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THE HERO’S JOURNEY

Narrative Strategy for Great Stories

The Hero’s Journey

• A narrative structure used in films like The Wizard of Oz and

Star Wars

• Universal themes and archetypes

• Transformational stories

Five stages of the Journey1. The New Reality

2. The Mentor

3. The Threshold

4. The Dragon Devoured

5.The Return

1. The New Reality

• A change in worldview

• Reluctant hero

• Beginning of the evolution

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2.The Mentor• Every hero has a mentor

• Mentors can be a person or a transformational event

• The Mentor gives training, equipment, or advice

3.The Threshold• “We’re not in Kansas

anymore”

• The adventure begins

• Stepping forward into the unknown

4.The Dragon Devoured• The Hero slays the dragon

• Dragons may be inner or outer demons

• Transformation through the Dark Night of the Soul

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5. The Return•The final stage of

learning is teaching

•The Hero returns home

•The transformation is complete

“ And the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time.” ― T.S. Eliot

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