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?