In & Out

        In most of the Hero Projects, one thing that stuck out was how the call to adventure was an internal call. For example, in our movie The Incredibles, the character is called literally by a human; however it is his drive to do good that he is motivated to fight. In another groups project, they explained how Jack from The Nightmare Before Christmas, felt like he was missing something in his life. This caused him to start his adventure. Both of these examples come form the characters heart, not from an external/literal call.

Another reoccurring theme is how the boon/elixir is also internal. In The Incredibles, his boon is the idea of family importance. In Life of Pi, Pi's boon is remembering what is important in life. This is not a physical boon, like in The Hobbit where Bilbo finds a ring.

In each poster, the groups explained a mentor. For most groups, the mentor was very obvious. For example, Bilbo Baggins relies on Gandalf to help him though. Gandalf clearly was a key to Bilbo's success. However in other movies, like Pirates of the Caribbean, Will Turner thinks that he hates Jack Sparrow, when Jack is indirectly helping Will determine his destiny.

This is similar to our movie in how Mr.Incredible see's Mirage to be a friend in the beginning, then an enemy, then a friend again. Because of this, he has many mixed feelings about her. She does work for the man trying to kill Mr. Incredible, however saves his whole family in the end. Mentor's are a very important part of life, especially to people who don't know it yet.

Bourne Confusion and Camping Kids

9-19-13

Write about the film you think would be best for the hero’s journey project.

A: I think that a good movie to use for this project would be the movie The Bourne Identity.  I think this would be a good choice because the hero is often unsure that he is the hero, which makes his actions seem even more outstanding. Jason Bourne was a government project gone wrong. He was made to be an assassin, however was knocked out of his “brain-washing” and realized that what he was doing was wrong. He then turned his life around to figure out who he really was and stop this horrible killing spree that the government was on.

9-20-13

Friday free write.

A: As a child, my family loved to camp. Each memorial day we would travel to northern Michigan in our camper with some friends. I loved all of it. The fresh air, the water, the campfires, everything. “Come on!” I yell to my cousin as she gingerly tests the water with the built in thermometer that everyone seems to have in their big toe. “Its too cold!” She replies. Finally her brother comes up behind her and shoves her into the lake. She was too cold to yell at him. At dinner each night we could laugh and joke about the events of the day. We laughed about my mom’s phobia of frogs as we bragged about the size of the frogs we had caught that day.  One Memorial Day, on our way home, something very unexpected happened.

Superman?

What does the word “hero” mean to you? What do you think about when you think of heroes? What do you see…?

A:  In my mind, a hero is someone who will stop at nothing to help. It doesn’t always have to be a serious thing. Even the small acts of heroism are important. For example, my grandmother is a hero to me because she took care of her five younger siblings when her parents died from alcoholism. She got married at sixteen and kept her younger brothers and sisters under her wing. She is a hero to me, but more to the people she protected. When someone says the word hero, the picture of a muscular man flying through the air with a red cape pops into my head. These fictional characters may be fun to watch, but their morals and values are true to any real hero. For example, like Superman puts his life on the line to protect common citizens, our nations military follow the same role.