8. The Reward

8. The Reward

Once the hero has moved beyond the ordeal after careful preparations, they are rewarded with something that they truly need. The hero can be rewarded with love from another, a new appreciation of their home or family, or a newfound respect for themselves. The reward can also be something more tangible: money, material goods or other such 'valuable' items. In either case, the hero gets 'paid' in some way for accepting the journey and seeing it through regardless of the doubts, tests, and enemies he or she has faced.

YOUR TASK TODAY IS TO . . . Write a short organized paragraph response with textual support in which you make a connection between this book and the reward stage of the journey.  

HERE IS YOUR PROMPT: In a book you have read this semester, try to figure out what the character's reward has been as they reach the end of their journey. (Sometimes the reward is something that the character needs rather than wants - so watch for this).  Identify and describe the reward the character receives and then make a comment on whether you believe the reward is appropriate for the journey the character has undergone.

7. Approach to the Inmost Cave to face the Ordeal

7. Approach to the Inmost Cave to face the Ordeal

We have now reached the special world of the hero and will focus our attention on the final stages of the journey. Today, you will connect specifically to The Approach to the Inmost Cave and the Ordeal.

The stage, Approach to the Inmost Cave, is described as a time when the hero makes the preparations needed to approach the dark place that leads to the central crisis (the ordeal). Maps may be reviewed, lists made, attacks planned, a spy plan launched, and possibly the enemy's force whittled down before the hero can face his greatest fear, or the supreme danger lurking ahead.  

The Ordeal can be described as the central life-or-death crisis, during which the hero faces their greatest fear, or confronts their most difficult challenge.

Think about what you would do to prepare for an imminent natural disaster, like a hurricane.


YOUR TASK TODAY:
In your novel, identify and describe the preparations (approach to the inmost cave) that your main character does in order to face and eventually resolve his or her crisis (ordeal). If a character does not prepare to face and solve his/her crisis, how does this impact his or her success at the ordeal stage?

**Include at least one direct quotation from your novel to support each of these two stages of the journey. Build a quotation sandwich by introducing the quotation, inserting the quotation and then explaining the quotation's significance to the stage of the journey.  Include a proper in-text citation (Author, Title page) following each quotation.

As a sample, take a look at this youtube clip. How does this showcase the qualities of one or both of the journey stages you will write about today?