On the first day in this class we watched youtube videos that were posted on the syllabus. The first one was clips of spiderman to a nickelback song. I thought marlen was now a big spiderman fan or something. It was the first day and we didnt have our blogs so I thought we  were just watching something to entertain us until we started blogging. Then I saw that the next clips were of people like MLK and others. All of them had the hero theme to them. So when I thought of a hero I thought of someone like spiderman saving a girl in distress, but there was a lot more to it than that.

After studying what a hero is with marlen I now have a more specific definition of what a hero is. We learned that all heroes have a journey that they receive a call for. Some hesitate after receiving this call, only to accept it later after “encouragement”. The hero then crosses the first threshold separating him from his home to begin his journey.

Along the journey the hero may experience a road block or certain difficulties that are too big to solve themselves. They are then helped by supernatural aid that can come in many forms. This aid allows them to continue their journey, passing over great obstacles. This is only the beginning of the hero’s journey though. I still have a lot more to learn about the middle and end of the hero’s journey as well as experience the middle and end of mine.