Among the many English classes offered here, Heroes and Villains is one of the many one semester classes offered. This class is open to everyone with the exception of those in the Freshman Class and focuses on learning the archetypes of the heroes and villains in each literary work and what dictates a hero from a  villain in literature. 

“We study the hero’s journey and how that is present in many different literary works. We also study how a hero’s story has a common pattern and the similarities of the character archetypes,” English teacher Cassidy Holt-Spencer said.  

Heroes and Villains also allows students to craft a different perspective on literary classics through the type of examination the classes do on each character in each literary work they view.

Junior Caden Clawson said he took Heroes and Villains instead of a different English course because he thought it would be an easy class.

“I really enjoy Heroes and Villains, and I also thought it would be easier to take than AP research,” Clawson said. 

Heroes and Villains uses different types of platforms to study these types of archetypes in literature. Currently, students are listening to an audiobook of Othello compared to an assignment of passages for homework.

This class allows for a different take on standard literature courses, and creates a new mindset for students on literature.