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A death in the family When someone asks who the greatest superheroes of all time ask yourself which one did you consider the best, when I ask myself that question Batman and Robin both come to mind , because of their teamwork and how they stood for the greater good. The graphic novel I’ve decided to analyze is Batman: A death in the family written by Jim Starlin and published by DC comics in December of 1988. Batman a death in the family was far ahead of its time and brought something fresh…

Hero. The first thing that one thinks of when they hear the word is most likely a person with the superhuman abilities of being able to fly, read minds, or easily crush anything in their path. While, most heroes do not possess all of these traits, they do exhibit some. In Beowulf by unknown, the main character, Beowulf, is a great hero to the Danes. He demonstrates his heroic qualities when he defeats a strong monster named Grendel with just his bare hands and saves the Danes from more pain and…

Ego is defined as the opinion we have of ourselves. Sometimes the way we view ourselves is different from how we actually are. In A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia, an angel changes through time from an old man who was tormented by the townspeople. Here we see that the torture the man went through did not affect who he was as a person. On the other hand, in Alice Walker’s Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self, a young girl changes the way she views herself based on what…

David O. Russell's 2017 drama was a hit across the boards. Most critics gave this film exceptionally high ratings and it accumulated a large amount of money in the box office. Despite the prominent feature of mental illness and its treatments in the beginning of the film, the ending essentially negates the existence of a disorder. The main character to suddenly shows a significant and unrealistic improvement despite not progressing much during treatment. This movie starts out with the main…

As with almost every superhero fan I know, I fell in love with Tom Holland’s Spider-Man in last year’s “Captain America: Civil War.” As such, despite some recent lackluster attempts at Spider-Man movies, I was extremely excited for Holland’s solo outing, even though Spider-Man is not one of my more beloved superheroes. For the most part, this movie proved a satisfying picture. Set a couple months after “Civil War,” Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Holland) is eager to become a full-fledged Avenger. He…

Compton Mrs. Marshall P.5. Problem/Solution Essay - 9/8/2017 Bad Marvel Movie Villains Ever since 2008, Marvel has been producing blockbuster movies as a part of their cinematic universe. Their movies have mostly been positively received, but there is a big problem with the movies that many people agree with. With the exception of Loki and a few others, Marvel movie villains are careless. The flaws of the villains make some of the Marvel films unwatchable. The solutions to this problem are to…

cultures other than American. To begin with, David Adesnik’s “Marvel Comics and Manifest Destiny” discusses the controversy of whether the superheroes in comic books are mainly focused on American life or not. Adesnik questions the possible outcomes of taking a superhero from comics and altering their characteristics into…

The first movie begins with a thirty-some-odd minute montage of Peter becoming the hero. In Homecoming however, the story jumps right in at a point in which Peter has already become Spider-Man. In the previous Marvel movie, Captain America: Civil War, Peter’s transcendence into Spider-Man is alluded and sets up for the continuation of the story. Homecoming simply picks up years after Civil War leaves off. The character and setting changes, as previously stated…

Hello, I watched the movie: Hancock, Hancock is a 2008 American superhero comedy-drama film directed by Peter Berg and starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman and Eddie Marsan. The film is not based on a book. The setting is LA and New York. The film is mostly about Hancock, an alcoholic man with superhero powers, including flight, invulnerability, and super-strength. In the start of the movie, he is messy but at the end he evolved to a real superhero Plot Hancock is an unhappy,…

Captain America whose real name is Steve Rogers transitioned from a comic book to the television on a journey to become the greatest soldier in history. Captain America’s main power is the maximum human physical potential that he has. The character first debuted in 1941 during the time of the Second World War. As a result of his small stature he was deemed unfit for military service however due to his powers he was accepted. Rogers was brave and compassionate and this qualified him as the most…