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    somewhat difficult to explain through literature due to the popularity of the “pop fiction” heroes that illuminate the spotlight today. Heroes like Beowulf are often looked as mediocre when compared to the crime fighting characters known as Batman and Superman. Roger B. Rollin attempts to distinguish the difference and importance of literary heroes in his article‚ “Beowulf to Batman: The Epic Hero and Pop Culture.” Beowulf‚ the epic hero of the Anglo-Saxons‚ is depicted to be a true hero in the article

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    they all have a certain personalities that similar to a certain strong character in the last period. I believe that there’s nothing new in this life‚ it’s just go round and round and we just add embellishment to make it different. For example is superman‚ he also called “man of steel” and in Russian word it means “stalin”‚ which refer to Joseph Djugashvili. He was one of the most powerful murderous dictators in history and

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    resemble their idols in appearance so they turn to plastic surgery. For example‚ a Superman fan‚ Herbert Chavez‚ a 35-year-old Filipino man who had had cosmetic surgery to make him look like Superman. A psychiatrist told Bandila News that Mr. Chavez could be suffering from body dysmorphic disorder‚ meaning that he is obsessed with making cosmetic changes to his body(Daily Mail‚2011). It is obvious that the obsession to superman has totally destroyed the man‚ because plastic surgery absolutely makes irrecoverable

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    The Symbol Behind the Mask Cross Cultural Communications November 16‚ 2010 Imagine being eight years old and all you want to be for Halloween is Superman. Superman is incredible: he fights evil and never fails at saving the world. Superman among many other superheroes hold a place in many people’s hearts for being extraordinary. Spiderman‚ The Fantastic Four‚ and X-men are just among a few more superheroes that children and adults around the world want to relate to. A superhero is defined as:

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    cornfields on a summer day. Suddenly a small‚ shiny spacecraft crash lands next to the couple. They run to the craft and inspect it‚ they open the lid to reveal a baby. The couple adopts the baby and he grows to become the greatest superhero of all time‚ Superman. The same type of story happened thousands of years prior‚ this time we travel to the land of the Danes. Beowulf arrives on a ship‚ requesting the presence of the king. He is here to save Hrothgar’s people and slay Grendel. Beowulf was the first

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    They also share many characteristics of their personalities. The reason that the outcomes of their lives are so drastically different is due to the fact that they have completely different perspectives on life. Raskolnikov is obsessed with his "superman theory". He is constantly trying to prove that he is part of the 10% of extraordinary people in the world. He wants to become an eminent figure such as Napoleon. At first he believed that the murders he committed would make him part of this elite

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    Tracey Thompson AP Lang Ms. Ransom 15 Dec‚ 2013 Synthesis Essay In 2013 a study by the US Department of Education showed that only 32 percent of American fourth-graders are reading at or above the proficiency of their grade level. One out of every 3 students in America have scored "below basic" on the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) reading test. the United States was once the leading country in every aspect‚ including education‚ but now it has fallen behind to 17th place

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    The movie follows Stacey Bess‚ a young 24 year old mother of 2‚ newly graduated teacher who lands her first teaching assignment at “The School With No Name”‚ which is located in a homeless shelter in Albuquerque‚ New Mexico. The classroom lacked the basic school supplies for Stacey to teach such as proper desks and chairs. Her students are the children of the homeless residents of the shelter. They range in age from 6 to 12 years old. Throughout the movie you are able

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    Kingdom Come portrays the social theme of a culture of violence through its depiction of widespread anarchy. A culture of violence refers to a society that accepts violence as a normal occurrence‚ commits violent acts for pointless or illogical reasons‚ or is numb to its catastrophic effects. Neal Gabler’s article “Killings on Campus” depicts a culture of violence when he reveals‚ “With the internet to connect them‚ teenagers are no longer silent sufferers. They can martial their sufferings in cyberspace

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    stroboscopic movement‚ in particular are crucial components on how the brain stimulates cues and perceives them. Perceptual sets-mental predispositions that greatly influence what we perceive-are consisted in a movie such as in the movie Superman‚ when the people perceived Superman flying to be a bird or a plane. Our perceptual sets are predisposed to what influences us. Metropolitan citizens are comfortable with the sight of airplanes and birds‚

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