Hero Cycle Essay Outline

STEP ONE: Hero Cycle Outline 

Remember your Hero Cycle: Modern Epic assignment? Use the information on that assignment to help you with this outline. You are welcome to change the modern story if you would like to start from scratch. But why would you? It's more work!

Prompt: Explain how The Odyssey and a modern epic of your choice illustrate Joseph Campbell’s heroic cycle. This should include common elements found in the beginning, middle, and end of the hero cycle.   

Need to review The Odyssey? Here's the link (Links to an external site.) to the short summaries we read in class. 

Need to review Joseph Campbell's Hero Cycle? Use your Hero Cycle diagram Download Hero Cycle diagram or this link for a more detailed version Download this link for a more detailed version.   Download .  

Instructions: Fill in only the sections with lines. Please delete the lines and change your font color to something I can read.

INTRODUCTION  

*Hook and transition in essay.  

Thesis (YOU WRITE) __________________________________________________________________

        Example: Both Homer’s Odyssey and Elf, directed by Favreau, share most elements in the heroic cycle.  

BODY 

Topic Sentence #1 (Describe a similar stage in the beginning of the hero cycle)  ________________________________________________ 

   Example:  In the beginning of the heroic cycle, both Elf and Odysseus depart on their great adventure.

The Odyssey Evidence: _______________________________________________________________ 

   Ex: Odysseus leaves his family to go and fight in the Trojan War in Troy. 

*Cite and elaborate in essay.

Modern Epic Evidence: ______________________________________________________________  

    Ex: Buddy leaves the North Pole, in search of his father. 

*Cite and elaborate in essay  

Final connection to Homer’s and modern epic: _____________________________________________________

      Ex. As you can see, both stories show the hero living in their "ordinary" world, and then getting called to adventure. 

Topic Sentence #2 (Describe a similar stage in the middle of the hero cycle)  __________________________________________________  

The Odyssey  Evidence : _______________________________________________________________  

*Cite and elaborate in essay  

Modern Epic Evidence: _______________________________________________________________  

*Cite and elaborate in essay  

Final connection to Homer’s and modern epic: ______________________________________________  

Topic Sentence #3 (Describe a similar stage in the end of the hero cycle)  _______________________________________________  

(Describe a similar stage in the end of the hero cycle)  

The Odyssey Evidence : _____________________________________________________________________  

*Cite and elaborate in essay  

Modern Epic Evidence: ______________________________________________________________________  

*Cite and elaborate in essay  

Final transition to connect Homer’s and modern epic: ______________________________________________  

Conclusion  

 *Restate Thesis (with different wording) in essay _______________________________________________________________

 *Summarize Main Points in essay 

 *Clincher in essay