King melchizedek tells the boy that when we are children, "everything is clear and everything is possible," but as time passes a mysterious force convinces us to abandon our dreams (p. 21-22). do you think this is true? what are the "mysterious forces" that threaten to hold us back as we grow older? using the terms you learned from the hero’s journey model, what is another way to describe these mysterious forces? the alchemist

Joseph cambell's "hero with a thousand faces" is a great source for this. the hero's journey is a cycle. through each revolution, the hero becomes more mature. start: status quo. the leave their home, brave the dangers of the unknown, face death and possibly even die, only to be reborn. they claim what they seek, and return home. status quo again, but this time they are at a different part in the social hierarchy. they have matured, grown, become more than they were before.

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