Transcript The Hero Cycle: The Hero Cycle Exam

W hat You Need
to Know for the
The Hero
Cycle Exam
Or
Your Road of Trials
Par t 1: Readings
• Part 1 will evaluate the readings.
• To prepare, do the following:
• Understand the definition of each stage of the hero
cycle so that you can recognize an example of it.
• Determine which stage(s) of the cycle you can find in
each selection—all the poems, short stories,
essays, and articles.
• Since you have the questions in advance, find
evidence to support the stage(s) you believe each
reading demonstrates.
• You can consult anything in your notebook during
the exam.
• Have plenty of paper, a blue/black pen, and a
dictionary. Read the format guidelines on the
syllabus before you begin writing.
An Exam Item W ill Be Phr ased
Something Like T his:
• What stage(s) of the hero cycle occur in
Martin Espada’s poem “Why I Went to
College”?
• In your answer, you must
• Identify the stage(s)
• Give a brief definition of the stage(s) in
your own words
• Provide evidence from the selection that
supports the stage(s)
• Interpret the evidence in terms of the
stage(s)
W hy I Went to Colle ge
If you don’t,
my father said,
you better learn
to eat soup
through a straw,
‘cause I’m gonna
break your jaw
Martin Espada
• What stage is
captured here?
• How does Campbell
define the stage?
• What evidence
leads you to believe
that it is ________?
• How does the
evidence illustrate
the stage?
Par t 2: The Film
• Part 2 will evaluate a movie which
illustrates all seventeen stages.
• To prepare, do the following:
• View the film analytically, not necessarily for
fun.
• Listen carefully to our discussion after the
departure, initiation, and return
demarcations in the film.
• Find all of the stages of the cycle.
• An exam item might be phrased like this:
The Hero Cycle requires that the hero cross the
“first threshold” and the “return threshold.” How
does Neo meet these two important steps in
The Matrix?
We will be viewing …
The End.