Sometimes Andrew believed Neil Josten was more self-destructive than he was. No‚ maybe not as self-destructive. Andrew doubted that. What was Neil‚ then? Neil was a coward. He was always running‚ always hiding‚ always lying. It surprised Andrew that that tactic had worked for Neil for so long. Running and hiding had never helped Andrew. Neil was a snarky little shit. Every other word out of his mouth was smart-assery or sass. Or both. Neil was an idiot. For having spent such copious amounts of
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Villain" is a theme constantly brought up in cartoons‚ novels‚ stories‚ and has existed ever since the beginning of time. From Homer’s the Odyssey to Ursula Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea‚ there is not one story on this planet without a hero and a villain. Frankenstein emulates the blurred distinctions between the two‚ when a well-meaning‚ misunderstood monster and a happy-gone
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so that the reader is more or less able to classify them. Heroes and villains have played an important role not only in literature‚ but also in other of the many forms of animation and even visual arts. If we look up these words in the dictionary or ask around for different opinions‚ the interpretation will more or less be the same. A hero is defined merely as someone who sacrifices himself for the good of others. [1] A villain is a wicked or evil person. [2] However we must ask ourselves if these
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Christian Copeland English 101 April 29‚ 2013 Christopher Columbus‚ A Hero Christopher Columbus‚ the man who discovered this great land that we live on‚ was a man of great adventures as well as many trials. He traveled the seas looking for hope to which he could find land unfound and claim it as his own. His assertiveness made him a very noble man and the year 1492 marked the greatest of his accomplishment that made him the man he is well-known for today. His dream came true that year and marked
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President John F. Kennedy: Hero or Villain? For thirteen days‚ the United States’ government and citizens waited with abated breath‚ fearing the nuclear annihilation of their great nation. These thirteen days between October 16 and 28‚ 1962 are now known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. Briefly this crisis can be explained as a confrontation between two of the world’s greatest superpowers‚ the United States and the Soviet Union‚ which nearly instigated a nuclear calamity that could have destroyed both
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exploration brought to Europeans it is hard for one to imagine that Christopher Columbus could be a villain. Could there possibly be evil behind some of the wonderful discoveries of Christopher Columbus? The problem is exactly what you just read‚ people only know the good things Christopher Columbus brought to the world and they ignore the terrible things he did. Christopher Columbus was a villain because his discovery of the Americas eventually leads to the destruction of Native American culture
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(1) (i) The movie "Ned Kelly" is telling the audience about Australian history and that Australia is not a perfect country‚ but struggles with criminals as well. It also conveys racism‚ not against blacks‚ but against the Irish. This is now dispelled as Ned Kelly is known as the ’Australian hero’‚ not the ’Irish Migrant of Australia hero’. The Kelly family were always the target of the soldiers’ fun. Friendship is portrayed as being vital‚ as the gang of outlaws would not have been able to achieve
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What makes a hero or a villain? A hero is defined as a person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose‚ especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life. By this definition‚ there existed countless heroes in America during the 1800’s with relation to slavery. There were many abolitionists‚ particularly from the North‚ that exhibited courageous attitudes. It was these heroes that taught the southerners‚ who believed their lives could only prevail if slavery survived and expanded
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