The Hero’s The Hero’s JourneyJourney

The Steps of the Hero’s Journey The Steps of the Hero’s Journey pattern as outlined by Joseph pattern as outlined by Joseph

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Stage One: The DepartureStage One: The Departure

• The Call to Adventure

• The Refusal of the Call

• Supernatural Aid

• Crossing the First Threshold

• Entering the Belly of the Whale

The Call to AdventureThe Call to Adventure

Harry Potter receives letters inviting him to Hogwarts.

Luke Skywalker finds the hologram of Princess Leia.

Dorothy is told to find a place where she won’t get

into any trouble. She sings about going over

the rainbow.

The Refusal of the CallThe Refusal of the Call

Harry’s Uncle Vernon refuses to let Harry read his letters.

Bilbo Baggins informs Gandalf that he doesn’t want to go on any

adventures.

Jonah runs away after God told him to go to Nineveh.

Supernatural AidSupernatural AidHagrid arrives to find out why

Harry hasn’t answered his letters.God sends a

storm as punishment

against the ship in which Jonah is attempting to

escape.

Dorothy meets a “Fortune Teller” who

insists that she go home to her family.

Crossing the First ThresholdCrossing the First Threshold

Percy Jackson enters Camp Half-Blood, but his mother cannot cross

the threshold.

Marty McFly gets the Delorean up to 88 mph and travels back in time.

Indiana Jones picks up the trail where his father was last seen and breaks through the floor to find the

tomb of Sir Richard.

Entering the Belly of the WhaleEntering the Belly of the WhaleJonah is swallowed by a

large fish and must repent before being released.

Dorothy finds herself in the Land of Oz and must go to

the Emerald City to find a way home.

A young Indiana Jones falls into a boxcar filled with snakes, which forces him to move

forward in an attempt to escape.

Stage Two: The InitiationStage Two: The Initiation

• The Road of Trials

• Meeting with the God/Goddess

• Facing the Tempter

• Companions on the Journey

• Atonement with the Father

• The Apotheosis

• Receiving the Ultimate Boon

The Road of TrialsThe Road of Trials

Dorothy must travel the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City.

Greg Mortenson and his crew of workers from the village of Korphe in Pakistan

must carry the lumber to build their school when the trucks are unable to get through

with the supplies.

Hercules must complete

twelve labors to atone for

the sin of killing his

family.

Meeting the God/GoddessMeeting the God/Goddess

Korphe village chief Haji Ali teaches Greg Mortenson about the life of the

Pakistani and helps him to assimilate.

Harry Potter relies on Dumbledore to guide him through his trials at Hogwarts.

Luke Skywalker learns the wisdom of the Jedi from Yoda.

Facing the TempterFacing the Tempter

Marty McFly constantly runs into his nemesis, Biff Tanner, throughout his

travels through time.

Luke Skywalker must resist Darth Vader’s frequent attempts to lure him to The Dark Side.

The Wicked Witch of the West tries to foil Dorothy’s attempts to get home.

Companions on the JourneyCompanions on the Journey

Luke Skywalker could count of Chewbacca and Han Solo to get him

out of a jam.

Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley traveled the same road as Harry Potter throughout their time at Hogwarts.

The Lion, the Tin Man, and

the Scarecrow all sought the

same things that Dorothy

needed to find in herself.

Atonement with the FatherAtonement with the FatherHarry is able

to see his parents and make peace with his past through the

Mirror of Erised.

Indiana Jones realizes that he might lose his father forever and

does what he needs to do in order to save him.

Dorothy finally admits how badly she wishes to be back home with her family.

ApotheosisApotheosis

The Grail Knight tells Indiana Jones that he must “choose wisely” in order to claim the Holy Grail and save his father.

Harry must defeat Voldemort in each of the adventure novels.

Greg Mortenson’s completed Korphe school.

Receiving the Ultimate BoonReceiving the Ultimate Boon

In “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull”, Indy learns that he has a son only after the

two have survived several adventures.

Arthur draws

Excalibur from the

stone and becomes

King of all England.

After rising to the Green Knight’s challenge, Gawain is permitted to keep the magical Green Girdle.

Stage Three: The ReturnStage Three: The Return

• The Refusal of the Return

• The Magic Flight

• Help From Without

• Crossing the Return Threshold

• The Master of Two Worlds

• Freedom to Live

The Refusal of the ReturnThe Refusal of the Return

Even after Indiana warns Elsa Schneider that the Grail cannot cross the Great

Seal, she decides to try to take it anyway.

Dorothy hesitates when she says good-bye to the Scarecrow, telling him that she will miss

him most of all.

Harry hates having to return to the Dursleys at the end of each school year.

The Magic FlightThe Magic Flight

Luke Skywalker escapes the Death Star in the Millennium Falcon.

Dorothy attempts to ride in the balloon with the “Wizard” of Oz, but when she jumps out to catch a runaway Toto, the balloon leaves without her.

Neo “jacks in” to the Matrix to fight the agents.

Help From WithoutHelp From WithoutGlinda

returns to tell

Dorothy how to use

her ruby slippers.

Luke Skywalker hears Obi Wan Kenobi's encouragement in his head: “Use the Force, Luke!” as he tries to escape the Death Star.

Henry Jones, Sr. tells Indy to let the Grail go in order to save his son.

Crossing the Return ThresholdCrossing the Return Threshold

When the clock tower is struck by lightning, Doc Brown sends 1.21

gigawatts of electricity into the flux capacitor, sending Marty back to the

future.

Dorothy clicks her

heels together

three times and says,

“There’s no place like home…”

The Goonies escape from the Pirate Cave minutes before the wall collapses, freeing the long-hidden pirate ship.

The Master of Two WorldsThe Master of Two WorldsLuke Skywalker and Han Solo are rewarded at the Yavin Ceremony

Dorothy wakes up and remembers that all of her friends and family

were part of her dream

Bilbo Baggins writes his memoires of his adventure and entitles them “There, and Back Again”

Freedom to LiveFreedom to LiveJack Sparrow and Will Turner survive to continue their adventures

Harry Potter continues his education at

Hogwarts School of Magic

Peter Parker turns away from MJ in order to

protect her from Spiderman’s enemies

as he continues to fight crime