Marty the "Loser"

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Zexi Ren Jarred Wiehe ENGL 1011-020 July 24, 2013 Marty the "Loser" Stoners are always seen as losers in life, as well as in movies. They cannot survive in the world because they do not fit in the society. Also the society see stoners as the odd ones, and the government shows no mercy on them as well. However, in Drew Goddard's horror movie The Cabin in the Woods, unlike in some commercials where stoners are seen as losers, Marty, the stoner, defies this stereotypical perception by surviving until the end of the world. He is not a loser at all. Instead he is the hero who fights against inhumane and dehumanizing power. At the very beginning of The Cabin in the Woods, images of paintings and drawings are seen. They show human either fights against monsters or sacrificed by them. This is a foreshadowing of what is going to happen to the five teenagers. As the movies progresses, we know that it is understandable of what is happening to them in the cabin. It is a ritual sacrifices with rules to be followed that is designed to save the world. These college students must be tortured and killed to complete the ritual. It is very easy to tell Marty is a stoner at the first sight of him at the beginning of the movie. He appears smoking a huge bong in a beat up car full of smoke. As he gets off the car, getting closer to the camera, we can see him more clearly-- he looks shaggy and his clothes unkept. His lines shape him as well. After being asked by curt why he is not afraid of being caught by police, he answers "Statistical fact, cops will never pull a real man with a huge bong in his car. Why? They fear this man, they know he sees further than they and will bind them with ancient logics." By his answer, he seems to have uncommon, but keen thinking, which is also shown as the movie progresses, even affecting where the plot goes. On the way

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