Self-Directed Learning. Unit 1: Heroes. Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 4

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1 Unit 1: Heroes Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 4

2 Unit 1: Heroes Welcome to the first unit of the grade 9 English SDL course. If you have not already read the overview that comes before Unit 1, please do so now. In this unit, we will look at what it means to be a hero, the heroic journey pattern within many stories, and you will finish the unit by watching the film Batman Begins. Unit Tasks: Assignment 1 - What is a Hero?! (14 marks) Assignment 2 - Practicing with the Heroic Journey (10 marks) Assignment 3 - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (14 marks) Assignment 4 - Working with Characters (16 marks) Assignment 5 - Working with Setting (5 marks) Assignment 6 - Working with Story Structure (5 marks) Assignment 7 - Characters, Setting and Story Structure (16 marks) Assignment 8 - Batman s Heroic Journey (22 marks) The overall value of the unit is 10% of your final mark. Throughout this unit, we will show you how your work will be assessed in Assessment Breaks. This is important, because that is how your mark is determined. If you know how you will be marked, you will know how to get a good mark! As you work through the unit, be sure to clearly label all work with the following information: Your name Grade 9 English Unit 1 Assignment Name Example:! Jordan Smith, Grade 9 English, Unit 1, Assignment 1 Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 5

3 What is a hero? There are many definitions of what a hero is to many different people. In this activity, we will look at what a hero is to you. Look through each of the heroes below and read about their achievements: Robin hood Known best for robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, stories of Robin Hood have been around for at least 700 years! He was said to live in Sherwood Forest in England and fought against the rich and powerful for the poor and powerless. sir edmund hillary Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest with the aid of a Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay. After he conquered Everest, he devoted himself to helping the Sherpa people of Nepal (the country where Everest is located), and through his aid many schools and hospitals have been built in this isolated area. sher*pa a person living on the southern slopes of the Himalayas in Nepal, who often help with mountain-climbing expeditions Alexandre bilodeau Alexandre Bilodeau became the first Canadian to win a gold medal on home soil at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Joining the national freestyle moguls team at just 17 years old, he placed 11th at the Turin 2006 Olympics. He went on to win the World Cup in 2009 in moguls and dual moguls Sweden and then the gold at the Vancouver Olympics. He has since won the World Cup in dual moguls in 2011, which was held in Canada. Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 6

4 Rosa parks Rosa Parks is best known for refusing to move to the back of the bus. Parks lived in Montgomery, Alabama, which in the 1950s had laws about where African Americans could sit on buses. When Parks was asked to move to the back of the bus, she refused, causing her to be arrested, and starting one of the most famous protests of the civil rights movement - The Mongomery Bus Boycott, led by the emerging civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. boy*cott to refuse to buy products or services from an individual, company or country to bring pressure to change. Louis Riel Louis Riel is known to many as the Father of Manitoba, because he was the one who negotiated the terms for Manitoba s joining Confederation. Riel is also known for being a voice for the Metis people of the Red River region. He was ultimately executed for high treason during the North-West Rebellion. In Manitoba today, we celebrate Louis Riel Day in February. Shaun white Shaun White has conquered both the skateboarding and snowboarding worlds. He has won two gold medals in the Snowboarding Halfpipe, in Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010, among his many accolades in both sports. He also has video games produced for both sports. Roberta Bondar Roberta Bondar is not only an astronaut - she is Canada s first female astronaut. She has university degrees in zoology, agriculture, experimental pathology, and neuroscience! She has received many honours, including the Order of Canada, the NASA Space Medal and 22 honourary degrees. She is already in the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and joined the Walk of Fame Oct 1, 2011; she is the first astronaut to receive that honour. Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 7

