The Joker In the film‚ The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan‚ The Joker‚ one of Batman’s most dangerous enemies whose aim is too push Batman to his ultimate limits‚ to break his personal rules and strict moral code. This‚ being the Jokers only reason to live‚ he has no fear of death and pain. The Joker is characterised as a calculating and logical criminal‚ a rebel with minimal empathy or moral and a nemesis who commits purposeless crime. Together these characteristics are developed through
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The two poems “Traveling Through the Dark” by William Stafford and “Keep the Headlights On” by Conor Shenk both touch upon the idea that saving one life may lead to other deaths. Both poems are talking about a dead pregnant deer with her fawn still alive inside of her and how some people would handle that situation. Both authors do a good job in making the audience feel an almost sympathy for the unborn fawn. “Traveling Through the Dark” by William Stafford talks about saving the lives of humans
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Pat Key Eric Rupert WRI121 October 11‚ 2011 Summary Dark Night of the Soul Dark Night of the Soul written by Richard E. Miller is a compilation of essays written about people that express themselves through writings of their own or by others. In Miller’s first essay we get a glimpse of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold’s lives and how fantasy becomes reality when Harris and Klebold open fire on Columbine High School murdering many innocent people. Harris writes in his diary that no one is to
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9/5/2013 Section 1 My dream as a child We are usually asked this question very early in life: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” is one of the most popular questions asked by your parents or relatives. Parents usually ask this question to their children to encourage their kids about their future. It seems like an easy question‚ but its not. Not many children know what they want to be when they grow up. Many of us say those careers that we think are the most popular such as; police officer
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BATMAN AND PHILOSOPHY THE DARK KNIGHT OF THE SOUL Edited by Mark D. White and Robert Arp @ WILEY John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. To the memory of Heath Ledger (1979-2008) Copyright © 2008 by john Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. All rights reserved Published by john Wiley & Sons‚ Inc.‚ Hoboken‚ New jerney Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a reaieval system‚ or transmit ted in any fonn or by any means. electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying
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VCD 179 Dark City* Choose ONE of the following questions‚ and respond accordingly. You should write up at least a few paragraphs. Try to organize the writing in a logical‚ unified way. Start with an introduction that states your main idea(s); then‚ present your interpretation/answer—with supporting evidence from the movie—and a conclusion that repeats your main idea. 1. One of the main concepts behind Dark City is the idea of confinement (being stuck) in a changing environment. Discuss
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Apocalypse Now and Then Word Count: 993 A Change in Humanity George R. R. Martin’s short story‚ “Dark‚ Dark Were The Tunnels‚” is one of the pieces included in John Joseph Adams compilation of apocalyptic short stories titled Wastelands: stories of the apocalypse. This story is not a traditional story of the apocalypse; it is not about humanity’s struggle to survive immediately after an apocalyptic event‚ in a changed environment. Nor is it a story about how humans are affected emotionally and
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the human body does. The dark ages the time of cultural isolation‚ famie‚ loss of education‚ the pluege‚ and the time where medicine was more of a poison than a cure. Their remedies that they used actually killed people all the time then healing people for example mercury was used as a medicine in the past by the early Greeks and Persians as a elixir and a topical medication that they believed gave immortality and allowed them to walk on water. The people in the dark ages thought that it helped
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Violence destroys the soul in a community‚ consisting of diverse humanity. Brutal and negative events have an increasingly large impact on a human’s personal‚ ordinary life. In the novel‚ “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”‚ Francie‚ the protagonist‚ faces a traumatizing event at the age of 14: an attempt of rape‚ witnessing a murder and loss. These traumatic events can impact someone’s innocent life intensely‚ as fear‚ sorrow‚ and trauma develops over a certain time period. Violent events she faces‚ illustrates
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The article “Into the Dark Water” by Lauren Tarshis‚ is about a boy named Jack Thayer‚ who was a passenger and a survivor of the Titanic. The author used these quotes because she wanted the reader to feel like they were with Jack and they could feel Jack’s emotions. One of the quotes shows how Jack felt because it was a beautiful night and he was enjoying it. “ It was the kind of night‚ that made one glad to feel alive.” This shows that everything was fine and calm before the Titanic got hit. Another
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