Our Twisted Hero

fascinating characters, including villains. When reading a story, people tend to identify the hero. In fact, it is the villain who makes the story exciting! But has anyone ever thought about how a story would go without the villain? For example, what would the story of Cinderella be without the ever-present evil of Cinderella's wicked stepmother and stepsisters? Shakespeare has created a great number of female and male heros and villains. Characters like; Portia and Shylock to Claudio and Don John. These opposing

mainstream media ignore the obviousness of the recent presidential election. As we can tell by the Letters to the Editor, our local liberals have their share of these infantile ignoramuses, who, despite the overwhelming victory by Donald Trump, insist Bill’s wife won the election. These pitiful pundits imagine they are of superior intellect and blessed with God-like

We all have a mental picture of what a scientist looks like; this image in our heads has been developed from a couple of different sources. My son is a bit of Sci-fi lover and is completely captivated by Star Wars, Sid the Science Kid, Big Hero 6 and many other science fiction movies and books. If I were to ask him what a scientist is, he would most likely describe a smart, creative and devoted person based on what he has seen in the media. He is not quite old enough to completely understand what

Kevin Gerbier What is a myth? When one thinks of a myth perhaps one thinks about a story being told by the fire, or a dramatic tale about an invincible hero, or perhaps a cosmological occurrence that caused everything to be. Personally, when I think of the word myth, I think of the ancient Greeks or Romans with their many gods and goddesses; however, to most, the story being told by a myth is simply that, just a story. To most the term “myth” has been confused for a legend or folklore. The

American Dream during the early 70’s, specifically 1971. Thompson states this purpose within the first three chapters of the book in the line, “Because I want you to know that we’re on our way to Las Vegas to find the American Dream.” (F&L pg 6) Although Thompson states in the beginning of the book that, “Our trip was different. It was a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in the national character. It was a gross, physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life

who were evil like Memo and the Judge and did not rely on himself and good people like Iris, he doomed himself. The film is a polarizing opposite, however. Roy wins the game by hitting a home run, and his background is never published. He becomes a hero who saved Pop Fisher and the game, and he marries Iris and lives happily ever after. This highlights that if someone has confidence and recognizes what matters in life, that person can truly attain success. Roy utilized the love of his newly discovered

Isn’t it our place to teach our children it’s normal to feel emotions such as sadness, anger, and even rage? To allow them to express their selves freely and to know the difference between right and wrong. Like Jones states, “Our fear of the youth violence isn’t well-founded on reality, (5) and that the fear can do more harm than reality Even the sanest of us have a limit. So if it’s a movie, comic book, or simply reading the most horrific book we can find. Our dark side as well as our expectable

Is choosing the wrong path to find the real you a bad thing? In a story generally the protagonist pulls on different types of archetypes to learn from their mistakes and be different with those strengths. In the novel, Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson, the protagonist, Tyler needs to go through phases in order to ultimately achieve the goal of self-identity that not necessarily he wants but the society accepts. So the journey begins, with Tyler in the front seat, searching for a person

Jealousy is the heart of this play. At the beginning of the play, we can see jealousy has twisted Iago just as badly as it will eventually warp and corrupt Othello. Apparently once a good and honest soldier, Iago allows jealousy to lead him down a dark path from which he does not or cannot turn back. As defined by Aristotle, Othello does fit the description of a tragic hero. Aristotle’s definition of the tragic hero is: "a [great] man who is neither a paragon of virtue and justice nor undergoes the change

Doyoung Choi Mrs. Deetlefs Brit Lit. C block 14th Nov 2014 In the Anglo Saxon epic poem, Beowulf is the epitome of any epic hero. Write an essay in which you consider how he fulfills the requirements of an epic hero. To receive full credit, you must provide specific concrete details from Beowulf (with line umbers cited) to illustrate the points you are making. Good Ole’ Epic Uncle, Beowulf “When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when