exaggeration. In trying to persuade the Avengers to sign the Sokovia accords Thaddeus Ross states “ while a great many people see you as heroes, there are some who prefer the word vigilantes”. He then proceeds to call them dangerous and compared the Hulk and Thor’s absence to misplacing nuclear…
together for Stephen King’s novel to film adaptation of The Mist; whereas Gale Anne Hurd was the writer of 1984’s cult classic, The Terminator, later serving as producer for the graphic novel to live-action movie adaptation of Marvel’s The Incredible Hulk, released in 2008. Based on these facts, it is no wonder that The Walking…
Chapter Two The Dead Don’t Talk Meeting with the agency’s co-founder, Twist Top-secret hideout Thursday, 10:30 a.m. Oliver Twistleton (a.k.a. Twist), an associate at the Deadwood Detective Agency, was waiting for Seth and me in our tree house—sorry, our top-secret hideout—complete with its three-legged desk and secondhand chairs. Against one wall was a shelf stacked with bins of hardware—tiny screws, bolts, fuses, gears and enough silicone to fill a basin. Next to the door was a poster of a…
What is it that we see in a knight or a hero? Do we focus on their physical appearance or do we think about their moral representation? From medieval texts to modern day movies, some aspects of physical appearance and ethics have changed while some have stayed the same. Writers often depict men in a way in which they feel is suitable to justify them as a knight or hero. Sometimes, though, writers try to connect the reader to a character in order to make them feel equal. A quality like judgement…
as being capable of performing under these circumstances was a substantial challenge and also a source of reward. One gang rapist articulated this feeling very clearly: we felt powerful, we were in control. I wanted sex and there was peer pressure. She wasn’t like a person, no personality, just domination on my part. Just to show I could do it- you know, macho” (pg. 45). This explains why men rape women. Men see themselves to be stronger, more powerful and aggressive than women and therefore,…