5 Assignment one: what is a hero? Complete all assignments on looseleaf paper, and in full sentences. 1. Make a list of all the traits that you think make up a hero. Your list should have at least 10 items, but you will probably have more. For example, you might have bravery as one of your traits. Try to avoid having traits that have similar meanings (for example, courage and bravery are the same thing). 2. Make a list of all the different kinds of heroes we have in our society. Think of the different kinds of heroes you see in movies, see on TV, or read about in books. Think of the kinds of occupations that our society views as heroes. Lastly, think of the unsung heroes we have in our lives - the people who never receive thanks or acknowledgement of all their hard work. Again, try to make your list at least 10 items long. 3. Look over the heroes on the previous pages. Make a list ranking each of the heroes from 1 (Most Heroic) to 7 (Least Heroic). For both your #1 and #7 person, write a few sentences explaining why you ranked him or her the most and least heroic. (3) 4. Who is your hero? Think of someone that does not appear on this list. It could be someone famous, or someone you know personally. Write a paragraph telling why you think this person should be considered a hero. You might share the traits that this person possesses which makes him or her a hero to you, and explain what it is about this person that makes him or her so special. (5) Assessment Break #1 Throughout the course, you will find Assessment Breaks in each unit. These are designed to help you get a better mark on your work by explaining how each assignment will be marked. This allows you a chance to look over your assignment before handing it in to make sure you have everything you need to do well. In this assignment, we are looking at what makes a hero. This assignment is out of 10 marks. The bulk of your marks comes from your responses to #3 & #4. Have you explained your answer for each item as best as you possibly can? The mark you get is determined by how well you explain, so if your answers are rather short, you should probably go back and see where you can explain a bit more. The numbers in brackets after #3 & #4 tell you how many marks those questions are worth. Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 8

6 The Heroic Journey You may have noticed that some hero movies are a bit predictable. This isn t necessarily because of bad writing though - most hero movies follow a very specific pattern that has been around for hundreds of years. This pattern is called The Heroic Journey. The Heroic Journey can become very complex, but we will look at a simplified version in this unit, which has 8 common components to the Journey. Step 1: Birth Birth in this case does not refer to a literal birth. It refers to the idea of where the hero comes from. In the Heroic Journey, the hero is both universal and unique. Universal means that the hero is someone who has grown up as a regular person, just like you and me. He or she is someone that we can identify with. He or she seems to be completely normal on the outside. But unique means that there is something special about the hero as well. Usually it is not something that most people know about - the hero himself might not even know. But in the course of the heroic journey, he or she discovers this special gift, which leads to step 2 of the Journey. Step 2: destiny Step 2 is when the hero discovers his or her destiny. Once the hero has discovered his gift, he feels compelled to use it for some special purpose (saving the world, conquering evil, protecting his family, etc.). Often times the hero is reluctant about fulfilling this destiny. This means that he or she is unsure of whether to go, or to take on this task. The hero might feel that he or she is powerless, that he is just a regular guy, or may be fearful of what will happen on the journey. But in the end, his conscience nags at him, and the hero knows that he must do what is right. Step 3: wise mentor This is a person that offers wisdom and advice to the hero. Usually, it is someone older and wiser (often times, very much older). When the hero feels that he is in inescapable peril, this mentor is the person he turns to. Often, the mentor is also someone magical (think of the Fairy Godmother or Gandalf the Wizard). The mentor helps the hero out of danger and along his Journey. Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 9

7 Step 4: road of trials This step is a sort of initiation for the hero on the Journey. The Road of Trials is a series of tests, tasks or ordeals that the hero must undergo to become a hero, or at least a better, stronger hero. Often the hero fails one or more of these tasks, which simply makes him more determined. The tests usually occur in threes. Step 5: foes A foe is an enemy, and the hero will find that he has plenty of these along the way! Usually there is one main enemy, and often there are many who do the bidding of this enemy (think Wicked Witch of the West or The Joker). The hero usually needs to defeat the henchmen of the main enemy to get at him or her, leading to a final showdown, which is Step 6. Step 6: romance The hero falls in love with someone (or, often, has been in love with someone as long as he can remember). The object of his affections is usually a distraction from his Journey or task (think of basically any Bond girl), and is sometimes even secretly working for the other side (although this is usually not the case). Step 7: final battle This is the final showdown between the hero and his enemy, or enemies. This is usually in the climax of the film/story, and there are high stakes for all - control of the world, the fate of the city, etc. The hero inevitably wins this battle, although it may seem impossible that he could win. Usually some turn of luck (or something similar) helps the hero along the way. Step 8: journey home Once the hero as defeated his enemy, he must return home. This journey is often difficult. Although this step sometimes refers to a literal journey home, sometimes it refers to a metaphorical one. In this case, it may be a hero trying to resume his normal Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 10

