Grumpy Old Men

Ahjussi (아저씨), also known by it’s English title The Man from Nowhere, is an action packed, thriller film starring Won Bin as the movie’s protagonist, Cha Tae Sik. The movie was released on August 4, 2010 and was directed by Lee Jeong Bum. The story begin with Cha Tae Sik, the owner of a pawnshop, who lives by himself and leads a quiet life. He is a quiet man and does not have any friends except for a little girl, Somi, who lives next door with her mom. Somi frequents the pawn shop, often selling…

Within the 2007 film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel No Country for Old Men, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell is attempting to help Moss, a man who stole money from a drug deal gone bad, evade the vengeance of Chigurh, a dangerous hitman. The Coen brothers, who directed the film, acknowledge that the novel’s title is a representation of the sheriff’s perspective, but in contrast with the novel, the focus of the movie is the multiple characters’ viewpoints about Chigurh and their reactions to him.…

In Cormac McCarthy’s 2005 bestseller, No Country for Old Men, he presents the reader with an exploration of human depravity through the lives of three main characters. While two of these integral characters, Anton Chigurh and Llewelyn Moss, clearly display what society would identify as vice, Shariff Ed Tom Bell is presented as a weathered, virtuous man, who struggles to reconcile himself to the ever-expanding presence of evil in the world. Despite McCarthy’s use of Bell as a type of moral…

Very little has been said about father and son relationships in MGTOW, and I feel acknowledging this father/son bond or lack thereof is paramount to carving a different future for men and generations of men to come. In order to venture into this future or this unknown path in betterment of men, we should see father/son relationships as one of the most important pieces left to complete The New Man; that special being that is to rise from the messy rubble of gynocentrism. Not only has the role…

every day. There appears to be a trend that companies constantly use in order to get consumers to buy their product. Jean Kilbourne states in her "Two Ways A Woman Can Get Hurt" states that, "Men conquer and women ensnare, always with the essential aid of product" (Kilbourne, 445). Advertisements portray men as superior in order to gain consumers. It isn 't a surprise to see an advertisement where misogyny is being encouraged to lure consumers in buying their product. This misogynistic…

The topic of gender discrimination has lingered as an open wound for decades in cultures across the world. There are countries and societies where women are considered lesser beings. Their opinions disregarded, others claim their bodies and voicing their opinions is often considered outrageous. While these injustices seem foreign and unimaginable in the United States, we have our own plethora of issues. Women aren’t treated as a whole human in dozens of countries and America, unfortunately,…

be considered sex discrimination to give women paid time off (Bernard 213). Another expert opinion the writers includes is A. Lee Parks Jr. opinion. Parks is a civil lawyer and thinks that the policies could and potentially should be different for men and women, but not to an outrageous extent (Bernard 213). These experts’ opinions help strengthen Bernard’s argument because their credibility and knowledge help gain the approval of the audience. Bernard’s argument that biological fathers do not…

continuation of generation in the south (1.4.110). Troy and Bono childhood experiences of becoming men and moving North after their fathers dead still haunt them (1.4.98). Living in the north provides a generational divide between Troy and his sons, Cory and Lyon who grow up believing in change and dreams in their lives. Troy himself was without his mother after she ran away when he was eight years old…

When you look around, everywhere you go there will be women. We are very essential to this world. It is statistically true that more women live on this earth than men, even though more men are born. At a young age, women are taught to cook, clean, and take care of the children. Men are taught to work hard, go to school to make a lot of money, and take care of the family financially. Even though these standards are influenced in the children today, there is a difference between the way life was…

A coward is a man who fails at attaining courage to do something. The difference between a coward and a brave man is the overthinking of things. The coward is a selfish man who thinks twice unlike the brave man. Men fear what they lack knowledge over, and the brave think they know the obstacle they face. Wilson, Margot, and the lions all support the unmanliness of Macomber coming from his cowardice in "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway. Robert Wilson portrays an…