Antihero

Nightstrike III, the guy doggedly pursuing Elibhe. Simon didn’t grieve overmuch for his aforementioned dead brother, but a lawman is as a lawman does and Simon’s leading the president’s new antihero peace keeping force. Rather than relying on gadgetry to augment his base humanity, years ago, Simon matched wits with something in the dark and enslaved it to his will. Or so he hopes. In Chapter 1: Simon let the demon out to stretch while threatening…

In life there is always a constant battle between good and evil. There comes a time when you have to choose which path you will take. Do you want to be a “Hero” or a “Villain”? A hero can look back at life and be proud of all the right choices they’ve made but, as a villain, it is hard when you have contributed to mass chaos and cause destruction in society. Despite all the temptations of the villain, it is the hero whom should be recognized and admired in a story but sometimes that is not the…

monster with seemingly no human like qualities and a destruction of evil in Beowulf’s eyes. Beowulf is supernatural, like the walking dead, obeying orders and not thinking but rather acting as a machine through Grendel’s views. While Grendel is an antihero and Beowulf is a hero, both are seemingly outcasts since they operate alone and have such elevated reputations. Both of their egos and pride are high since both of them have never lost a fight, which is why they carry themselves highly into…

2) The narrator's point of view is in the third person. Catch-22 is centered on the main character, Yossarian; the reader is aware of his thoughts and Yossarian is informed of other characters thoughts. 3) The tone portrayed in Catch-22 is satirical. The attitude is demonstrated by the author exaggerating characters ludicrous qualities and using self-contradictory statements. 4) Rome, Italy, and the island off the coast, Pianosa is where Catch-22 takes place. Catch-22 is during World War II…

Anyone who’s watched American television knows all too well the trope of the bumbling husband who is constantly reprimanded by his naggy wife. In the hit AMC show Breaking Bad, this view is no different; While Walter White continues down his spiral into depravity as chemistry-teacher-turned-meth-kingpin, his wife Skyler is often portrayed as demeaning, argumentative, and a hurdle to leap over by both the audience and the characters. However, while many will argue that Skyler’s presense furthers…

The infamous character of Professor Snape is one of great complexity and depth. It is his cold and ruthless demeanor that has readers origionally seething with hatred for his warped personality. His mistreatment of the main hero, Harry, further irks the readers until it is revealed later in the series as to what the underlying motives and agenda was. In the series Snape is an exceptionally skillful wizard with a dark past who is the potions master at Hogwarts school. For the majority of the…

Fun Home: A Literary Comparison Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel is formed by her contradictions and paradox between outward appearance and there meaning. The nature of Fun Home is written as a literary piece rather than an autobiography in which Bechdel recounts her life though other works of literature. Bechdel is able to compare her life to other works of writing by using allusions and symbolisms. Rather than describing her book as an autobiography, Bechdel considers her book a piece of…

of Jasper as a character involves lots of complex and fascinating information. I would not describe Jasper as solely a protagonist or an antagonist, as he is encompasses traits from both of these categories. Rather, I would say that Jasper is an antihero. Jasper is described as having a tall and wiry figure. The fact that he wears small cloths with no shoes only emphasises that negative stereotype associated with being a half-cast during the 1960’s. This quote epitomises the way Corrigan feels…

Grenouille: An Ordered Mind Amidst a Chaotic World Readers of Patrick Süskind’s Perfume generally interpret Grenouille as fundamentally separate from other humans, as, unlike other humans, Grenouille has no smell. As a genius antihero, Grenouille has no love for humanity, nor does humanity like Grenouille. Grenouille’s revulsion towards chaos and love for order initially alienate him from humanity, but ultimately these allow him to ascend beyond humanity. Because Grenouille does not fit with…

The settings portrayed in City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit, a novel by Elmore Leonard, and The Maltese Falcon, a detective novel by Dashiell Hammet were closely related while occurring in two cities on complete opposite sides of the country. Both Raymond Cruz and Sam Spade are sharp, old fashioned, and gritty characters. When it comes to the descriptions of these characters and the correlation between them and their respective cities in which they reside, the authors are able to produce…