![]() ![]() ![]() A milder example, repeated frequently in modern cinema, is a child forced into a cross-country road trip with her parents. ![]() The example that Campbell uses is a soldier drafted into a war. The reluctant hero is forced against his will into a journey. Type II: The Reluctant Hero (or Forced Hero) In the process of attaining the goal, the hero often undergoes a psychological or spiritual transformation that is far more significant than their physical experience. ![]() This hero sets off on a quest to achieve a specific goal. The intentional hero is type you most likely imagine when you think of story. In Malcolm Gladwell’s lingo, that makes him an ‘Outlier’ six times over.īefore I outline the three, I would like to share a paraphrased version of Campbell’s definition of a hero: ‘A Hero is someone who has achieved or experienced something beyond the range of the ordinary, often through self-sacrifice, that is bigger than themselves.’ Joseph Campbell is the father of modern storytelling having taught and studied the subject for at least 60 years. In the first episode of the 1988 PBS series “Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers”, Campbell outlines the three types of heroes that you should work into your stories. ![]()
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