Anti-heroic Journey and the Crisis in Masculinity brought about by the Modern Age What is an Anti-hero or anti-heroine? An anti-hero is a central character in a story‚ movie‚ or drama that lacks conventional heroic attributes. The anti-hero is often compared to‚ and probably derived from‚ the tragic hero‚ which can be traced back to the popular stage dramas of ancient Greece. The tragic hero is an archetypal hero with one major‚ or fatal‚ flaw that leads to his downfall‚ destruction‚ and usually
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Lieutenant Susan Rizzi (Systems Alliance / N7 Special Ops / Adept class / N7 Fury) and her N7 teammates luckily escaped from the Citadel before it was sealed. The Reapers had seized control of the Citadel‚ and moved it to the heart of their occupied territory‚ in orbit of Earth. However‚ Commander Jane Shepard discovered that the Citadel was the Catalyst‚ it was the missing final component which was necessary for the activation of the Crucible. The Crucible is an ancient and highly complex device
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you are able to get away with going to lawn care store two times a year instead of going five or six times‚ to get fertilizer to feed your lawn. (29) Yes indeed the fertilizer made the grass grow and grow. It seemed like it was a never ending turf war going on. Constant watering‚ fertilizing‚ and mowing going on. (29) Everyone wanted the best looking lawns. Keeping your lawn in good shape is a way of giving back to the community. It cleans the air an grass is one of the biggest oxygen producers.
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Persuasive Essay Did you know that in the United States almost 100‚000 people are shot or killed with a gun in one year? 10‚527 people die a year in handgun related incidents in the United States. This number‚ by far‚ outweighs the number of gun related deaths in countries such as Sweden‚ Great Britain‚ and Japan‚ which number 13‚ 22‚ and 87‚ respectively. What is the reason for such drastic differences in numbers? Sweden‚ Great Britain‚ and Japan are all countries that have stricter gun control
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leitmotifs. Knowles masterfully uses Gene’s seemingly indecisive thoughts on war after Finny’s death to convey significant thematic elements of the war. Through Gene’s reflections‚ the reader can perceive Knowles’ view of the war to be one not of hate and disgust‚ but of philosophical ponderings. Despite the atrocities that occur to certain characters in the novel caused by the war‚ it seems that the novel’s overall perception of World War II is that it is not a destructor of purity and innocent‚ guileless
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soldiers’ journey in World War 1 and his eventual death. Beneath this‚ however‚ Remarque has composed a literary treasure which‚ above all‚ seeks to illustrate war as that which is engrained in the nucleus of humanity and through the hugely negative effects of war depicted‚ seeks to question humanities apparent advancement through its need to engage in such a futile exercise as war. Remarque’s Liberal Humanist ideology is given expression through the correlation between war and nature‚ thus emphasizing
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Trump to Presidency The president of 2017 may not have been what many were expecting and probably one of the most hated result‚ but it everything came down to Trump defeating Hillary Clinton and his first one hundred days in office. Our president today is the identity of Donald Trump through one cause and a whole lot of effects‚ leading to the United States of America we know today. Was it a good choice? Everything came down to the brawl and competition between Clinton and Trump in the presidential
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Anti-gravity is the idea of creating a place or object that is free from the force of gravity. It does not refer to the lack of weight under gravity experienced in free fall or orbit‚ or to balancing the force of gravity with some other force‚ such as electromagnetism or aerodynamic lift. Anti-gravity is a recurring concept in science fiction. In Newton’s law of universal gravitation‚ gravity was an external force transmitted by unknown means. Under general relativity‚ anti-gravity is impossible
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afraid that he would lose everything. On page 41‚ Santiago consults the two precious stones that the "King of Salem" had given him. They remind Santiago of his dream and he continues onto Tangier. In the desert oasis‚ Santiago happens across a tribal war. It is directly on the path to the Pyramids. So he had to cross it if he wanted to fulfill his dream‚ and if he chose not to‚ his dream could possibly never be fulfilled since these conflicts tended to span over years. Thus hindering his chances of
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Chess is a Game‚ Not a Sport The debate about whether chess should be considered a sport is ongoing. However‚ I found little to support the stance that it is a sport in the course of my research. In the essay‚ “Chess‚ Imagination‚ and Perceptual Understanding‚” by Paul Coates‚ he states that‚ “[c]hess is sometimes referred to as a ‘mind-sport’. Yet‚ in obvious ways‚ chess is very unlike physical sports such as tennis and soccer; it doesn’t require the levels of fitness and athleticism necessary
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