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First, we will finish seeing the group presentations from last Friday. Please continue to be respectful and quiet for these.

Quick Write: In your notes, please respond to the following prompt. Joseph Campbell (remember that name??) said, "The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." What "cave" do you fear to enter? What are the greatest challenges you face or have faced in your life? What challenges do you foresee in the future, whether near or distant? What qualities do you have that will help you overcome those challenges. In other words, in what way(s) are you a hero, and in what ways does your own life mimic the hero's journey?

After a brief discussion, watch this video. Although the beginning of the video was review, we learned in watching that although the details of what makes a hero have changed throughout time, there was a logical "evolution" to those changes that mirrored the values of society and the desires of people who created the heroes. 

Please take out your notebooks and start a new Cornell notes page. To deepen your understanding of heroes and the hero's journey, we will learn a little more about what a hero is, and how our modern idea of a hero differs from and is similar to the classic hero archetype.