Hero's Journey

The Hero’s Journey, what is it? Does it tell the story of a journey a hero made? The Hero’s Journey was established by Joseph Campbell, and it says the stages a story has commonly. These stages can be applied for any story including your life. For example:

--Call to adventure: in my life the call to adventure was the opportunity I had to change my old school to a new one, Tecnólogico de Monterrey

--Refusal to the Call: at the beginning I was not so convince that I wanted to study there.

--Supernatural Aid: The magical helpers were my best friend and my mother, because they guide me through my journey at high school, they advise me in the rough times.

--Crossing First Threshold:  this occurred when I finally decided that I wanted to study at Tec I did not know exactly what it was going to be, none of my family members had studied their high school at Tec or the International Baccalaureate.

--Belly of the Whale: the final separation of my know world was my first day at school. It was completely different first of all I did not know anybody and it was the first time I was going to a school where there were boys and girls.

--Road of trials: during my stay at Tec I have experience a lot of events that proves my capacities to continue, like the work, my friends and the relationships I have with the others.

--Meeting with the Goddess: fortunately I have experienced this with my friends. At Tec my classmates have give me their unconditional love, for example every time I have a problem they will always be there to support me. Although I am not a friendly and a social person, my companions have given me their friendship.

--Temptation: Many times my friends of my other school tell me the activities they made and how united they have become, that makes me feels homesick and I want to return to my old school. Another temptation that the only way I can see my best friend is if I stayed in my old school.

--Atonement with the Father: I think it would be the final projects I have to deliver so I can have mi IB diploma, for example the monograph, the math exploration, ect... in some way they are works that will prepare me to the final exam of the International Baccalaureate.

--Apostasis: in a metaphor way, I could say that the persons that die are my companions that cannot accomplish with the IB.

--Ultimate Boon: It will be when I acquire my IB Diploma; it will be the finish of my journey in high school.

 --Refusal of Return:  probably when I have acquired my diploma I won’t want to leave the friendships that I have build, and to return to my old school or the beginning of the journey.

--Freedom to live: once I have my IB diploma, I can make study whatever I want in any place.