8 life, but finding it difficult, or coming back to a childhood home after many months or years away (again, trying to resume a normal life). met*a*phor*i*cal symbolic, but not literal or factual; representing something deeper. Applying the Heroic Journey Think about all the hero movies you ve seen. Can you see the steps of the heroic journey in these movies? Let s think about a specific example that most people are familiar with: Spiderman. Spiderman and the Heroic Journey 1. The first step in the Heroic Journey is Birth. The hero must be a regular guy, but also special in some way. Peter Parker is certainly a regular guy, perhaps even a bit on the wimpy side in his normal life. But he becomes special when he is bitten by the radioactive spider. The spider gives him superhuman powers and abilities. 2. The second step in the Journey is Destiny. This is where the hero is being called to fulfill his or her destiny, and the hero is usually reluctant about this. With Spiderman, he sees the unjust things that are happening in his city, but he feels powerless to stop them, so he chooses to be a bystander - until his own uncle becomes a victim. 3. The third step is the Mentor. The hero has an advisor to help him on his path. This person offers important advice and the mentor is usually a very wise individual that the hero has great respect for. In this case, Peter Parker s mentor is his uncle. Even after his uncle s death, Peter remembers his words of wisdom, and even imagines what his uncle might say to him if he were still alive today. 4. The fourth step is the Road of Trials, where the hero faces a series of tasks to prove his worth as a hero. Usually these tests come in threes. In Spiderman, one of these trials when Peter Parker tries to use his abilities in the wrestling ring - only to be shortchanged by the man who runs the fight. Right after, Peter is witness to the man being robbed, and chooses not to intervene - only to discover that the man tried to carjack his uncle Ben after leaving the office, and killed him. This is when Peter decides he must fight evil in his city as Spiderman. Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 11

9 5. The fifth step is that the hero must encounter Foes. Spiderman has no shortage of enemies; it just depends which movie or comic book you are reading at the time. In the case of the last series of Spiderman movies, the first foe Spiderman encountered was the Green Goblin. 6. The sixth step is not always a part of every hero story, but is certainly a part of most of them - Romance. Usually the object of the hero s romance becomes a distraction to him, and makes it difficult to complete the tasks before him. In the case of Spiderman, he is hopelessly in love with Mary Jane and tries to distance himself from her for her own protection. But when she shows up, she is certainly a distraction to him! 7. The seventh step in the Journey is the Final Battle. This is the point in the story where the hero has a showdown with his foe. This is the seemingly impossible final battle that the hero manages to win, usually through some unbelievably lucky circumstance. In the Spiderman movies, he faces his enemy at the end of each film, manages to destroy the enemy and save the city. 8. The final step is the Journey Home. Depending on the movie or story, this may be a literal journey home, or it may be a metaphorical one. In the case of Spiderman, it is more of a metaphorical Journey Home. In Spiderman 2, Peter decides to give up his life as a crime fighter and try to return to a normal life. He thinks that this will make him happy again. But as he learns, it is when he returns to his superhero ways that he is happiest, and feels like things are going his way once again. Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 12

10 Assignment 2: Practicing with the heroic journey Now it is time for you to practice with the Heroic Journey. Choose a movie or book from the list below, or one of your own. It should be a story you are very familiar with, a movie you have seen/book you have read several times. The only story you may not choose is Batman, as you will work with this film later on in this unit. Complete the assignment that follows on looseleaf paper for your chosen story. Remember to answer in complete sentences and explain! The Lord of the Rings!! Harry Potter!!! Star Wars A Knight s Tale!!! Captain America!! The Hunger Games Pirates of the Carribbean!! The Princess Bride!! Indiana Jones Back to the Future!!! The Bourne Identity!! James Bond (pick one) Star Trek (choose one)!! Superman!!! The Incredible Hulk The Wizard of Oz!!! Any Disney Movie!! The story i chose: The hero: the villain: 1. In what way is the hero a regular person? In what way is the hero special? 2. What is the destiny that the hero is called to? Is he or she reluctant to accept that destiny? Why/why not? 3. Who acts as a mentor to the hero? Describe the mentor: For example, is the mentor old? Is he/she wise? Is he/she supernatural? 4. What are the trials faced by the hero in order to prove his worth? 5. Who are the enemies of the hero? Why are they enemies? If the hero defeats these enemies, what will happen? If the hero doesn t defeat them, what will happen? 6. Does the hero have a love interest? Who is he/she? Does this person help or hurt the hero s journey? Explain. 7. What is the final battle that takes place? Is the location of the battle significant - if so, why? How does the hero win the battle? Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 13

