Question

Use the description of the modern fiction series The Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan to complete the activity.

The Heroes of Olympus is a five-book series focusing on teenage demigods who live in modern times and are the children of the ancient Greek and Roman gods. The seven Greek and Roman demigods must work together to leave their home camps in the United States and travel to the ancient lands in Rome and Greece. There, they must battle many enemies, especially the primordial goddess Gia, who wants to destroy the gods and the world as we know it. Once they accomplish this giant task, they return home and improve the demigod world by uniting the Greek and Roman camps in the United States.

In 3–5 sentences, explain the elements from the description that illustrate the common patterns of a hero’s journey.

Answer 1

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The heroes journey is illustrated in this description through several details. The outline of this trope sees a person responding to a call to action, this being Gia wanting to destroy the world. Then, the next element is a journey from their common surroundings to a "new world", or unfamiliar place, akin to the journey away from their normal camps. Then, another is the status quo, shown in their return home. Here, they attempt to make things better, uniting camps across two nations.