Lucas Jackson Criminal Justice

“ The force will be with you, always.” This is advice given to Luke Skywalker by his mentor Obi Wan Kenobi. In the archetypal hero’s journey a wise and experienced mentor such as Obi Wan will often help guide or offer advice to the youthful and budding hero. Throughout time and across different cultures there are certain symbols, events and characters which can be found in literature and Star Wars IV: A New Hope follows this trend step by step. During the film Star Wars IV: A New Hope, the main protagonist Luke undergoes a stereotypical, or in literary terms an archetypal hero’s journey. Luke starts from humble beginnings and when he is called upon to save the galaxy; he then faces various tests which help him hone skills that he will need for the final life or death battle.

He is considered their symbol of strength and shows the prisoners that they don’t have to live in fear. Like McMurphy, he constantly stands up against the guards and refuses to be broken. On multiple accounts, he escapes the prison grounds and is beaten and put into the box, and he never breaks. The other prisoners see this as a ray of hope that they won’t have to like under such harsh conditions. Then after his second attempted escape, Luke finally breaks, and this is when the other prisoners lose hope and respect for Luke.

Luke can be described as a man that is undoubtfully determined. After being sentenced to two years, it can be immediately seen he does not fit in with the other

While in the Dagobah system he goes to meet yoda, a teacher, to help Luke understand and use the force in a correct way to defeat the forces of the dark side. Here Luke is informed about Darth Vader that leads The Empire, and how he is the overseer of the darkside. Luke perceives this as a force that he must defeat in order to save the galaxy. He soon starts training with yoda to grow stronger physically and mentally. He is taught how to use a lightsaber and how to use the force. Though he can perform some of these tasks well, he still can’t use the force quite well because he hasn’t learned the lesson that he needed to know, which is to concentrate and not give up. Luke doubts himself and starts to not believe in yoda’s words but soon recovers as his mentor gives up on him. The ability to learn and not give up even when others do is a quality of a hero that Luke Skywalker learned. This also further proves Luke’s will to change his life because he knew he was something more, the event when he realized that he could be a better version of himself changed him as a person. From the time he thought of this to when he was sent to the Dagobah system to meet

Luke is broken, but is not yet ready to give up, as he escapes one last time. Luke runs away and escapes into an old church, launching into a soliloquy asking God for guidance. God’s answer comes in the form of desertion as the police encircle the church. Luke realizes that he’s a goner no matter what, so he approaches a window and shouts the famous line “what we have here is a failure to communicate.” In return for his final act of defiance he gets a fatal shot in the throat. Remaining defiant to the end is an expected characteristic of Luke’s courageous nature.

Luke’s goal was to challenge the establishment (to which he seemed to think was unjust) and make an example of hope for his fellow men in that they wouldn’t have to bow down to Dragline. Interestingly enough, after this fight, Dragline becomes acquainted with Luke and becomes very friendly.

In just the course of A New Hope, Luke’s character changes immensely. The critical incident that sparks a change of his

In the film Cool Hand Luke, the director Stuart Rosenberg used many different techniques to make the main character, Luke Jackson ( Paul Newman) appear like a savior. This was a quick turn in the plot of the film considering the first scene that opens up with Luke intoxicated as he is carelessly removing the tops of parking meters. After this scene then the true theme of the movie begins to come into play. Soon after Luke removes the top of a parking meter, two police officers show up and arrest him. He ends up being put in a prison and sentenced to two years. As soon as Luke arrived at the prison he was looked down upon. This was until he showed everyone, prisoners and officers alike that he did not intend on allowing anyone to tell him what to do. The prisoners began to change their view of Luke as they looked up to him, but the officers grew more dislike for him because they

How does fear and moral and emotions stop you from accomplishing your goals? Looking back at Cool Hand Luke situation, he really lets his behavior interfere with life. But, on the other hand he really doesn’t. Luke really just talks back to his boss and workers. He just doesnt know how to react to those emotions and how to let them out. Later in the movie, Lukes mom dies and so his partners gave him so much respect for that. They all left the room for him to grieve. Than the boss’s worker locked him into the box because his mom died for a reason I don’t understand but its probably cause he didn’t know to react and give him the affection that Luke needed. Days passed and they let Luke out. Thats when everything changed for Luke. He had looked things differently like he really took in what his mother told him before she had passed away. Thats when he began to really act out. He tried to leave the place. He

His rise in power and his desire for disobedience lacks one critical point that he fails to see throughout the film: a just objective. He breaks the norm in jail so simply fulfill his thirst to be different and not what he seems unjust and unfair. As a prisoner, he has lost most of his rights as an American citizen and he has to be punished as a result. His treatment seems fair; he received three meals, recreation time, visiting hours and care--there was no evidence of mistreatment or unfair conditions. This first two attempts to escape showed that he performed those actions just to demonstrate his ability to escape and hold on to his newfound power and glory. They do not, however, help him realize all the reasons to behave well and obey authority in jail in order to fully appreciate all the benefits of freedom once his term was over. Instead, it reassured the inmates that Luke has become the leader and he will continue to break the law as he pleased.

In the movie Cool Hand Luke, Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is arrested for cutting the heads off the town’s parking meters. His punishment seems extreme, as he is sentenced to two years on a chain gang at a Florida prison. Although Luke received several decorations in the war, including the silver star, he never rises above a private in the Army. This suggests perhaps he has a resentment for those in authority.

Throughout the story, Luke changed from being obedient to disobedient in a short period of time. Luke started off as very obedient and well behaved. Luke never disobeyed his parents, especially when they were calling him in to hide. He knew that hiding was very important, and that it was a very bad idea to disobey his parents when they were calling him in to hide. As

“Holding his breath, Luke stopped outside the door to that room and gathered the nerve to peek in. His heart pounded. ”(48).this shows that he has been more brave than ever by having enough courage to go peek in someone's door. as seen in this paragraph it is his bravery which is changing him to a dynamic character. There are many other ways why he is a dynamic character.as seen at the end he doesn't want to be a normal kid he likes the way his life is

As a high-reward Luke could be free of the Empire and be able to be

As the novel states, “I want Luke here so badly. I want to be held and told my name. I want to be valued, in ways that I am not; I want to be more than valuable. I repeat my former name, remind myself of what I once could do, how others saw me.” (Atwood