"The more successful the villain‚ the more successful the picture."- Alfred Hitchcock. In the world of film and literature‚ villains have been used to show the opposite of the hero. Where the hero is strong and makes honorable decisions‚ the villain is usually self-centered and uses evil to damage the lives of others for his own purposes. Villains sometimes fill others with fear‚ anger and occasional sadness. In general‚ every great tale of a hero also has a villain that readers love to hate. In
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Are our lives governed by fate or free will? Our lives are governed by free will. In the books Chinese Cinderella and Twisted the main characters use their free will to make choices that have consequences on their lives. Chinese Cinderella‚ by Adeline Yen Mah Chinese Cinderella is a story of a Chinese girl growing up Shanghai and Hong Kong in the 1940’s. Adeline was made to feel that her birth was the reason her mother died. Her siblings blamed her and her father and stepmother had
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Meeropol had seen‚ the picture took place in a lynching‚ the victims were two innocent black men that were hanging from a tree‚ The picture haunted Meeropol for days. This poem was very chilling and terrifying. “Strange Fruit” describes the dark and twisted ways of the racist people in the 1900’s as it paints a mental picture of past events in the Southern U.S. The “Strange Fruit” in the poem are the black victims that had to be lynched‚ “Strange Fruit hanging from the poplar trees”(Meeropol 4). The
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That Rises Must Converge‚” and “Enoch and the Gorilla‚” identify as Southern Gothic because of their symbolism‚ setting‚ and character. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find‚” O’Connor utilized symbolism throughout the family’s trip to foreshadow their twisted fate. The Misfit‚ who murders the family‚ drove a “big black‚ battered‚ hearse-like automobile.” His vehicle represented imminent death‚ indicating a fatal outcome. In addition‚ the weather conditions depicted an ominous scene. After the family’s
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Edward. The viewer watching the movie might’ve thought that Edward was a harmful and dark entity because he wore all black and the people in the town are fun and bouncy entities because of the bright colors. Also in Vincent‚ the story was already twisted and dark and the fact that the color scheme was just black and white made the short film even creepier because the viewer was probably worried for this kid’s mental health. All of this proves that Tim Burton chooses his color schemes very carefully
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Braunau-am-Inn. Adlof was born a sickly child‚ his mother‚ Klara‚ watched over him night and day. Klara Hitler protected young Adolf from her short-tempered husband‚ Alois. Adolf grew into a thin‚ dark-haired‚ blue-eyed boy with an angular face (Twisted 63). At the age of 6‚ Hitler started school and showed excellent achievement in his classes. Outside of school young Hitler was energetic and had many friends. Adolf’s home life was far less happy. His father ran the household like a military boot
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author attacks the sergeant by making him out to be an avaricious person. When Toole says “Lana started to make sounds‚ like the imprecations of a priestess‚ over the bills that the boy had given her.” (pg 63) it not only makes her seem greedy but twisted as well. His attacks are not vicious they are just simple and critical and is often seen when describing the characters attitudes. By attacking these characters‚ Toole is truly attacking the people of society who are given great power and responsibility
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The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps The Boeing B-17 bomber was an innovative plane introduced by the United States military in 1938. It was the most durable plane of World War II‚ and completed many successful missions in its ten-year commission. This four-engine bomber was developed for the United States Army Air Corps -4000 pounds of bombs -it can go at least 2000 miles -eight 50-calliber machine
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When Meeropol says “Pastoral scene of the gallant South” which sounds soft and calm‚ he then says “The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth” which there is an immediate change of emotion and a rougher situation. In “Took the children away” Roach uses the same technique as Meeropol when he says “Taught us to read‚ to write and pray” Which creates a peaceful and forgiving surrounding
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Egocentrism clouded people’s realities‚ leading the truth to become twisted. Refusal to accept any thinking besides the person’s own thoughts meant the truth would not be accepted. It was their way or the highway. Their mind was not open to anything at all that went against their beliefs. Egocentrism crowded the mind to where they would not consider any other options. In the story “Hands” by Sherwood Anderson‚ Wing Biddlebaum had a student who dreamed up a relationship between the two. “In his bed
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