that run through each story. One, for example, is the hero or heroine needing to undergo a transformation and trials before succeeding.
Also mentioned by Campbell is the Hero Cycle. Essentially, each hero must leave home, go through trials and temptations, learn a lesson, return home, and apply that new found knowledge to their work. What struck me from this was how Campbell said that at birth we've already undergone this cycle once, as we started from nothing and became human.
The concept of being a hero is very complex. My favorite way Campbell explained the concept was that a hero is a sacrifice. That the hero needs to sacrifice themself for something or someone. A hero needs to be very brave and courageous. Most Heros are born into a broken family. They don't understand their calling to be a hero at first but as soon as they do they embrace it and live as a hero would
The "hero concept" to me is when an ordinary human is able to sacrifice for something bigger than himself. Being a hero to me means that you put other peoples or things needs before your own. Joseph Campbell spoke of this idea during his interview with Moyers. You can also see this idea present in the book Life of Pi. When Pi is stranded on a boat with a tiger he needs to put the tigers needs before his own.
The concept of being a hero has a lot to it, I believe that what makes a hero ahero is that a person needs to think more of others, and not of himself and believe in helping others even if it means endangering yourself.
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