Jack DeJohnette

Jack the Ripper. 2014. “The ‘Dear Boss’ Letter.” In Voices of Victorian England: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life, edited by John A. Wagner, 244-245. Santa Barbara: Greenwood: An Imprint of ABC-CLIO. This source is extremely useful because the Jack the Ripper murders are one of the most infamous crimes of the whole era, and this supposedly was the first letter that he sent to the newspapers about his murders. This letter is extremely useful in the paper because it provides an example…

Marvel movies: revolution or scam? Since Iron Man, Marvel started to develop a new model of movies: all their movies (and super -heroes) are linked all together until the big reunion of them all, like in the Avengers. They planned to do it for what they call a second “arc”: Iron Man 3, Thor 2, Captain America 2 and finally a new Avengers movie in 2016. But as this model is also used by DC Comics for Batman VS Superman movie, we can ourselves one question: Is this model sustainable and desirable?…

Legalizing Euthanasia “We control our entry into life, it is time we began to control our exit.” - Max Frisch. Euthanasia is a highly controversial debate all around the globe. Opponents argue that using euthanasia to end one’s life is morally erroneous and believe it violates the principles of medicine; proponents believe euthanasia is a considerate way to end the suffering of terminally ill people. With the legalization of euthanasia, many benefits could be added to this country. Bountiful…

Medium • What medium or media does the communication take advantage of?  The advantage of this advertisement is it has a well know character known as the Hulk from the popular Marvel franchise. Also it helps kids who see this advertisement lose the fear of getting hurt since their favorite character also gets hurt. • What are the strengths and limitations of the media used?  The strengths of the advertisement are that people that who watch the Avengers and read the Marvel Incredible Hulk…

THE POWER OF INSTINCT The Call of the Wild a dog story, Buck a splendid California ranch dog. He was stolen and sold into Alaska, to become a sled-dog in the gold rush. “In the primitive” he quickly learns “the law of club and fang” jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial. His first experience on the Alaskan coast brings home the nature of the eternal struggle. A friendly dog was knocked down in a fight and instantly “she was buried screaming with…

In the short story, "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, a man is hiking with a dog through the Klondike towards a camp containing other travelers in below seventy-five-degree temperatures. Throughout the story, he experiences many obstacles along his path due to nature and his own misdoings. He is unable to identify and interpret the correct measures to take, making his trek much more difficult, and this, along with the glacial temperatures, is what ultimately results in the man's death. Because…

JFK’s Assassination On November 22, 1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy was murdered in Dallas, Texas. The bullets of that were shot passed through John F. Kennedy’s head and rang out as his motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza. U.S. Marine Lee Harvey Oswald on his own fired 3 shots from the Texas School Book Depository by the motorcade route. Lee Harvey Oswald killed John F. Kennedy. Oswald was a prior U.S. Marine. When John F. Kennedy was approaching his motorcade through Dallas, Oswald was seen…

Kelly seemed to be the final victim of Jack. The murder took place in Whitechapel, London. However, for the other victims there death took place in different parts of London. His victims were all prostitutes making it easy for him to pick them up. Jack got the name “the ripper” for that being said that he rips his victims apart, making him the prime suspect in Kelly’s death. Her death became more…

Jack London’s story To Build a Fire is a story that shows a man vs. nature struggle of a man that is a newcomer to the world of cold. This man is on the Yukon trail towards a group of men during the second gold rush. The man is accompanied only by a wolf-dog. He is warned by an older, wiser man that he should not travel the trail without a companion. The man is stubborn and tells that man he will be all right. Although the man is naive and alone, he is positive that he will be fine as long as…

When given the task of creating both a whole new superhero and comic script, I was shocked by the amount of control and creativity I would have throughout the process. Creating my own personal hero is what excited me most as a writer, although I realized how hard it is to truly be original in the world of comics. Since Superman’s grand debut in 1938 it would seem as though every superpower has been thought of. The “roadblock” of creating an original hero pushed my creativity and lead to my…