The Hero and the God

1 The basic "rites of passage" are:
      Departure
      Initiation Trials and Victories
      The Return to Society
The diagram for monomyth differs from a typical plot diagram because while the typical diagram is an incline ending in the climax, the monomyth diagram is a circle.
2 Buddha escapes from his fathers palace and travels around meditating.  After receiving a sign, Buddha goes to sit under the Tree of Enlightenment.  Here he must with stand the attack from the army of the god of love and death.  After conquering the army he receives his divine gift and spends many days contemplating his message.  Then the god Brahma tells him to teach his wisdom to gods and men.

3 The 5 subsections of the departure of a hero are:
      1 Request for the hero to go and help
      2 Refusal of the request
      3 The hero gets help from a god/divine power
      4 Hero passes through the first "doorway"
      5 The hero crosses into realm of night
4 The 6 subsections of the trials and victories are:
      1 Road of Trials
      2 Meeting with the Goddess
      3 Temptation from a women
      4 Reconciliation with the father
      5 The elevation of the hero to the rank of a god
      6 Achieving the great gift or goal
5 The return of the hero is important to the hero's community because it is the justification of the long retreat.  If the hero has won enlightenment they may lose interest and hope in worldly problems.  This can relate to soldiers coming back from the war and being distant from family and friends because of seeing friends die on the battle field.  If the hero has unjustly gotten the divine gift like Prometheus, the gods will punish them and possibly their community.
6 Comparing and contrasting how the composite hero of the monomyth can be treated by society: Sometimes the hero is honored by society, but other times the hero is unrecognized, disdained and shunned.