Step 1 / 2
What is step 1 and 2?
1: Call to Adventure
2: Assistance
What is step 3?
Departure
What is step 4?
Trials
What is step 5?
Approach
What is step 6?
Crisis
They have to reunite their family
What is the "special world" that they must enter?
Mexico *bonus points for city:
El Sacrificio, Mexico - where the dead guy is
Hacienda Dorada - where abuelita lives
Who are the four monsters they must face in the trials?
Cecilia, the nagual (warlock), lechuzas, chupacabra
That they are getting a divorce
What happens to Mama when she receives the roses?
Nothing out of the ordinary. She just smells them and puts them down.
What magical item does La Llorona give Odilia? Who does it call to and how many times do they get to use it?
An ear pendant that calls on Tonantzin (the aztec goddess). They can use it 5 times.
Who helps them defeat the Warlock?
Tonantzin (Aztec goddess)
How does Abuelita describe Papa?
Who is waiting for the girls when they return home with Mama?
Papa is there
How does La Llorona help them again in chapter 9?
She explains how Cecilia tricked the girls and gives Odilia the jojotle juice that gets Cecilia's sweets out of their system
Riddles
Which two monsters deceive the Garza sisters by appearing as less intimidating?
The nagual (warlock) and chupacabra
What item does Tonantzin tell them to pick for "the mother"?
Roses
How does Papa "break up" the cinco hermanitas?
Why does Odilia believe she shouldn't have gone on the call to adventure?
The sisters got hurt and put their mother in a bad position and might never trust them again
Who is Ixtali? Where is she and what is she doing for the girls?
She is a farmer in Tenochtitlan. She is taking the girls home and Abuelita back to their swimming hole.
Who is each SOTM monster's Odyssey parallel?
Cecilia - Circe/Calypso
Lechuzas - Sirens
Chupacabra - Cyclops
Why did Abuelita advise the girls to leave out parts of their story?
Because people would not believe them and lose credibility
That Papa has no heart and only tells the girls false niceties