Voyage of the Hero


the element of literature that states every story follows the same basic eight stage pattern.

stage 1 – birth
stage 2 – childhood adventures
stage 3 – preperation, meditation, withdrawel, refusal
stage 4 – quest
stage 5 – death
stage 6 – underworld
stage 7 – resurrection
stage 8 – apotheosis

part of the freshmen/sophmore english curriculum at acma. takes up the majority of the school year to teach. is the reason no currect or former students of acma can ever read a book, watch a movie, see a play, listen to music, go to a gallery, examine a photograph or even play a video game without seeing at least one of the eight stages.

thanks a lot, mr. s.
megan: i saw a really good movie this weekend.
kayla: did you notice voyage of the hero in it?
megan: ugh! all over the place. g-d, i can’t get voyage of the f-cking hero out of my head!

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