I thought I understood The Hero's Journey. As Odysseus, I would fight my battles, face my monsters. I could even grow from a Stephen into my own Bloom. It just never occurred to me that before I returned to Ithica I would myself turn into Polyphemus, the Cyclops. 

Thanks, Dr. Campbell!


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