Loners

Inside the movie The Breakfast Club it explores the different social groups and stereotypes within in them in a high school. In the movie five high school students have to sit through eight hours of detention each of the five students are different and fall into different cliques and social groups such as, “the princess”, “the athlete”, the brain”, the basket case”, and “the criminal”. Although they all seem very different because they don’t “fit in” with eachothers group they realize how they aren't

Historically American film have been centered on heroes. In Ray’s “The Thematic Paradigm” he states that heroes as have two preset archetypes with certain characteristics. These two archetypes are the family orientated “official hero” and the loner “outlaw hero.” In Segar’s “Creating the Myth” she states that heroes are made by the steps or events that they go through on their way to becoming a hero. This means that to Seger the heroes do not start out as heroes, but as normal people. However, Ray

left corner of the classroom by himself. No one wanted to sit next to Mark for he intimidated everyone that he came across. He always wore black and he never spoke to anyone no matter how nice they were and he always had his head down. Mark was a loner. Furthermore

Hero" in Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is a man who seems to sacrifice himself to be with Daisy, even if that means hurting people along the way. Jay Gatsby fits the stereotype of the Byronic Hero because he is passionate about a particular issue, self imposed loner, and he has a mysterious past that barely many people know about. Jay Gatsby is a Byronic character because he is very passionate about getting Daisy back, and seeing her after all the years that they have been apart. Gatsby and Daisy were in love

love, sex, romance, and most importantly mystery. Vampires are much more desirable then mortal men, even though they can potentially kill you. Their love is endless compared to mortal love. Vampires are the ultimate bad boys, powerful, persuasive, loners and tortured souls. They search forever to find “her”, the fantasy of hot endless love. Which is why these females in vampire literature are willing to risk their lives for a vampire, they want something more. The darkness and mystery pulls these

school is the best time of your life. My five years in high school were the worst years of my life. The only good thing I can remember about high school is meeting my best friend. However, that only happened in my fourth year, so I was basically a loner for more than half of high school. Fun. Let’s rewind through time to when I was a 12-year-old girl starting high school. Not the worst year, surprisingly, because I became friends with a few girls pretty fast. I was happy I was finally out of primary

similarities throughout them. Of all their common factors, those that stand out most would have to be: first, the outlawed reading of books; second, the superficial preservation of beauty and happiness; and third, the theme of the protagonist as being a loner or an outcast from society because of his differences in beliefs as opposed to the norm. Both Ray Bradbury and Aldous Huxley argue that when a society attempts to create a utopia through excessive control over its citizens, the result will be destructive

to this story was that I grew up with someone who later in life became a killer. When I was reading the perspectives of the different characters in the novel, they all provided different versions of Kirby Matheson's character: someone saw him as a loner, a loser, a great guy, an odd guy -- you never feel like you truly know who he is, which I think is part of why this novel works and is so powerful. When we think of killers, we don't always know the details as to why a crime is committed or how they

By analyzing the conflicts of stories help readers understand why the specific characters act certain ways. We better comprehend the characters’ personality and why the flaws of other character affect the main character. Are main characters’ problems the result of other characters’ personality flaws? Characters endure arduous situations and it is because of another character’s flaw. Being possessiveness, overly critical, and controlling of others are the reason for main characters problems. When

It is usually a challenge to choose between the devil and the deep blue sea. Ordinarily, one has to consider one’s values as well as preferred consequences in order to make the better or best choice. In the short story, “What of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?” by Etgar Keret, Sergei Goralick faced a similar conundrum. As an aloof Russian expatriate fisherman in Jaffa, Israel, his only company is a magic three wish-granting fish. But having impulsively murdered Yonatan, Goralick had to decide whether