The hero's journey

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1. anacletoJul 2018
   > 1: Hero With A Thousand Faces

   Unusual. The first time, I - happily - see someone on HN mentioning Joseph Campbell and this book.

   As a following up lecture, I'd recommend: The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work.

   [0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242530.The_Hero_s_Journe...

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2. davidsmith8900Dec 2013
   - The Hero's Journey
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3. bertilAug 2014
   There is a lot of litterature on what makes a hero -- somehone whose tale is worthy to be told and who should be admired for it. A Hero's journey has to be the classic few have actually read, but many know well enough to refer to:

   * ideal world, left or destroyed (no matter the reason): he was living a confortable life in a developed country; whether you consider the catastrophy to be his departure or his discovery of the epidemic, both match;

   * his actions have to be taxing, unexpected, foster his personal qualities and changed the hero's perspective: taking care of patients with a hemoragic fever is very daunting; he didn't come for that and had to learn how (from what would be the 'Fairy godmother' secondary charater, presumably an expert either local doctor or on hemoragic fevers); he didn't go there to catch the fever anyway;

   * his goal must be clear and positive (aka the Princess, or the Treasure) and be slightly different than expected, to match the hero's own change: cure Ebola, or reach good health in the area; maybe have people die in dignity; he ended up being not a carer but a patient, too; might need a little more detail, but that part is pretty well covered;

   * resolution must be positive (not necesarily for the hero who may die, but for the world): we have a known process to adress Ebola (with Western-grade medecine) and still the story not over (the 'and had many children' part, obviously 90% of the story, one where being a hero but not part of the narrow frame that makes a hero): we still need to eradicate the desease.

   I would say his experience fits squarely within the heroic framework.

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