The Hero of Tradition

Here is an interesting site I found about the 22 points of a Hero. It has quite a few classic 'hero's and the points they score if you continue to look through the pages - as well as a complete list of the 22 points.

The Hero of Tradition

I also feel it is important to note that Maria's parents names are Robert and Nancy.

Anywho, as far as the 22 Points of a Hero are concerned, I feel it is a very interesting idea; that most 'Hero's fit into this pattern. This kind of falls into that same idea that there are only twelve of or so stories in the world, they are just told in different ways. Both ideas, however, I tend to not give too much credit too. Granted, it's kind of an interesting concept/idea but I do question its legitimacy. Many of the 22 points seem to be very broad or 'stretchable' and others tend to be typical of most stories. For instance, that little is known about their childhood. Well, frankly, I don't care about most hero's childhoods. Perhaps you could get a few cute stories about childhood interaction, but such things are so trivial next to actual hero stories. And as far as bending the points to fit a person, I could twist some facts and interpretation around to make myself fit a few of those points.

Perhaps the best use of this information is to help us to go against it. When we tell or write hero stories of our own perhaps we should try to avoid as many of these points as possible.