Daniel Uebelacker Walt Disney: An American Original, Bob Thomas Mrs. PROUD 360 pages AP COMPOSITION Post 19th Century 17 November 2017 Autobiographical nonfiction Daniel Uebelacker Walt Disney: An American Original, Bob Thomas Mrs. PROUD 360 pages AP COMPOSITION…
The stories Star Wars, Hunger Games, and Ender’s Games all compare and contrast the way Luke, Katniss, and Ender go through the Hero’s Journey. One way they contrast is, the Call to Adventure because Luke is invited to go to Alderaan and Katniss is forced through a drawing. On the other hand, Ender is invited to go with the potential of being able to learn to stand up for himself. One way they compare is, they refuse to go away because their families need them there. Ender refuses because he doesn’t want to leave Valentine.…
We all have our personal heroes that we like to compare to others. Mine is Walt Disney in comparison to Odysseus, king of Ithaca. Odysseus is from an island in the Ionian Sea in Greece, “Ithaca is an island in the Ionian Sea in Greece, which was an important setting in one of the most famous myths of ancient Greece, the Odyssey (Ithaca, 2017).” And Walt Disney is from Hermosa, Chicago, IL. Odysseus is a typical hero we all think of when we hear the word hero on behalf of he faces challenges and uses his Machiavellian and attractiveness to pull him out of trouble, but Walt Disney is a hero we wouldn’t think of for the reason that he lets little kids know that as long as they don’t give up they can carry out anything and if he gave up we wouldn’t…
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that” (A Testament of Hope, Martin Luther King Jr.). George Lucas is a filmmaker and entrepreneur best known for the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. After reading Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Lucas wanted to write a story mixing mythology, science fiction, and archetypes. The trilogy begins in media res, following the story of Luke Skywalker, an orphan on the planet of Tatooine who lives with his aunt and uncle.…
Stewart Van Vliet Mac World History 5 November 23, 2015 Religion Paper Jediism George Lucas has made many fictional movies including one the most popular hits Star Wars. Jediism is a non theistic movement mainly based on the depiction of the Jedi in Star Wars media. They attracted public attention in 2001 when a number of people recorded their religion as Jedi on national censuses. Daniel Jones, a twenty three year old gentleman, was inspired by the force and thought that it should be a real religion. His brother Barney helped him found the Church of Jediism.…
Star Trek’s characters are extremely intense and intelligent. They all each have their own duties on the ship to accomplish and see through every mission the come upon. Star Wars though characters have their own separate accords. While, Star Trek’s characters work as a team together, each action they choose to do…
batman. Solo is more like a pirate like Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean. Han is his own kind of witty hero, and he saves the princess, but their love isn't truly shown in the movies. He always saved the day when the opportunity had risen. Unfortunately, his evil son whom he tried to save by convincing to go home killed him in episode VI.…
I cannot imagine my life without Star Wars. What ultimately appeals to me about Wars is its characters. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo entice to me in different ways. Star Wars is ultimately about characters, and that’s why it has become such a cultural phenomenon—we see bits of ourselves in the characters. Whether it is the courage and virtue that Luke Skywalker represents, the cock and roguish aspects that Han Solo represents, or the strong-willed and independent aspects that Princess Leia represents, the characters of Star Wars are archetypes of our world today, and that’s what makes Star Wars so captivating to everyone, and to…
The Star Wars Universe has long been loved by millions of fans across the glove. Whether games, comics, books or other media, we could not get enough! To get to the heart of why this is, we though we would ask the fans "Why does the Star Wars Expanded Universe matter to you? "…
Today, with the second-STAR WARS set of trilogy setting film industry records, George Lucas remains a standout amongst the most mainstream filmmakers ever. For as long as few decades, he has been at the cutting edge of American society and imaginative innovation. He has worked together with a number of the greats of the business and has been assigned for 44 Academy Awards (winning 16 Oscars). More than anybody working today, George Lucas has expanded the visual and mechanical possible outcomes of the mainstream silver screen, and he keeps on charming groups of watchers far and…
Three years later, I was introduced to the “Force” and launched into a Galactic civil war on the silver screen. Star Wars was the beginning of a series of multiple movies, which continues to be very popular with audiences today. In fact the latest installment “The Last Jedi” is being released on Dec 15. Star Wars brought us into a new world of ideas, characters, and computer-generated effects. We discovered the lightsaber.…
Cask Wars: A Comparison What are the effects of a feeling of betrayal? Usually it leads to a feeling of disappointment or hatred towards the betrayer. Two examples of the idea of betrayal and its effects are “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and Star Wars: Episode III by George Lucas. In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Montresor feels betrayed by another man, Fortunato, and leads him into the catacombs of his house, ultimately leaving him to die.…
What kid does not dream with going to Disney World? Everyone wants to go to this magic place even adults, and I am not the exception. Since I was a little girl I always wanted to go to Walt Disney World. That dream was not always posible, since I used to live so far away from there, but now that I am studying in the U.S that dream could be reach out any time I want. Now that I can star making plans for going to that magic world, I am between the desicion to wether go to Orlando or to California resorts.…
Star Wars is a series of movies. Star Wars is generally about a “galaxy far, far, away” with advanced technology who make war in space. Specifically it is a story focused around a man named Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. Anakin is part of a group called the Jedi Order. These Jedi have sworned to keep peace in these times of war.…
Said to be one of Disney’s best films, Beauty and the Beast is based on a French fairy tale about a beautiful woman who falls in love with a beast. This film sends the message that “it’s what is inside that really matters”. Jeanne Marie- Leprince de Beaumont wrote the timeless tale of “The Beauty and the beast” which has been embraced by the hearts of many for decades.…