11 8. What is this hero s journey home? Is it a literal journey home, after victory, or is it a metaphorical journey? What dangers/rewards does the hero face on this journey home? Explain. Assessment Break #2 Sometimes it can be tricky identifying all 8 steps in the Heroic Journey on your own, but once you get the hang of it, you will find it very easy. If you are stuck on what to put for a particular step, ask your teacher for help! Even if he or she has not seen/read this particular film/book, he/she can probably help you by talking to you to figure out what you should put. You will be doing this process several times before the end of the unit, so it s important that you understand what you are supposed to do! This assignment is worth 10 marks - 1 mark for each step, and 1 mark each for identifying the hero and villain. Remember to do so in full sentences, and to explain as best you can. Do not just use point form, because you lose marks for incomplete sentences and lack of explanation. Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 14

12 Assignment 3: sir gawain and the green knight For this assignment, you will read a hero story and map out the Heroic Journey on your own. You will need a computer for this assignment. Go to Make sure to type it in exactly as you see above, or it won t work! On this page, you will find the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Sir Gawain was a knight of King Arthur s legendary Round Table. You may wish to look at a source like Wikipedia for some background information on King Arthur before reading the story. Read the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. As you read, or after you are finished, complete assignment (3 below) on looseleaf. story: sir gawain and the green knight The hero: the villain: 1. In what way is the hero a regular person? Think of this in terms of his fears or weaknesses. How are they like ours? In what way is the hero special? 2. What is the destiny that the hero is called to? Is he or she reluctant to accept that destiny? Why/why not? 3. Who (or in this case, what) acts as a help to the hero? What special power does this object have? Who does he receive the object from? 4. What are the trials faced by the hero in order to prove his worth? 5. Who are the enemies of the hero? Why are they enemies? If the hero defeats these enemies, what will happen? If the hero doesn t defeat them, what will happen? 6. Does the hero have a love interest? Who is she? Does this person help or hurt the hero s journey? Explain. 7. What is the final battle that takes place? Is the location of the battle significant - if so, why? How does the hero win the battle? Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 15

13 8. What is this hero s journey home? Is it a literal journey home, after victory, or is it a metaphorical journey? What dangers/rewards does the hero face on this journey home? Explain. (Hint: think about what happens when Gawain returns to Camelot) If you need a reminder of how this assignment will be assessed, look back at Assessment Break #2 on the previous page. Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 16

14 film study: batman begins For the last part of this unit, you will be completing a film study on Christopher Nolan s Batman Begins. This film study will comprise many different aspects of film and other stories, and hopefully will help you to better understand how writers put together their stories for us to read and watch. The next portion of this unit will help you learn to identify the basic parts of a story: characters and their personality traits, setting, and story structure. Complete these assignments before watching the film. characters and personality traits You are probably already well-aware of what a character is: a person (or sometimes an animal or some other being) who plays a part in a story. What you may not know are some of the technical terms for these characters. protagonist: the main character in a story (usually, but not always, the good guy) antagonist: the character who opposes (or goes against) the protagonist (usually, but not always, the bad guy) The name for the main character in a story (what we have been referring to as a hero throughout this unit) is a protagonist. The name for the person who opposes the main character (what we have been calling the villain so far) is the antagonist. While the protagonist is usually the good guy and the antagonist is usually the bad guy, this is not always so. For example, think of a movie with a gangster as a main character: he s not necessarily the good guy; in fact he s probably a bad guy. But the gangster would be the protagonist. Another example might be in Spiderman. Peter Parker s (the protagonist s) best friend, Harry Osborn, becomes the antagonist later on in the Spiderman stories (for those who enjoy comic books, he becomes known as the Hobgoblin, since his father was the Green Goblin). Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 17

15 More important are a character s personality traits, because they show us who a character is. personality traits: describing words for characterʼs personality; they do NOT include physical or other traits which do not describe personality. examples: funny, charming, rude, bitter, generous, etc. NON-examples: tall, skinny, banker, lawyer, etc. Usually, the author does not simply tell us what a character s personality traits are. More often, he/she will SHOW us these traits, through the characters actions, words, and attitudes towards others. If we can learn to pick up on these actions, words and attitudes, and what traits they show us about a certain character, we will become better at understanding stories and films, and predicting what a character will do. Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 18

