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In the epic, Beowulf, by Seamus Heaney, the main character, Beowulf, is seen as a great hero to all. This is false. Beowulf is not a hero, he is just a glory driven warrior that does not care about others. He, as a king, should not risk his life to fight the dragon and leave his people to fend for themselves against the other societies looking for more power. If Beowulf is a true hero he would do what is best for his people, not what is best for his ego. Also as he takes his last breathes he is more occupied with having a borrow built in his honor instead of picking a successor or having a plan for his people so they can strive without him. A hero is someone who is selfless and always makes sacrifices for others’ benefit and Beowulf does not hold these characteristics, as you can clearly see when he goes to protect the Danes, when he goes after Grendel’s mother, and when he fights the dragon. These are all examples of Beowulf lacking in true heroism and obsessing over obtaining his glory status instead of helping others. In the beginning of the book Beowulf comes to the Danes acting like he is there to help the Danes break free from Grendel 's wrath with no benefits to himself, but that is not the case. Beowulf comes to the Danes to gain glory. He knows that defending an innocent village from a demon would make him look very good to others. In the book it is explained that “ No one tried to keep him from going, no elder denied him”(pg. 15). This just shows that Beowulf has…

Fai Jubono, a young male human, few of his kind, is searching the galaxy for treasure with his droid J6, a repurposed, round, and rusty engineering droid who now helps Fai scavenge the Yinnad galaxy for spare parts, which he then sells for credits. At this time, Fai and J6 are headed to the ocean planet Kee. This planet used to be all ice, but had melted due to Kee getting significantly closer to the sun. Now multiple boats have been submerged underwater, which so called treasure beneath them.…

Archetypes are common themes, situations, characters, or symbols found in books, movies, or other types of media that are recognizable cross-culturally. The 2009 movie Avatar, directed by James Cameron, exhibits multiple archetypes that propel the plot through two separate subplots. Avatar is set in a distant planet known as Pandora. It is inhabited by the Native people (Na’vi), as well as humans who are after a rare and valuable metal only found on this planet. The humans develop Avatars, which…

Ignorance everyone knows it's bad to be ignorant, but the they still do it. There are plenty of moments in both the movie and the book where they show ignorance. The whole movie avatar is people being ignorant about a planet they don't even know about. There are scientist who try to learn of the indigenous people by building schools learning their languages their ways of life the animals the trees. But the corporation could not care less about any of the they are ignorant that everything in that…

However, Cameron designed the film Avatar in some a more modern plot of the hero and used a lot of effects to complete the whole monomyth. The whole story of the Na’Vi and the humans try to fight for their beliefs. The Na’Vi, the native of Pandora, fight to keep their home and forces of the forest balance. The human, the native of Earth, try to fight for unobtanium to receive a great amount of money for it. The scientist…

ourselves as “pure mind”, he means that everything that is portrayed digitally, is filtered only through thoughts. When using the Internet we cannot be judged by looks, gender, race, or anything except the way we express our thoughts. Unfortunately, most people use this anonymity to their advantage, allowing them to act completely foreign to their true selves. Turkle shows us that the way we act online is just an act, "After all, our online lives are all about performance. We perform on social…

Culture and Influence In her position of leadership, Mo’at reinforces the clan’s current culture, as well as to exert direct influence on the cultural changes that take place as the clan’s social structure evolves. Our first introduction to the character takes place in Hometree as she meets an Avatar prisoner. During her first interaction with Jake Sully in his Avatar form, she challenges the conventions currently held by the Na’vi by allowing Jake, a member of the “Sky people”, the opportunity…

The feature film Avatar, is an animated film that was written and directed by the illustrious Canadian writer, director, and producer James Cameron. The film was released December 18, 2009. After moving to the U.S in 1971 Cameron decided to attend the University of California where he majored in physics, after graduating he decided to pursue his passion in screenwriting. Some of his best work includes directing groundbreaking and iconic films such as The Terminator movies and Titanic, which of…

Professor Ulrich THEO 424 12/21/16 Introduction *** In this paper, I will be discussing the history, beliefs and challenges of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) religious movement and how it presents arising issues to Christianity and Judaism. This is an important topic to address because the ISKCON movement has been gaining more followers all over the world since it started in 1966. This movement now has over 600 temples, 60 farm communities, 50 schools and 90…

Director Ridley Scott's science fiction film 'The Martian' slammed the box office over the weekend with a healthy $55 million. The film nearly surpassed the 2013 science fiction thriller film directed and produced by Alfonso Cuarón, 'Gravity.' As the Gravity film has the highest-grossing October debut in history. The reviews that expressed great pleasure over the film strengthened Ridley Scott's released of The Martian, as the critics also called the movie among the director's best and heaped…