Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Real Life Heroe

Birth-Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her parents were two unwed teenage parents. 
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Call to Adventure-When Oprah was 14 she give birth to a child, the child dies and it devisatated her. She vowed to turn her life around from that point on.
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Supernatural Guide-Her father helped her with her mission by strapping her with his strict rules and discipline.  These consisted of keeping her grades high and being home by cerfew.
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Crossing the Threshold-At the age of nineteen, Oprah landed her first job as a reporter for a radio station in Nashville.
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Belly of the Beast-Oprah started the Oprah Winfrey Show.  From that point on there was no truning back.
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Tests/Ordeals/Hero Deeds-With talk shows becoming increasingly trashy, Oprah pledged to keep her show free of tabloid topic terrible adolescence living with her mother.


Hero Partners-Her television crew helped her stay on track and not

Atonement with Father- Had Oprah moved back to live with her father after never seeing him. They got along very well.

Journey to the Underworld- When Oprah starts a television show it is like going into the underworld because everyone is watching her every move and if she makes one mistake everyone will hear about it,

Apotheosis/Deification-The Oprah Winfrey Show became the most popular show on television.  This is an accomplishment for her because she came from a rough childhood. 

Elixir-Oprah wins the Nobel Peace Prize which is one of the highest awards in the world to win.  This shows that her journey is now over.


Sunday, September 26, 2010

PIE Hero Paragraph



Star Wars and Blue Diamond have a very similar flow of events because they both involve heros, but there are their differences.  First, in Star Wars and Blue Diamond, there were elixirs in both.  Even though the elixirs had two very different purposes (the diamond to look good and the light saber to kill), they meant allot to the helped the heros. In Star Wars the light saber help Luke through many battles which help him complete his mission.  In Blue Diamond the diamond prevented Doug's friend from committing, which was his mission.  A second similarity is that they both had refused their quest at first. Both heros had better things to do then to go on their mission.  In Star Wars Luke did not want to eave because he thought his uncle would be mad for leaving him before harvest.  In Blue Diamond Doug wanted to stay home and study instead of go out to eat.  Finally, a difference in these two stories is that Star Wars had a tempter and Blue Diamond did not.  The tempter tries to lure the heros of of their path and do something they will regret.  Star Wars tempter is Han Solo when he tells Luke that there is nothing for him here and he can not do anything about it, Blue Diamond  does not have a temptation.  All hero stories follow a similar story line but have their differences still.

-Pierce Schultz