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    important also and that they could not be ignored forever (Doc A). The foreigners showed a prime example of how one culture was widely unaccepted by the colonists because of the spite they have towards Europe in general. In the play The Motley Assembly by Mercy Otis Warren, she had mentioned how the French had been seen as an awful group of people since the Colonists had immigrated they still had a strongly influenced British view of all other (Doc D). African Americans obviously were not a very…

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    When Jack, Ralph, and Simon are chasing the piglet, Jack gets the chance to kill the small creature, but when Jack is unable to convince himself to take its life, he vows that there will “be no mercy” next time (Golding 31). This proves that malice grows when society is absent because even after a short time Jack is showing signs of incredible wildness and is allowing himself to become even more wild, though when taken into consideration that people…

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    Batman interrogates joker scene This scene starts with the cop and the joker in a dark room, the only light lighting up the room is the door light and the lamp right where they are sitting. While the cop is listening to the joker speak only half of his face is fully visible due to the lack of light in the room. It then switches to the joker talking and behind him is very dark, only perk of his face is slightly visible, everything else behind him is not. This adds suspense to the scene that…

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    is why they never truly end each other and will continue the endless cycle they are stuck in. While some would disagree with this, others say that the Bat is just as insane as the joker, maybe even more. There are times in comics, for example “The Killing Joke”, that have more or less proven this point. For example, at the end of the comic, while the two stand in the rain waiting for the police to arrive, the Joker tells Batman a joke. The Jokers is practically hysterically laughing at this…

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    The story consists of two men who go by the names Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym. Both men had been mortal enemies since day one. They hated each other with a passion because of a dispute between their grandfather's about forest land. One day while Ulrich was doing his usual patrolling in the woods, he comes across Georg who was doing his fair share of hunting to prove that the forest land was also rightfully his to use. Both men held their rifles at each other. They could easily kill each…

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    for food or aid didn’t kill them directly, but it impacted it in such a way that, in Singer’s eyes, is on par with killing someone by recklessly driving. You didn’t intend for anyone to die, but you were the cause nonetheless. In a very harsh and to the point quote he says, “…we contribute to the impoverishment of some people to our own benefit.” Because while we are not actually killing people, by us buying luxuries when others don’t even have necessities, it is contributing to their life’s…

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    The moonlight shining through the Oval Office lands on a man with green hair, white skin, and what seems to be Secret Service uniform. The man stands in front of the President of the United States with a harpoon gun to his head. The smell of blood fills the room. The man has a grotesque and wicked smile on his face, identifying him as the Joker. The Joker puts the gun against the President 's head and pulls the trigger but only a flag with "BANG!" on it comes out. The Joker puts the gun against…

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    A. My favorite villain is the Joker. The Joker is a character in "BATMAN" movies and he is also in novels. The Joker is a guy who has white paint on his face, red lips, dark eyes, and green hair. He is also always smiling. The Joker is a guy who has white paint on his face, red lips, dark eyes, and green hair. He is also always smiling. The Joker does not have powers but he is still hard to beat, even criminals cant beat him, he is insane. The Joker does not fear anything, he doesn't follow any…

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    whatever it took to find this person even if that meant killing others. This other person of course was David Dunn. They’re “both on the same curve just on different ends”. At the end of the movie, it is revealed that Elijah caused all of the accidents including the train derailment in order to one day find the super hero he knew was out there. Once he had for sure figured out David was a hero that gave him a sense of purpose as a villain. In The Killing Joke, the Joker states that “it only…

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    brutal killing of a momma pig . The boys had been stalking the pig and planning to hunt her . They had ran after her while throwing spears until she was down . “she squealed and bucked and the air was full of sweat and noise and blood and terror.” (Golding 135) The boys had kept torturing her by pushing the spear deeper into her . The momma pigs squealed almost seemed to excite the savage boys more and more because they giggled when it was all over. The boys had found the joy of killing…

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