Billy Don't Be a Hero to ride out and seek reinforcements. (This suggests mounted infantry and a lack of modern two-way radio communications.) In the end, the heartbroken woman throws away the official letter notifying her of Billy's "heroic" death. Paper Lace's version of "Billy Don't Be a Hero" reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 16 March 1974, and did likewise in Australia, where it spent eight weeks at the top spot. Thereafter, Bo Donaldson's and the Heywoods's version reached No. 1 in the U.S. on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on 15 June 1974, but was dubbed into French for Canada. The
The Hero with a Thousand Faces sometimes assisted by "allies". As the hero faces the "ordeal," he encounters the greatest challenge of the journey. Upon rising to the challenge, the hero will receive a reward, or "boon". Campbell's theory of the monomyth continues with the inclusion of a metaphorical "death" and "resurrection". The hero must then decide to return with this "boon" to the "ordinary world". The hero then faces more trials on "the road back". Upon the hero's return, the boon or gift may be used to improve the hero's ordinary world, in what Campbell calls, the "application of the boon". While many myths do