Today we had a lesson about story writing and something called 'The Hero's Journey, The Archetypal Story', by Joseph Campbell. Archetype is simply just a pattern such as a character or a story, repeated in a literature. It is the oldest story on the planet, even older than the pyramids or the cave drawings.
The function of a story is to entertain and to inspire. The Hero's journey is a metaphor itself.
There is two worlds in the Hero's Journey: The ordinary and the special world with both having 12 stages of events. The hero himself must cross the threshold into the special world and finish his objectives or mission there before he could return to the ordinary world. He must face lots of hardship and meet many allies or even enemies along the way.
After the lesson, Mr Harry brought us to ITVS (Independent Television Service.) They are the people who funds and presents documentaries or dramas on public television and does the weekly series Independent Lense and Global Voices on PBC. We were shown different kinds of trailers and videos from people who had filmed them. Most of them were about lifestyle and culture of the different people.
After thanking the person, whom I had forgotten his name, Mr Harry and Mrs Li Soon drove us to a place called 'The Cheesecake Factory.' Matt also joined us! Funny man!
I had steak! Chargrilled coulotte steak! Delicious!
We then ate the different cheese cake. I'm not a cake fan so I only tasted them once.
The cakes were rich and creamy, very delicious. But we were already full. "I'M FULLLL!" - Matt
After dinner, we walked around the mall, seeing many stores which Singapore does not have. We then retreated back home thanks to Matt who drove us back. We unintentionally got a view of the area as we were... 'lost'. We returned back to Cornerstone safe and sound. Thanks Matt! See ya!
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