The Goon Show

humanity. Towards the end of this story the family has a run in with the Misfit, an escapee from prison. Unfortunately, their meeting results in the family's end. The grandmother recognizes the Misfit and begins a conversation with him, all while his goons are killing

friend Ella, both aged 15) a lot of features are used. Firstly both Abbie and Ella use emoticons, this is too show each person how the other is feeling. They also use x’s and o’s to reveal emotion and as these letters together mean ‘hugs and kisses’; it shows that they are happy and not angry or upset. Something that symbolises Ella and Abbie’s age and that they are friends is the word ‘goon’, this word is generally used by teenagers in a joking manor and it means idiot. Finally the time between each

up for him. Hamlets dead father comes back as a ghost and told him Claudius killed me so he can be king and take the queen, you must kill him and avenge me. So Hamlet doesn't know what to think but then he begins to scheme up a plan.That plan is to show in front of everyone, including Claudius and his new queen, the way Claudius killed King

Southern Gothic: The Troubling Genre Unlike Southern Gothic, American Literature does not come off as dark and violent. American Literature brings upbeat and stationary themes. Southern Gothic often comes into traits such as race, unrequited love, good versus evil, being an outsider, and violence. Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, Shirley Jackson’s “The Possibility of Evil”, and William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” are all amazing examples of Southern Gothic. Mostly unrequited love

A Visit from the Goon Squad, written by Jennifer Egan, is a novel that shares several short narratives of multiple characters lives. Egan displays this novel as a series of chapters features an interlink between characters at different points in their lives. The overall theme that Egan relays to readers is that in life you will make several mistakes, some may be more senseless than others. Nonetheless you are able to prevail and grow from the mistakes you have made. Egan shows this throughout the

Beginning with the first act, there’s a solid inciting event with the death of the city’s crime-fighter, and the take-over of the campus and mansion by thugs. This propels the story forward. It’s exciting and very intriguing to see the goons take control of the campus and the mansion. There’s a strong sense of being trapped and it feels almost impossible for the heroes to overcome their situation. It’s a smart setup. Unfortunately, the script doesn’t feel like it delivers on the promise

slowly seemed to creep closer and closer in on them, and the knowledge they were being hunted by Huntington's goons had lowered his spirits. At times, although he hadn't dared speak it out loud, he'd even begun to wonder if Lexi would have been better off if he'd never snuck into her Father's mansion that night to reconnect with her. However, the man didn't allow those inner musings to show, subconsciously aware that it was just the situation, and inability to take action that exacerbated the depressing

between patient and protagonist, Randle McMurphy, and antagonist, Nurse Ratched. Aside from being an enemy to McMurphy, the Nurse demonstrates ways to why she is an archetypal villain. To begin, all villains tend to seek ultimate power. The Nurse first shows us her motive for power by taking out anyone who gets in her way. In the beginning of the novel, we learn about the “Shock Shop” (page 16) and how one ends up there if they act up. Well, at the Shock Shop is where electroshock therapy goes on, and

trying to say that the most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, so the ability to see perfectly, but has no vision, so someone who cannot see beyond what is visible.“ In the novel Tangerine, Edward Bloor uses the motif of sight to show that just because someone can see clearly, it doesn’t mean that they can see the world how it really is. In the novel Tangerine, Paul Fisher can see very clearly with his glasses, but can also see beyond what is visible to him. In this quote, Paul

Dead, dystopian Earth within Mad Max symbolizes a possible reality for our planet. Mad Max:Fury Road centers around Max Rockatansky, a War Boy named Nux’s blood bag. Reluctantly, Max with direction from Furiosa, liberates the Warlord’s “breeders,” escaping Immortan Joe’s reign to find “the green place.” Furiosa, the “breeders,” Nux, and Max all represent the complex concept of “the good guys.” Though, Max is a bit more of a neutral character, Immortan Joe serves as the main villain who wishes to