Campbell's mmm mmm good

        My first semester english class is almost over about blogging, and I can truly say I have learned a lot from it. we have talked a lot about different philosophers and their different theories of life and people. Some philosophers I learned about were easier than others to understand and some I could relate to more than others. One of the most interesting people I learned about was Joseph Campbell. he came up with the mono-myth theory. his theory was that most myths, stories, and religions share the same types of images and archetypes that represent the hero’s journey, which is the desire of the everyman, or woman to achieve individualization or wholeness of the psyche.  according to this guy, every hero must go through a series of test to achieve their wholeness of the psyche. these steps are: 

1.     Call

       2.     Rejection

   3.     Acceptance

 4.     Setting out

5.     Danger

6.     Guides/potions

7.     Overcoming

8.     Reaching mystery

9.     Return

        As soon as I learned this I immediately researched all the hero movies I could think of and after looking at them they all followed that same sequence in a way. not every hero rejects their calling but there is always a call. A prime example of this would be the matrix movies. We talked about this is class where Neo gets the call then rejects it by trying to run away and the seen where he takes the blue pill represents acceptance. If you look into some of your favorite movies you will see the same patterns. learning all of this kind of disappointed me in a way. I'm a big fan of movies and it now seems like nothing that comes it is a creative movie anymore. the plot is ruined for me now because I can pretty much guess what's going to happen and when it's going to happen. Its more interesting though, to learn about somebody like Campbell, who was so knowledgable about the myths and the psyche. At the same time its a very random subject to get into, why would someone want to sped their time on lecturing about a subject like this. I know I wouldn't, but that's just me. To end on a positive note I just saved a lot of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico!