As we continue to get older we are often exposed to more. We are exposed to the reality of the world we live in. We are exposed to the good, the bad and the ugly. Nowadays we cannot turn on the TV, log into our social media accounts or talk to our friends without reading, watching or hearing about another police shooting, specifically at a black male. Racial profiling, discrimination, police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement are all “hot” topics circulating around the media lately.…
I'm Amanda Stark, but most call me Mandy. I have light fair skin, a heart-shaped dimple ridden face, icy blue eyes and pin straight long blackish-red hair that goes down to my knees. My height is 5'8 and 160 Ibs. My parents are Tony Stark and Pepper Stark (Née) Potts. I use an arc reactor like my dad because of my heart stopping when I was a baby. I am twenty-three years old. I graduated college when I was ten with a master's degree in chemistry, medicine and politics. I met my best friend,…
Studios in 2012, The Avengers materialized Marvel’s plan to join some of their marketable comic book heroes in a special team (Tucker, 2012). The team was composed of franchised heroes such as Iron Man played by Robert Downey Jr.; Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk; Chris Evans as Captain America; Chris Hemsworth as Thor; Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye; Scarlett Johanson…
The Journey of Sir Gawain “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” is a story of adventure and betrayal, all the while keeping up the chivalry that was so predominant of this period. The Green Knight has come to Camelot during Christmas festivities. Upon arrival and greetings, the Green Knight makes a proposal. He will allow a knight a blow from his axe, but only if he can return the blow a year later. Here the author uses the tradition of beheading, which was practiced during this period frequently…
The execution of revenge had always had an impact on our actions and behavior. In some cases, it could be a positive influence, but in others, it could be negative. This concept applies to specific characters in Great Expectations. In the novel, Charles Dickens sends a compelling message that seeking revenge is a worthless pursuit and that the outcome is never positive nor beneficial. Not only does it harm the people who are innocent, it harms the people who seek for revenge themselves.…
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earphones, and spectacles with thick wavy lenses” so that it would give him headaches and make him half blind (Vonnegut 4). In today’s society, a person with extreme abilities—like the ones Harrison has—would be seen as a superhero such as Superman or the Hulk. Young children dream to have abilities that grant them with such strong powers, and to see a society in the future frown upon something that today’s society praises, is quite interesting. With today’s constant advancement in technology,…
Once a happy four year old who loved Ironman, the Hulk, and all the other avengers, Bryson Nees-Hernandez soon met his fate with one of America’s most deadly killers. In January of 2016, Bryson shot himself with a .22 Caliber Derringer that his grandmother kept under the bed. Who is the one to blame for this? Who is responsible for his death? The only person who can be seen guilty for this tragic death is the grandmother. She was not responsible enough to make sure that her gun would not fall…
When you think of a hero, you might automatically think of your favorite childhood superhero like Superman and The Hulk, but in my opinion, a hero doesn’t have to be someone who can save lives or have any kind of magical power. Instead, a hero can be someone you can simply look up to and depend on throughout your life. Whenever I think of a person I admire as a hero, I automatically think of my sister. She has always been there for me when I needed her and she has never thought twice about…
Telemachus. The reader can conclude that Odysseus’ willpower is what keeps him going. It drives him to achieve and do extreme things. Odysseus also has his moment where he is not very firm. In book V (5), Odysseus addressed, “‘What more can this hulk suffer? What comes now? In vigil through the night here by the river how can I not succumb, being weak and sick, to the night’s damp and hoarfrost of the morning? The air comes cold from rivers before dawn…’” (490-494). In this quote Odysseus is…