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In an interview, Joseph Campbell discusses the nature of heroes with journalist Bill Moyers, emphasizing that heroes are individuals who dedicate their lives to something greater than themselves, and that their journeys often lead to transformation. The text explores different types of heroic acts, both physical and spiritual, and highlights the relatability of heroism through personal journeys. Campbell's insights challenge traditional views of heroism, suggesting that both men and women can perform equally heroic acts.

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From The Her1

In an interview, Joseph Campbell discusses the nature of heroes with journalist Bill Moyers, emphasizing that heroes are individuals who dedicate their lives to something greater than themselves, and that their journeys often lead to transformation. The text explores different types of heroic acts, both physical and spiritual, and highlights the relatability of heroism through personal journeys. Campbell's insights challenge traditional views of heroism, suggesting that both men and women can perform equally heroic acts.

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from The Hero’s Adventure

Summary
In this interview, journalist Bill Moyers speaks with author Joseph Campbell about
different types of heroes. As Campbell explains to Moyers, different societies have
different heroes. Campbell says that a hero is someone who has given his or her life
over to something that is greater than himself or herself. There are heroes who
perform courageous acts, such as saving a life, and there are heroes who
experience a supernormal range of spiritual life and return with a message. The
men also discuss how a journey helps transform a person into a hero.

Insight
Reading the excerpt from “The Hero’s Adventure” will help you understand that
being a hero or heroine might be less extraordinary than it seems. By focusing on
the importance of a transformation, Campbell makes a hero’s transformation more
relatable.
Connection to Essential Question
“The Hero’s Adventure” provides a different perspective on the Essential Question.
Campbell argues that by undergoing a journey of some sort, a person proves that
he or she has the courage, knowledge, and capacity to be a hero.

Concept Vocabulary
INFANTILE
Infantile must mean “childish.”

PSYCHE
Psyche must mean “a person’s mind or soul.”

DEPENDENCY
Dependency must mean “needing someone or something.”

Before Reading the text


Students should perform the steps of the first read independently:

NOTICE: students to take notice of the vocabulary the author uses when he
describes heroes.

ANNOTATE: Mark passages that are strong examples of the author’s use of diction
when describing heroes in mythological stories.

CONNECT: Explore the ways in which heroic values are different from your own.
RESPOND: answer questions and write a summary to demonstrate your
understanding.

p.# 662
Analyze Comparisons
By comparing and contrasting, an author helps the reader better understand each
of the ideas, events, or objects he or she is comparing and their relationship.
Annotate:
Mark details in paragraph 10 that are used to make stark comparisons between
two different kinds of events.
Question:
 What might these details tell the readers?
 What can a reader infer from the author’s comparison?
The author equates dying in childbirth with dying in battle, defining them both as
heroic acts worthy of the ultimate reward of admittance to heaven. He also notes
the mother’s part in the heroic act of birth.
Conclude:
The author indicates that men and women are capable of performing different but
equally heroic acts.

Comprehension Check
Possible responses:

1. Campbell defines a hero as someone who has given his or her life to something
bigger than himself or herself.

2. The two types of deeds that make up a hero’s journey are physical and spiritual
deeds.

3. A hero’s adventure usually begins with someone from whom something has
been taken or someone who feels he or she has been wronged in some way. The
person goes through a transformation and evolves psychologically and physically.
This adventure unfolds beyond the ordinary as the person seeks to recover what
was lost or gain some sort of balance.

4. “The Hero’s Adventure” is about the qualities that make a hero. A hero is
someone who does something extraordinary. Joseph Campbell describes to Bill
Moyers the elements of a hero and explains why both men and women are heroes.
He also emphasizes the importance of taking a journey. The journey tests a
person’s true ability to be a hero.
P.# 664
Close Read the Text
If needed, model close reading by using the Annotation Highlights in the nteractive
Teacher’s Edition. Remind students to use Accountable Talk in their discussions and
to support one another as they complete the close read.

Analyze the Text


1. Possible response: Each person is capable of acting in a heroic way. Behaving
in a heroic way might make everyone a hero. Therefore, this statement might
water down the idea of heroism.

2. Passages will vary by group. Explain why you chose the passage you
presented to group members.

3. Responses will vary by group.

Concept Vocabulary
Why These Words? Possible response: These words all have to do with people’s
minds and behaviors.

Practice
Possible responses:
• Bullying had a negative effect on Ana’s psyche.
• She was getting tired of his infantile behavior.
• Sarah could see that her best friend showed a lot of dependency on her parents.

Word Network
Possible words: discover, undertake, adventures

Word Study
For more support, see Concept Vocabulary and
Word Study.

• Draconian comes from Draco, the first legislator of Athens known for his harsh
rule of law.

• Herculean comes from Hercules, a Greek mythological hero with enormous


strength.
• Iridescent comes from Iris, a goddess in Greek mythology who was seen as a
rainbow.

• Lethargic comes from the Greek mythological river Lethe, also known as the river
of forgetfulness.

P.#665
Analyze Craft and Structure
Development of Ideas

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