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Assignment 1 - My Hero

According the Joseph Campbell, a hero is a person who achieves something beyond the normal and gives themselves to something bigger than themselves. There are many people who can be considered hero's but I chose to write about Harriet Tubman. Her real name Araminta Harriet Ross and was born in 1820. She was an African American abolitionist and humanitarian during the years of slavery in America. Also she was a Union spy during the American Civil War. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and helped more than thirteen missions. A great thing she did was rescue more than 70 slaves in the safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. I think she is an amazing example of a hero because she sacrificed her life to help others. She also challenged to rules of the society. Most African Americans during this time would never have gone against the law so Harriet did something beyond the normal. I think she was an amazing person and heroically risked her life to give people freedom.

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Assignment 2 - The Golden Age

An Island similar to the Islands of the Maldives would be my "perfect world". It would be a very small island and exclusive. You would take a private jet to the islands airport and there would be one big resort/ hotel and also many water bungalows, which are little huts over the water. The water would be so blue its almost clear and there would be lots of palm trees. There would also be lots of exotic animals and really good food. In my "perfect little island" my friends would be there, but not my family because they would ruin the fun. The five things that would be there would be good food, my dog, my phone, many stores, and TV's. There would never be a moment of boredom. There would be lots of fun and activities. We would snorkel, water ski, parasail, and jet ski, which are all my favorite water activities. This would be what my perfect world would look like.



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Assignment 3 - The God Teacher

I have received many gifts over the past year, from my birthday and christmas and other stuff. My most memorable gift I guess would be my phone. I think that my iPhone is a double sided gift because I enjoy it a lot, but my parents hate it. I use it to text friends, snapchat, Instagram, and play apps, but also search for information. My parents only think I goof off but sometimes I actually use it for the better. It is a double sided gift because when they take it away, which is very often, I get in a bad mood. It is used for good and lets me talk to my friends and stuff. It is bad, though, because sometimes I get too involved in it and can spend an hour straight on it. I really enjoy my phone and it teaches me a lot of things. I don't like it because some times I forget the world and get too distracted with it.



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Assignment 4 - End of Childhood

My end of childhood probably went by without my realization. Thankfully, I have never had a traumatic experience like major death or divorce. I also am so lucky I am heathly and everyone I know is as well. I guess my loss of innocence was something like losing my dog, or switching schools, but I feel like those did not impact me very hard, except for being sad about my dog. Both my moms mom and dad died when I was very little so I do not remember much about them. Leaving my old, easy-go-lucky school was hard because I went from very little homework/work, to loads of homework and really hard assessments. I think my dog getting bit by a copperhead was a very hard experience. It was around 11:30 and we were up at our lake house, which was 1 hour away from the nearest open vet, and we were unsure if he actually got bit. I remember how scared I was that we would lose him, and he was only 1 year old. I was unable to be in the car with him as my parents drove him to the far away vet at 12 o clock, and was left with my un-comforting older sister. In the end he lived and this was probably about 1 year ago. I think this was an end of childhood moment because I love my dog so much and realizing he might die was very difficult. Also, recently he was scratched by a cat in the eye and now is blind in one eye.

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Assignment 5- The Cataracts of Heaven/End of the World

The sun was shining way up in the sky The birds were stretching their wings to fly No person knew the day would turn bad They were too caught up in there own lives, worrying about the latest fad

Soon a wall of water had ruined Spain As the whole world watched feeling there pain But little did we know The whole world was about to go

As I looked into the dark purple sky I knew god was mad, and I knew why People were bad and extremely sinful and I knew that of these people, no one was hopeful

I looked up at the atmosphere and began to cry For I knew that everyone was about to die And as the wave crashed over me for one final time I looked up to god and asked him "Why?" http://img.wonderhowto.com/img/90/80/63488926847690/0/end-world-survival-guide-staying-alive-during-zombie-apocalypse.w654.jpg

Assignment 6- Changes in the Stories

In the story Midas, we meet the very greedy King Midas. He one day is granted a wish and he wishes hat everything he touched would turn gold. This is a change because he is going from normal, to super powers. Also, the things will change from its original material, to gold. At first, Midas is very happy with his wish as everything he touches turns gold. He bathes in the happiness of his richness. Everything thing he touched turned gold and he loved it because she was so greedy. Suddenly, he began to dislike the gold touch very much. He was a large man and needed to eat but every food, drink, etc.. he trie to touch would turn to gold and be inedible. This is an attitude change because he goes from happy to angry. When the kings daughter came up to him, he accidentally touched her. That is when he broke down and hated the wish he was granted. Seeing his daughter change from human to gold made him realize how awful his wish was. He was changed from the experience and found himself asking if the wish could be reversed. The answer was yes but he did have to suffer something is return. He was being punished for his greediness. For the rest of his life, the King had to wear donkey ears. They made him ugly and made everyone humiliate him. I guess at first glance the power of the touch of gold would seem great, but once you take into consideration all the people/things you would turn to gold, it would be very negative.



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Assignment 7- Changes in our World

I think that we could potentially destroy our world through war. I chose this picture because so much bad stuff can happen because of war. Like in the story/video, "The Last Flower", the whole world got ruined because of the war and bad military. When the people finally rebuilt the world it just got destroyed again by another war. I think that in this day, war is unavoidable. It may not happen any time soon but there are too many ongoing conflicts that need to be taken care of and war may be the only way to get rid of them. It will come and most likely change the work. There are many dangerous weapons, like nuclear bombs, that could destroy the whole world in minutes!!!

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Assignment 8- A Human Year

My favorite season Summer. This is my favorite season because we don't don't have school and we have lots of free time. I love it because every summer I travel all around the world. This summer I'm going to Poland, London, France, and Germany, to visit family. I also enjoy it because I go to camp for a month and I have so much fun there. I think this is also a really beautiful time of the year. The weather is really nice and its really holt, and I like hot temperatures. It is the silver age archetype because it a time when everything has bloomed. There is really pretty nature during the summer. The flowers are bloomed and beautiful and all around the world is colorful.

Assignment 9- Evaluation

The man the myth maker book has taught me so many things. All the archetypes in these stories have helped me learn about the decisions I make. The "beginning of time" archetype helped me reason with how the earth was created and why. It also showed how everything on earth was made. The "god teacher" archetype proved that sometimes God can be kind and understanding, and sometimes he can be cruel and punishing. The "end of childhood" archetype helped me acquire knowledge about loss of innocence in people lives. Like in __The Horse God__, Theseus lost his innocence because he was scared and had to witness evil. The "cataracts of heaven" dealt with embracing and resenting the end of the world. The reason of the end of the world was always caused by the evil of the people living on the world. "Changes" helped me learn all about the seasons. Finally, the "Human year" archetype taught about death. All these archetypes helped me learn more about myself. I learned that I am only human and sometimes that I cannot control what happens to the world.