Avengers

Superhero films create a world of fantasy in which “good” guys always stop the “evil” guys from hurting innocent victims. Undoubtedly, Tony Stark, also known as Iron Man, has been portrayed as a superhero throughout The Avengers, Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and Iron Man 3 movies. Tony Stark is one of the all time most popular and loved fictional characters in the superhero world. However, superheroes do not always possess good quality traits and are flawed just like Tony Stark. Stark was born into a…

her into the second Avengers film, Age of Ultron. The idea was scrapped due to the fact they had to flesh out her backstory before they tried to introduce her. A second attempt was with the Netflix Marvel series, Jessica Jones where Jessica’s best friend was originally going to be Carol. This was ultimately changed to Trish Walker - better known as Patsy Walker in the comics. Additionally, Captain Marvel will receive her own film first before she entered the world of the Avengers in the…

The United States have been using Air Defense Tactics dating back to World War II. What started out as 50. Caliber machine guns firing into the sky has developed into missile to missile interception. Although the transition has been rather short, there has been multiple steps leading up to the systems that we use today. During the late 1960s, the US Military was faced with obstacles that we have never faced before during the Vietnam War. One of our systems proved not only to be combat effective…

If you play any contact sports, you more than likely know what it is like to have a concussion. Concussions are a bigger deal then most people think they are, they can cause life long heath problems and even may play a major role in the premature death of a lot of people. In 2012, there were 3,800,000 concussions recorded, that is more then double of the amount of concussions that were reported in 2002. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, better known as CTE, is a disease that has killed many…

INFERENCE OF GENDER In classical literature, men and women have clear, defined characteristics which usually mirror the gender roles and expectations of their time. As a result, there are distinct personalities traits and behaviors that appear throughout stories. Because of these common distinctions, there have been definite literary types of both genders that have come about; in short, constant traditional portrayals of each gender have caused the rise of gender stereotypes. Comparison of Male…

Girls who identify with heroines try to emulate heroines’ sexuality; this imitation could cause an unhealthy self-esteem because girls will worth their sexuality more than anything else. Unfortunately, comics did not want heroines to look masculine; instead, they wanted heroines to use their sexuality and bodies as a form of power against villains. According to Gilroy, she states, “[Batgirl] also makes clear that her superheroic sexuality, like all other aspects of her identity, is a performance…

to emerge. During this time the Army began to field the Avenger and Patriot weapon systems. And began paving the for successful deployment against new and potentially deadly…

Mohit Ray’s Shakespeare’s Construction of the Jew discusses the complex nature of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. The central argument is that Shylock’s construction relies more heavily on “historical imagination” than on “historical reality” (Ray 1). Shylock is created using the contemporary and prejudiced views of the audience; this image “becomes the stereotype and historical image of a Jew” (1). Although Shylock is a very strong adoption of the traditional image of the Jew, Ray points out…

and expected to be a master of it the next day, I prefer to understand it and learn it properly and go home to end being confused. I have way too many movies that I consider to be the best or my favorite, my most favorite movies are Without Limits, Avenger movies, transformers, Spider Man, Sing,…

Artificial Intelligence, Friend or Foe? The age of the A.I is upon us, and we are integrating it into our daily life. We live with it, we work with it and it even does some work for us. We research more and more, to make it smarter, better, stronger, but not thinking of the complication it creates. A.I is becoming more and more unpredictable in parallel to the possibilities and broad uses of it. We think we can handle it, but can we really? We need to think about the dangers they can cause, both…