The Hero's Journey Sparknotes
Storyline
1. At the beginning of the month of October, a little Canadian student named Charles had a day off from school, so he decided to go for a walk in the forest right near his house. He packed a bag, took a map, and now, he’s ready to leave his house.
2. As Charles walks down a grassed path, he feels the forest changing. He doesn’t recognize the trail as well as when he started his trip. The surrounding trees and the sounds are different.
3. Suddenly, the trail he was following stops and leads him into a clearing surrounded by very tall bamboo trees. In the middle of the clearing, sitting on a bench under a little shelter, a little Asian boy seems to be eating something.
4. Charles decides to approach him to ask for directions. Once he gets closer, he asks the child where he is because he thinks that he’s lost. He can’t seem to find his way home. The other kid responds that he’s in Taichung, in the middle of Taiwan.
5. Charles is astounded because he never traveled out of his country before, especially not as far as Asia. He doesn’t understand how he …show more content…
The child, named A-ming, starts to describe his cultural habits and traditions. He explains to Charles that today is a special day because it’s the Moon Festival. This festival falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. Charles sees that A-ming is eating some kind of strange cake and that he’s eating with long colored sticks. He asks A-ming what those are, as he has never seen something like that before because in Canada, people eat with forks. A-ming explains that those instruments are named chopsticks, and it’s the common way to eat in Asia. He’s also a bit surprise to learn that in Canada, almost nobody eats with chopsticks. A-ming shows to Charles the cake he’s eating. He explains that it’s called “moon cake”. It’s only during the Moon Festival that people eat it, it’s one of Taiwan’s specialities. Charles is genuinely impressed because Taiwanese culture is entirely different from
1. At the beginning of the month of October, a little Canadian student named Charles had a day off from school, so he decided to go for a walk in the forest right near his house. He packed a bag, took a map, and now, he’s ready to leave his house.
2. As Charles walks down a grassed path, he feels the forest changing. He doesn’t recognize the trail as well as when he started his trip. The surrounding trees and the sounds are different.
3. Suddenly, the trail he was following stops and leads him into a clearing surrounded by very tall bamboo trees. In the middle of the clearing, sitting on a bench under a little shelter, a little Asian boy seems to be eating something.
4. Charles decides to approach him to ask for directions. Once he gets closer, he asks the child where he is because he thinks that he’s lost. He can’t seem to find his way home. The other kid responds that he’s in Taichung, in the middle of Taiwan.
5. Charles is astounded because he never traveled out of his country before, especially not as far as Asia. He doesn’t understand how he …show more content…
The child, named A-ming, starts to describe his cultural habits and traditions. He explains to Charles that today is a special day because it’s the Moon Festival. This festival falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. Charles sees that A-ming is eating some kind of strange cake and that he’s eating with long colored sticks. He asks A-ming what those are, as he has never seen something like that before because in Canada, people eat with forks. A-ming explains that those instruments are named chopsticks, and it’s the common way to eat in Asia. He’s also a bit surprise to learn that in Canada, almost nobody eats with chopsticks. A-ming shows to Charles the cake he’s eating. He explains that it’s called “moon cake”. It’s only during the Moon Festival that people eat it, it’s one of Taiwan’s specialities. Charles is genuinely impressed because Taiwanese culture is entirely different from