Emma Scott (In Class Readings) The Hero with a Thousand Faces

     This in class reading broke apart all of the different layers or steps of the journey of a hero. The steps are the call to adventure, the refusal of the call, meeting the mentor, crossing the threshold, test/enemies, the approach, the ordeal, and the reward. What is the simplest step in a hero's journey? When analyzing the literature of The Hero with a Thousand Faces I believe that the easiest step is the refusal of the call. 

    Refusal of the call is something that almost all heroes experience one way or another. The hero does not start off as a hero, they start just as any other humans do. It is easy to deny the call and stick to what is known and what appears to be simple and almost mundane. Accepting a calling for something that is unknown and could be viewed as risky is not typically what people want to explore at first. 

    What is the hardest part of the heroes journey? I feel that it may either be the crossing of the threshold or the test which typically includes the enemies. The hero has to get over "the hump" in order to end the journey and collect their reward. The reward can be something tangible, but more likely than not their reward is that they are able to discover who they are. The internal journey of the hero if completed leads to the reward, being that they are closer to their true identity. Can someone really know their true identity even if they have been on their internal journey? This is a question that I do not have the answer to. 

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