Harry potter hero's journey worksheet

Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or her swag? Yeah, scholar Joseph Campbell noticed first—in He wrote The Hero with a Thousand Faces , in which he outlined the 17 stages of a mythological hero's journey.

About half a century later, Christopher Vogler condensed those stages down to 12 in an attempt to show Hollywood how every story ever written should—and, uh, does —follow Campbell's pattern. We're working with those 12 stages, so take a look. Want more?

What is the reward in harry potter and the sorcerer's stone

We have an entire Online Course devoted to the hero's journey. Well, we're not sure Harry's been in the "ordinary world" since he first learned that he was a secret wizard, but let's leave that aside. When the movie begins, he's clearly been spending his summer holidays with the Weasleys, which seems peaceful enough. However, Harry has also been having nightmares featuring arch nemesis Voldemort, Wormtail that's the dude who helped Voldemort find and kill his parents , and some other guy he doesn't recognize.

He can't tell if the dream is somehow real or, you know, just a dream. And to pile on to all that: when they attend the Quidditch World Cup, Harry and his friends run into some Death Eaters i. What's that? Basically a sign of solidarity with the Dark Lord and his kind. So, not a good thing.