the mono-myth: the hero’s journey avatar: the last airbender by: danielle salinas & rachel...

The Mono-Myth: The Hero’s JourneyAvatar: The Last Airbender

By: Danielle Salinas & Rachel Thibodeaux

Period 5

Part 1: Departure

Answering the Call

• 100 years past• Last Airbender

Guide/Mentor

• Past Avatars• Air Nomad Gyatso

Companions

• Sokka, Katara, Toph• Fighter, Waterbender, Earthbender• Aid the Avatar• Emotional support

Crossing The Threshold

• Awakens from iceberg

Threshold Guardians

• Fire nation

Part 2: Initiation

Road of Trials

• Avoiding Fire Nation• Defeating Firelord Ozai • Avoiding Zuko

Abduction

• Flying bison ,Appa, is taken

Ritual Death or Dismemberment

• Aang (dead for 100 years)• Struck with lightning

Sacred Marriage

• Aang and Katara

Entering the Belly of the Whale

• Facing Ozai and the Fire Nation

Ultimate Boon/Magic Elixir

• Takes Ozais bending away

Part 3: The Return

Magic Flight/Pursuit

• Escaping the Fire Nation

Rescue from Without

• Unable to go into Avatar State while fighting Ozai• Aang hit by rock on his back• Unlocks Avatar State

Master of Two Worlds

• Comes from 100 yrs. in past• Adapt to new world/situation• Avatar

Freedom to Live

• Firelord defeated• All nations at peace

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