Essay free write

I think that it is kind of sad that in the minds eye of the people in America sees individuals as being all alone. Everyone needs someone and relays on someone to help them become who they are. Often in the American west stories, the pioneers are helped by the people traveling with them, the neighbors who live next to them and have been there for some time, a band of friendly Indians is also one of the common helpers. We tend to gloss over those people because we do not see them as being all that influential. On of the good things about "the power of one" is that the author makes us see who is there, who is helping, and who influences while now necessarily in a very good way. Those people are all present in a well thought out story, but they are often glossed over as unimportant in compared with what else is going on in the story in the main character's life. When I was in Mythology class we discussed the role that a hero takes, of "The hero's journey". I will admit that I do not remember all the steps and might not have them in the right order, t I know that it starts out with the call to adventure, refusal of the call, acceptance of the call, meeting the mentor, the first threshold, ..., the second threshold, the innermost cave, the resolution, the return to normal. This, we were told, is in every story of the hero, even if it is just in part. We learned this from Mrs. PK, but Ms. Nathe also has the information on it as well. As I see it, the book is true to it's title to me in the fact that there is no real way of living your life with other's. In you, you hold the power to rule your life and only you are given that power over yourself. I do not know if this is what the author intended for me to see in it, but I wonder, is his intentions to find "the power of one" in our own hearts and minds? If so, I think that he has done a good job because there is no end to what I see in myself now.