Lexi Andreoni Mrs. Dotts English 9H Period 3 12/12/14 “A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away” George Lucas wrote, directed, and produced the trilogy Star Wars to create a modern American myth. A myth is a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. Lucas’s use of archetypal colors, costumes, settings, and symbols are an essential part of what makes the films so unique. An archetype is an image, descriptive detail, a plot pattern, or a character type that occurs prominently throughout religion, myth, literature, and folklore. Archetypes trigger unconscious memories because of their general meanings and provoke emotions.
With all of the fan "wars" several reoccurring traits of the characters have been the basis of most claims on who is truly the best comic book character. Those traits are: the origins of the characters, their secret identities, and the style of justice they deliver. First let's talk about the Man of Steel himself, Superman-or Clark Kent if you prefer. His comic book origin, oddly enough, has gone through some odd changes and ret-cons during his tenure. Essentially the various origin stories all have Superman coming from his home planet of Krypton in a rocket, narrowly escaping the apocalypse that shattered his world; he was sent to the planet Earth.
Both of these texts reflect the distinctive contexts in which they were written; although separated by over 100 years of history, they still present similar issues and dilemmas which affected the form and features of the individual texts. Composed in a time of major scientific development, Shelley’s Frankenstein utilises the creative arrogance of the Romantic imagination to create a Gothic world in which the protagonist’s struggle for the divine privilege of creation has
This creation of the world and how it came to be was just the start of how many of the ancient mythical gods and goddesses handled things. Cherokee. The Cherokee Indians account, while a far-fetching tale, is not as gruesome as the Arabian’s account. The Cherokee believed that the earth was suspended above water by chords. It is believed that the water beetle dived into the water and created an island.
Literary Trait Comparison of The Sound Of Thunder and Nethergrave Ray Bradbury’s, “The Sound of Thunder,” and Gloria Skurzynski’s story, “Nethergrave” are two good works of science fiction. They both develop their stories through the use of technology, which is the key element in any science fiction story. In Skurzynki’s, Nethergrave, a boy named Jeremy chooses a virtual world over the real world because in reality he feels clumsy, bullied, uncomfortable and alone (Skurzynki, 314-324). In Bradbury’s, The Sound of Thunder, we meet Eckels, a man who views himself as the ultimate hunter and decides to go on a time travel safari to shoot a Tyrannosaurs Rex but when faced with the reality of the beast, he becomes terrified and flees. As he scrambles away he goes off the Path and changes the course of history, and in turn, the future forever (Bradbury, 288-300).
BACK: * The Death Star is a fictional moon-sized space station and super weapon of the Galactic Empire. It is capable of destroying a planet with a single destructive energy beam. It is the Galactic Empire’s ultimate terror weapons. * Star Destroyers are capital ships in the fictional Star Wars universe. The Imperial Star Destroyer is “the signature vessel of the Imperial fleet”.
Bruce in fact, loses his attire as he grows into his superhero form. The formation changes tremendously to the point of not recognizing a 8 foot, green beast as your neighbor. Hulk’s massive size change is what gives him extreme strength! Steven Rogers was soldier during WWII, who was given Super-Soldier-Serum that amplified every physical strength. He goes by Captain America.
Critical Response Essay Within the stories A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury and Nethergrave by Gloria Skurzynski, science fiction is used very strongly. Ray Bradbury’s story shows how much of a small act can have a huge impact on the future. Both stories use technology to portray science fiction. A Sound of Thunder used a time machine to go back thousands and millions of years ago, and Nethergrave using a computer that a vortex appears on to show the main character, Jeremy, a game that seems 3D. In both of these stories, the thing I noticed the most was how tone was used.
Invasion of The Body Snatchers Invasion of The Body Snatchers is a classic science fiction film from the 1950’s. This movie is one among the litter of films and media that addressed invasions from foreign creatures and evil aliens during the 1950’s and 1960’s. On television there were Twilight Zone episodes that featured this theme. And on Radio an earlier broadcast of “War of The Worlds” from 1938, focused around alien invasions too. This invasion theme started to make way in the 1920’s and for reasons based in world political events.
English 12 17 February 2012 They both have superhuman qualities, but have different skills that set them apart. Beowulf and Superman are similar and different ,Superman has abilitiies like flying and super strngth. Beowulf has superhuman characteristics but also has the ability to breath under water. Beowulf has many characteristics that make him a hero in the story. When he is fighting Grendel he dispays his strenght when he rips Grendels arm off, he goes to kill Grendels mother he portrayed his ability to breath under water while being drug into the monsters lair.