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of a Boy Without a Mother In the tale of the famous American outlaw William Henry McCarty, Jr famously known as, Billy the Kid, the west is portrayed erroneously as the land of freedom and rebellion by exemplifying actions of William’s exploits. However, in reality the west that Billy the Kid knew was a cutthroat and barbarous land filled with outlaws and lonesome juveniles. Billy the Kid is a personification of the American passion for western legends as he is regarded as both a cold blooded killer

which have themes that intermix with one another. While literature contains many themes, this does not mean that other works do not contain the same ideas as presented in written works. In the three stories of “The Princess Bride”, “Diablo 3” and “Billy Budd” Violence and Quests can be seen largely throughout each tale. Violence, while still having the tradition sense of the word, does not always mean fighting someone or physical attacks. Violence thematically is the display of aggressive actions

There are always three main roles that a person can have in life. You can either be the hero of your own story, you can be the villain of your own story or the tragic hero/figure of your story. A hero is a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. A villain is the person or thing responsible for specified trouble, harm, or damage. he person or thing responsible for specified trouble, harm, or damage. One person can be seen as both the tragic

The Apartment is an Oscar winning motion picture and made by one of Hollywood’s all-time greatest directors that ever lived. At the film’s center is a romantic comedy, but it is much more than that, when viewed without its satirical stance, it is a sad, dramedy (comedy-drama or tragicomedy). Set at the end of the 1950s during a time in American culture where an invisible and unmentionable class system existed, indeed American society is thoroughly stratified by this time. The film focuses on two

The movie Double Indemnity is a film-noir style of film directed by Billy Wilder and released in 1944. This paper explores the formal elements displayed in the selected clip as well as the stylistic choices made by the director. The clip lasts for two and a half minutes and is comprised of five shots. The sequence takes place amid downtown Los Angeles and centers on the events of an insurance representative returning to his office at nighttime. The first shot features Mr. Neff, the protagonist

In the film “Billy Elliot” directed by Stephen Daldry, Michael is a thought provoking character because he is portrayed as both gay and a cross dresser. With the film being set during the 1984-1985 coal miners strike. Michael lives in Everington, Durham, a small town in north-eastern England where you’re either a “straight girl” or a “straight man” and the community is very “black and white” and there is no grey area in between area for people like Michael. In the film “Billy Elliot” Michael is

of prejudice will definitely affect his/her views to the world. In the film Billy Elliot by Stephen Daldry , Billy the son of a coal miner who comes from a poor family lives in an oppressive environment that full with prejudice. It affects Billy a lot from pursuing his dreams to be a ballet dancer and put him through a hard time even though he is so passionate about ballet. This environment had an enormous impact on Billy as he is being stop from chasing his dream and causing him to view the world

Billy is a twenty one year old boy that always loves to help people. At this ege he has not gotten into any problems or caused harm to others, not only that but he is well known and admired wherever he goes. "On shore he was a champion; afloat the spokesman; on every suitable occasion always foremost." He will never start an argument or even have any defense against bad people like Claggart, which was a very hateful man. By being a good person, he does not see the bad side of others, this brings

And Hitler turned into a baby, Billy Pilgrim supposed. That wasn't in the movie. Billy was extrapolating. Everybody turned into a baby, and all humanity, without exception, conspired biologically to produce two perfect people named Adam and Eve, he supposed.” (ch 4. p 74-75. lines 26-12). This scene, that makes Billy go back to a time before the war, implies that to prevent the war from ever happening, you would have to travel

Thematic Essay on Beowulf: A New Telling In medieval literature, imagery found in similes and metaphors display the ongoing conflict between light and dark. This figurative language represents the outside world and how no one is perfect. Robert Nye’s Beowulf: A New Telling is no exception. Beowulf, is an imperfect hero and this makes him more relatable on a mortal standpoint. But instead of wallowing in his flaws, Beowulf uses his weaknesses to make himself a stronger person. He is unlike other