“ Recycled Themes ”

The Hero’s Journey

Instructions:

Please complete the following steps for your discussion post.

After you have completed the Unit 5 material and have considered the role of the hero in pop culture, consider following questions:

• What “recycled themes” are apparent in fictional or mythical hero stories? Give specific examples. 
• Why do these recycled themes exist so often in these stories? 
• How does the concept of the monomyth/Hero’s Journey and the other recycled themes in hero stories support or refute the theory of popular culture you wrote about in your Unit 2 assignment? 

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.