{"id":5384,"date":"2021-01-18T07:21:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T12:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/heroes\/?p=5384"},"modified":"2021-01-19T22:19:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T03:19:42","slug":"beth-harmons-heros-journey-the-psychology-of-heroism-in-the-queens-gambit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/heroes\/2021\/01\/18\/beth-harmons-heros-journey-the-psychology-of-heroism-in-the-queens-gambit\/","title":{"rendered":"Beth Harmon’s Hero’s Journey: The Psychology of Heroism in “The Queen’s Gambit”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This short booklet<\/a> explores the heroic life of Beth Harmon in The Queen’s Gambit. Why are people so drawn to her story? What is so powerful about her heroic journey?<\/p>\n

Beth Harmon is a young woman living in a man\u2019s world. She is dirt poor. She\u2019s lost not one but two mothers. She\u2019s addicted to drugs and alcohol, and because of the severity of her losses, she\u2019s emotionally stunted. She may be a chess genius but she\u2019s an American playing a game that has been dominated by the Russians for decades.<\/p>\n

As we watch Beth\u2019s life unfold, it becomes clear to us that Beth\u2019s most formidable opponent in life is not her mother, her addictions, or even the male dominated world in which she lives. Her chief adversary is herself.<\/p>\n

The ultimate underdog, Beth Harmon manages to climb to the top of the chess world. Harmon ranks among the finest and most inspiring hero characters in television history.<\/p>\n

Beth Harmon’s Hero’s Journey: The Psychology of Heroism in “The Queen’s Gambit”<\/em><\/a> is now on sale at Amazon.com.<\/p>\n

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This short booklet explores the heroic life of Beth Harmon in The Queen’s Gambit. Why are people so drawn to her story? What is so powerful about her heroic journey? Beth Harmon is a young woman living in a man\u2019s world. She is dirt poor. She\u2019s lost not one but two mothers. She\u2019s addicted to … Continue reading Beth Harmon’s Hero’s Journey: The Psychology of Heroism in “The Queen’s Gambit”<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26539],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-3rd-book-reel-heroes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phawtM-1oQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5384"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5394,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5384\/revisions\/5394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}