16 assignment 4: working with characters Before you start working with the characters in the film, you will practice with some characters you are already familiar with. Complete the following assignment on looseleaf paper. Go back to the story you chose for Assignment 2. For this story, answer the following questions in full sentences: 1. Who is the protagonist of this story? 2. Who is the antagonist? 3. Identify 3 personality traits for the protagonist. 4. Give an example from the story that demonstrates each of the 3 personality traits you identified in #3. 5. Give 1 personality trait for the antagonist. 6. Give an example from the story that demonstrates the trait you identified in #5. Go back to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. For this story, answer the following questions in full sentences: 1. Who is the protagonist of this story? 2. Who is the antagonist? 3. Identify 3 personality traits for the protagonist. 4. Give an example from the story that demonstrates each of the 3 personality traits you identified in #3. 5. Give 1 personality trait for the antagonist. 6. Give an example from the story that demonstrates the trait you identified in #5. Assessment Break #3 For this assignment, each set of questions is worth 8 marks - 1 mark for each question, except #4, which is worth 3 marks - 1 for each trait explained. Make sure you ve used full sentences in your responses! Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 19

17 setting Setting is the time and place of a story. It also includes description of the time and place of a story. Setting can be specific or ambiguous. am*big*u*ous lacking definiteness or clearness; open to having several possible meanings or interpretations. Setting Specific Ambiguous Examples of time Hour: 9 am, midnight Day: Monday, Friday Month: January, December Time Period: 1700s, 1950s, the year 2680 Time of day: morning, afternoon, night Season: Spring, Fall Vague Time: Past, Present, Future Examples of place City: Portage la Prairie, New York City, Tokyo Province/State: Manitoba, Alabama, British Columbia Country: Canada, United States, Japan Continent: Asia, North America, Europe Planet/Galaxy/etc.: Earth, Mars, fictional named planet Vague City: Small town, large city Region: The Prairies, West Coast, East Coast, Vague Country: Somewhere in North America, Somewhere in East Asia Vague planet/etc.: Somewhere other than Earth in a different but unnamed galaxy, etc. The best example of a thoroughly ambiguous setting would be from Star Wars: Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away... An example of a specific setting might be Christmas time in New York City in the 1940s. Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 20

18 Assignment 5: Working with Setting Again, time to practice with some stories you already know! Do all work on looseleaf. In this case, you don t need to put your work in full sentences. Name 5 movies and/or books you know really well (excluding Pocohontas or Star Wars). For each of the 5 stories you ve listed, provide a setting for the story, as specifically as possible. In some cases, you ll see that the story has a very specific setting and in others, it is ambiguous. An example of a specific setting might be from Pocohontas: It takes place in 1607 when European settlers land in Virginia and rename it Jamestown in honour of the king. An example of an ambiguous setting might be from Star Wars, as already stated: It takes place long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away. Movie/Book Time of Setting Place of Setting Assessment Break #4 This assignment is out of 5 marks, 1 mark for each of the settings you have identified. You will get half marks if you haven t been as specific as you could, so make sure your answers are complete. Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 21

19 story structure Story structure refers to the way that a story is built. Every story needs a beginning, middle and end. The beginning is where the author/director sets the story up. This includes characterization (where the author/director shows us the traits of the main character as well as other characters). It also includes introducing the main conflict that will drive the storyline (often times a problem that the main character must solve, or an internal conflict he or she must resolve). The middle is where the character faces obstacles or problems that come up along the way; we call these crises. Towards the end, the climax occurs. We usually think of the climax as the most exciting part of the story - because it usually is! But the climax is really the point in the story where the ending is inevitable - is is the thing that happens that forces the conflict to be resolved. The very end is sometimes called the denouement - the point after the climax, leading up the end, where all the loose ends are tied up. de*noue*ment the final resolution of the plot in a play, book or movie. On the next page, let s take a very familiar story for an example: Cinderella. Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 22

