books and they are role models to many teenagers and adults in the society. This paper demonstrates how these comics are useful medium through their heroic
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people in the world. For example, John Wilkes Booth was a very bad person. He destroyed people’s sense of safety. When he killed the president of the United States, it made citizens feel unprotected and that something even worse would happen. He’s a villain for killing Abraham Lincoln. However, there are good people too. Martin Luther King Jr. was a hero. This is because he was a civil rights leader. He was a very kind man who was influential and also a great man to our country. Instead of making people
Villains in Hollywood Films Alfred Hitchcock once said "The better the villain, the better the film" and this year's Hollywood filmmakers have abided by this golden rule as there was no stopping this year's summer blockbusters from having a whole horde of villainous characters spreading their wings onto the big screen, making the darker side more appealing for audiences. Everybody has gone villain this year, from Tom Cruise to Halle Berry, from the not- so-friendly extra
hated to carry out these evil plans, but he felt forced to do it to protect his status. The first thing that Erik got Arthur to do was to make fun of the death of his old friend, Mike Costello. “Ha! Do you remember the picture of his face! Priceless!” Erik laughed. “Pretty soon we’ll get to see the close up!” “Remember how it happened! That swing was Perfect!” Arthur responded. ”Pretty soon I might become a baseball player!” “Are you ready for this?” “Yes” Hurriedly, Arthur put on a gas mask and walked
these images of my culture. What was I supposed to think at a young age when all I saw were images of my people doing things that I was told were evil. How am I supposed to shape my own identity around this preset coating of violence on my culture. Due to this, I have attained many negative examples of my people. I can’t even begin to explain how tarnished my Image of Iraq (my country of origin) has become due to the brainwashing depiction of it on the news. All I see are people who suffer and