Meeting with the Mentor
-The hero comes across a seasoned traveler of the worlds who gives him or her training, equipment, or advice that will help on the journey.
Or the hero reaches within to a source of courage and wisdom.
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I love this! I am a college student studying English, and just last semester took a class on Road fiction, in which we examined the road and character types in examples of Road Fiction, as well as the standard journey of the hero and the anti-hero. Nice job!
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