The characters dialogues where believable and adequately portray by their circumstances. You have the noble hero, motivational muse that keeps the hero alive, the political figures, the villain’s, the comrades, the friend’s. In my opinion the main character, Ender remains the same. Ender is a smart and noble worrier and his biggest conflict throughout the movie is that he wants to defeat the enemy but still feels the necessity to maintain his humanity in the process. Possibly the biggest and only change we see in Ender is that he loses his fears and learns to be a leader and ultimately the noble hero of the story.
Iron Man wanted to avenge people like Yinsen (referring to the character in Iron Man the movie). Spiderman was born to avenge his uncle. Villians are the failed products of a flawed society, while heroes overcome the flaws. Heroes, though having flaws themselves, have ambitions not twisted as in the mindset of villains. Rather than taking anger out on society itself, heroes overcome obstacles to try to fix the flaws.
This battle is for much more than the hero’s life. Other lives or an entire world may be at stake. And the hero must now prove that he has achieved Heroic status and willingly accept his sacrifice for the benefit of the Ordinary world. Other allies may come to the last minute rescue to lend assistance, but in the end the Hero must rise to the sacrifice at hand. He must deliver the” blow that destroys the death star (Star Wars), or offer his hand and accept the ``magic`` elixir of love.` 12 Return with Elixir: The final reward, the hero has been resurrected, cleansed and earned the right to be accepted back into the ordinary world and share and share the elixir of the journey.
These heroes are known as the Greasers. Although they have tough lives, they pull through and defend themselves from a vicious gang called the Socs. There are many characters that may be heroes, but there are three that should be admired for their acts of heroism. Heroism can be defined by the acts of Ponyboy, Johnny, and Darry. Although he was quite young to be part of the greaser’s gang, Ponyboy Curtis showed many people that he could have been one of the greatest hero’s in the novel.
In The Odyssey Circe was one to Odysseus about his up coming obstacles. The movie had a similar person, who didn’t have a name. Even though the sirens are mythical creatures, they are still put into the movie. Obviously this book and movie aren’t exactly the same but the similarities are kind of easy to point out. Odysseus’ whole journey is to return home and be with his wife and son again.
Critical Essay English 30-1 The Road- editied draft A person truly does not know how strong one is until they are faced with such disaster and misfortune, and being strong becomes the only option. In Cormac McCarthys The Road, a man and his son experience a world apocalypse and the hardships that follows. Survival is the only option, as they are greatly impacted by danger and the thieving unknown. The texts main theme suggests how one can overcome such adversity, through elation and persistency. McCarthy shows that by the man staying true to himself and his morals, he is able to overcome immoral opponents that were personified as being selfish, through acts of cannibalism.
Usually in a monomyth the leading character portrays the role of an undiscovered hero who lives in an ordinary world destined to take on a future challenge. In the beginning the hero usually tries to escape his fate contemplating the irregularities it may present. Friends and guardian usually come to support the young hero during his journey. They guide him when At the end of a monomyth, the hero falls into the realm of death and confronts the ultimate enemy which reveals his dark side, his evil and submerged half. Having faced and conquered his dark side, the hero returns home, far stronger than before.
In Ursula Le Guin’s novel, A Wizard of Earthsea, the major theme is that no action is without consequence. This theme is demonstrated many times throughout the novel such as when Ged unwisely lets loose a shadow, when he makes the decision to hide from it, and when he realizes that his true mistake was not correcting his bad qualities when he had the chance. As a first consideration, Ged illustrates that no action is without consequence when he impetuously lets loose a shadow. This action occurs due to Ged’s arrogance, his pride, and his desire to prove himself. When Jasper, his rival, taunts him by suggesting that he is weak and inexperienced, Ged rashly conjures a spirit from the dead who brings with her a “shapeless clot of darkness”, the latter who attacks him and does him harm.
A “Sophoclean hero” is a headstrong character that is willing to face the worse to attain his goal. This particular hero is always in need for peace even if it means breaking the laws and relies on principles. Antigone fought all the way for the pride and respect of her brother. She proved that she was capable of anything, even death. Creon is not a heroic character despite his excess on many aspects.
As the reader might notice next time they are watching a film that the “hero” of the movie is someone that they can relate to because they recognize the story as having some connection with their own lives. These stories with heroes like that are called myths. Seger writes “A myth is a story that is “more than true”…But a myth is more than true because it is lived by all of us, at some level. It’s a story that connects and speaks to us all” (357).A type of myth Seger writes about is the healing myth. The healing myth is a story about a character that starts as “broken” and goes on a journey to become whole again.