"Day Trip" & the hero cycle

Hero cycle

Learning Objective: To apply the hero cycle to “Day Trip”

Success Criteria:

• I can describe the hero cycle and teach it to someone else

• I can map the events and ideas in “Day Trip” onto a hero cycle diagram
• I can explain how ”Day Trip” fits into the hero cycle and suggest why it is different in places

Resources which will help:

1. Matthew Winkler's explanation of the hero cycle:

2. The short film Day Trip by Zoe Mcintosh

Showing the development of a character over time

Willy (the main character) changes over time and one way we can see this is in the way he interacts with other people.

Option one: write three SEXY paragraphs.  For each paragraph, choose a location, describe how Willy interacts with people at this location and explain what this shows us about Willy at this moment.  Three suggested locations: dairy, pub, ganghouse

Option two: create a timeline of all the locations in "Day Trip" and underneath each location, describe how Willy interacts (or doesn't interact) with people.

Focus on main character (Willy)

In Day Trip, the main character has no name, and he never speaks.

Instead, he communicates by...

His identity comes from...


The effect of him never talking is....  [when you find evidence of him talking, explain what is going on there and what is important about that]