20 Beginning Middle Denouement/End Once upon a time, there was a girl named Cinderella, whose father married an evil woman. In spite of this, Cinderella was a very good person, and held no hatred toward her wicked stepmother. First: After Cinderellaʼs father died, the girl was forced by her wicked stepmother to do all the chores, from morning till night. Then: Prince Charming had no marriage prospects, so he decided to host a ball, inviting all the women of the land in hopes of finding a wife. Next: Cinderellaʼs stepmother tells her she cannot go to the ball; she has too many chores to do. Cinderella gives up all hope, until her fairy godmother appears to her and gives her a beautiful dress, glass slippers and a carriage to go to the ball - but she MUST be home by midnight! Next: Cinderella goes to the ball, Prince Charming asks her to dance and falls in love with her. Climax: Before he can learn her name, the clock turns to midnight and she rushes out, leaving behind a glass slipper. The Prince takes the glass slipper to every house in the land, trying to find the woman who fits the glass slipper. He finally finds Cinderella, and they live happily ever after. Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 23

21 Assignment #6: Working with Story Structure In this assignment, you will examine story structure. Choose one of the stories you used for assignment #5, preferably the story you know best. For that story, fill out the story structure chart on a piece of looseleaf. You may need to add more items in the Middle column, depending on the story, but remember, you don t have to include every little detail on this chart. It is intended for the major plots points only. The story I chose was: Beginning Middle Denouement/End In the Beginning: First: Then: How the conflicts get resolved: Next: Next: Climax: Assessment Break #5 This assignment is out of 5 marks. Make sure you have included all the information you need. At the same time, don t include every little detail. You only need the major plot points here. You can add more points in the middle if you need to for your story. You will get half marks if you haven t been as specific as you could, so make sure you ve provided all the important info - a good tip would be to pretend that the person reading this has never seen the movie or read the book before. If you read it through their eyes, you might see things you need to add - or realize there are things you can take out. Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 24

22 Batman Begins - batman s heroic journey Now you are ready to watch the film Batman Begins. You may work on the assignments that follow as you watch, or when you have finished watching - it s up to you. However, for certain assignments, it may be easier to complete them as you are watching so it s still fresh in your mind. Complete all work on looseleaf paper and remember to label appropriately. This assignment is out of 16 marks. Each question is worth 1 mark, except #4 & #6, which are each worth 3 marks, and #8, which is worth 5 marks. Look back at the previous Assessment Breaks if you need a refresher. assignment 7: Characters, Setting & Story Structure 1. Who is the protagonist of the film? 2. Who are the 3 antagonists? 3. Identify 3 personality traits for the protagonist. 4. Give an example from the film that demonstrates each of the 3 personality traits you identified in #3. (3) 5. Give 1 personality trait for each antagonist. 6. Give an example from the film that demonstrates each trait you identified in #5. (3) 7. Identify as specifically as possible the setting for the film. 8. After watching the film, complete the chart below for Batman Begins. Beginning Middle Denouement/End In the Beginning: First: How the conflicts get resolved: Then: Next: Next: Climax: Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 25

23 assignment 8: Batman s Heroic journey This is your final assignment in this unit. Please answer all questions on looseleaf paper, in full sentences. The mark value for each question appears in brackets after each question. The total value of this assignment is 22 marks. 1. In what way is Bruce Wayne a regular person? Think of this in terms of his fears or weaknesses, or the others ways he is vulnerable, just like a regular person. In what ways is he special? (2) 2. What is the destiny that Batman is called to? Is he reluctant to accept that destiny? Why/why not? (2) 3. What are the trials faced by Batman in order to prove his worth? Describe them. (3) 4. Who acts as a help to Batman? In this case, there are 2 people. What objects are helpful to him? What special powers do these objects have? Who does he receive the objects from? (4) 5. Who are the enemies of Batman/Bruce Wayne? Why are they enemies? If he defeats these enemies, what will happen? If he doesn t defeat them, what will happen? (3) 6. Does Bruce Wayne have a love interest? Who is she? Does this person help or hurt him on his journey? Explain. (2) 7. What is the final battle that takes place? How is the location of the start of the battle significant? How does Batman win the battle? (3) 8. What is Batman s journey home? Is it a literal journey home, after victory, or is it a metaphorical journey? Explain (Hint: Think of how Wayne Manor stands as the movie ends). Does the end of the movie imply that his journey is not yet over? Explain. (3) Property of: Portage la Prairie School Division 26