Etheridge Knight

Reading Report II “Nothing is true, everything is permitted.” This is the great philosophy of the Assassin’s Order in Ubisoft’s critically acclaimed video game series, Assassin’s Creed. It quickly amassed a large following due to its stunning visuals, advanced game engine, and controversial Da Vinci Code-esk narrative. Like many works of historical fiction, this narrative revolves around the revelation of a grand truth. In the game, an organization called Abstergo Industries discovers that any…

Nicholson’s Nihilism Partly because I’m a Batman enthusiast, I noticed, from early on in this film, that a nexus existed between Nicholson’s role as J.P. McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and his later casting as the joker in Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman. In this film’s early development, we learned of McMurphy’s past: five arrests for assault and his most recent arrest for statutory rape – how joker-esque! And only an upstanding joker would find a mental institution more appealing than…

Bernard and Fulcher both induce readers to the world of knights, both Christian and non-Christian. Each different knight has a different lifestyle based on their belief system, and this shows in how they are able to battle and conduct themselves. They hold high standards for Christian knights in everything they do. Non-Christian knights are viewed with distaste and concern. Bernard basically calls non-Christian knights women, claiming that they do not have the strength to fight for themselves.…

These men were called in feudal Japan, samurai, and I feudal Europe knights. While they both served their masters in similar context, their weapons, armour and other things varied greatly. The first major difference was their religion, the samurai followed the code of bushido (pronounced bu-sheed-o) and means roughly translated…

When we think of Batman, the words “hope”, “justice”, and “incorruptibility” come to mind. He is The Dark Knight, a bat vigilante who fights to keep the fictional streets of Gotham safe. He is arguably one of the greatest superheroes ever created. He fights crime and faces some of the most insane villains in comic book history. What makes him stand out from the rest is that, as Wikipedia states, “unlike most superheroes, Batman does not possess any superpowers; rather, he relies on his genius…

The hermit set out of camp at midnight, carrying his backpack and his bag of break-in tools, and threaded through the forest, rock to root to rock, every step memorized. Not a boot print left behind. It was cold and nearly moonless, a fine night for a raid, so he hiked about an hour to the Pine Tree summer camp, a few dozen cabins spread along the shoreline of North Pond in central Maine. With an expert twist of a screwdriver, he popped open a door of the dining hall and slipped inside, scanning…

The Dark Knight in my opinion one of the best movies ever made. The color, editing, sound effects, and acting are superb. Growing up a Batman and superhero fan you would even appreciate this film even more. I think it is the best Batman film made to date. If you have not seen I would highly suggest watching this film. The rest of this film will be an analysis of different dynamics of the Dark Knight. Batman (Christian Bale) is hoping to hand on his fighting obligations to D.A Harvey Dent…

“Every villain in The DC Universe wants something different, and not all of them want to rule the world. Or at least, not all of them want to rule the world in the way the Crime Syndicate do.” - Geoff Johns. It seems that in all of the DC Universe, that they characters are well developed. They seem to know just everything to be exact, knowing the past, the deeper meaning in the way they act, it's a very well thought out process. But not many people know of how they develop the past and the way…

The line between what's good and what's evil seems a simple idea in itself, just a line dividing the two, right? However, what you don't think about are the footnotes that cross and cover the line with justifications and designated loopholes made by those who believe certain things must be accounted for when considering what is actually right and wrong. Supposing that Batman were on a side, he'd be one of those sticky notes teetering on the line that divides what he believes in, and what he is…

Everything happens for a reason, some of the most amazing things come out of the worst situations. “Bruce Wayne was just a kid when he watched his parents get gunned down during a mugging in Gotham city. The crime would define his life, as he decided himself to becoming the world’s greatest weapon against crime… the Batman.” Batman is the most spectacular hero because of his constant motivation, humanity and his independence. Batman is a superhero any community would be lucky to have. Batman has…