Thor

During the Golden Age, it was not uncommon for a single comic book issue to sell over one million copies. A popularity spike of comic books started mostly during World War II. Marvel and DC comics were the most favored. Marvel was created in 1939, and was known as Timely Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Spider-Man and Wolverine are the most well-known heroes from Marvel. DC Comics also known as Detective Comics, were founded in 1935, by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. Comic books impacted…

The text “most young kings get their heads cut off” is a reference to Parker’s early death but that also describes Charles the First who was public beheaded in 1649 (Saggese 95). He also uses imagery that recalls comic-book heroes such as Superman, Thor, and the X-Men. This once again serves to liken his fallen friend to a powerful figure. However, in this case instead of a regal figure, he chooses to allude to fictional supernatural figures. Comic books at this time were relatively new and…

Superman, Batman, Ironman, Hulk, Thor, etc. All ‘heroes’ in the world, but not just superheroes are ‘heroes’. Everyone has the potential to become a hero, and heroism traits are apart of everyone. A hero isn’t always the greatest, strongest human being that risks their life, a hero is someone who makes a positive impact in someone else’s life and overcomes challenges. Bob Riley said, “Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.” This quote…

Today’s world is full of cultural differences that were brought on by people migrating. New ideas will be spread; thus, cultures can be changed based on differing areas of influence. We see those changes today in different literary works across the world. Many films that have been based on certain literary works such as Beowulf (Heaney) showed noticeable differences between the characters in the epic and the same characters in the movie. In the movie Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson) and the…

Socialism is a form of government not popular in America but is working in other countries. The Merriam- Webster dictionary describes it as a government that controls industries rather than companies and or individual people. (2015, Webster) Socialism politics and economics are a social system in which there is no private property. It is a system in which owned by stat and is a certain stage in-between capitalism and communism. Socialism is not what it used to be if it ever was the evil many…

In the beginning of the course, if a professor was to ask his students the question “what is the hero myth?” If the students never had any prior knowledge to the subject they would begin to answer in return the origins of characters like Thor, or basically their favorite superheroes story line. Some might fit the guideline of what the hero myth is and some will not. However after further investigation the hero myth is defined as an ordinary character that lives a regular life which gets called…

hefty axe? I wonder if I am strong enough to lift such a hefty object.." "I don 't know my friend, you can try if you wish." Beowulf hobbled to the axe, tripping on lumber, making a show of trying to lift the axe. "Are are you sure your axe isn 't Thors hammer?" Beowulf joked. Grendel fell backwards and rolled on the ground laughing hysterically. In an instant Beowulf picked up the axe and swung down straight at Grendels chest. Grendel moved to try to dodge the attack, but his reflexes were too…

Everyday people see thousands of advertisements, tv shows, movies, and more and they all seem to try and sell the public the same types of messages. Girls should act one way and guys should act another, and if you don’t, you’re not normal. There are different themes of femininity and masculinity that people can either perform or decide not to. Many movies will show these themes which may not stick out to the viewer unless they are watching for them. One of those movies, even though it is Korean,…

In the sphere of film discussion often you hear people openly say that modern films are all remakes, sequels or prequels that have no soul or imagination. I wholeheartedly disagree with this sentiment, but the wide release film schedule would definitely prove contrary. Which is why filmmakers like Guillermo del Toro are so indispensable to the modern film ecosystem, they’re constantly churning out these original concepts with boundless imagination. This is a guy who, on a constant basis, creates…

down of Harrison Bergeron. He was an exceptional person who was given many handicaps in order to become ‘average’. It does not matter how hard one tries to make each and every person entirely equal, there will always be “a man that would have awed Thor, the god of thunder” (4). Vonnegut stresses this by using a futuristic setting. The reader understands with this that there is always someone who will disagree. As much as one may think times are changing, making people ‘the same’ is not a…