Essays on Heroes

Throughout history there have been many examples of heroism in everyday life, but what does being heroic really mean? To me, to be described as heroic, you have to be brave, ready to take on whatever life throws at you, and be willing to put…

In the world today, we face problems that are unbearable to hear about! Children and families in Africa that are dying every day from starvation and diseases. HIV and AIDS is a major problem in 3rd world countries like Africa, without treatment and without help,…

They Are Different Heroes Everyone has a different perception of what heroism is tothem but over time the idea of heroes has also changed. Heroes are a part ofeveryone’s life and no matter what every person has come in contact with somekind of hero, they…

Analysis Of the Work Poem Analysis Carol Ann Duffy’s poem entitled ‘Shooting Stars’ originally published in her first anthology “The World’s Wife” in 1999 is an emotive recount of the treatment of Jewish prisoners of the Holocaust during WWII. Whilst Duffy was not personally involved…

In Emily St John Mandel’s 2014 science fiction, dystopian novel Station Eleven, a majority of the world is deceased due to the Georgia-flu pandemic spread unknowingly by a passenger on a flight from Russia to The United States causing an apocalyptic world. All technology and…

Movies like No Country for Old Men, directed by Ethan and Joel Coen, become instant classics as soon as you watch them once because of the message that the themes portrayed. These messages can be so memorable that you only have to watch the movie…

The Bible warns us about the power and dangers of the tongue. In marriage, just like in every relationship, disagreements, and arguments are inevitable. When we are blindsided by the truth, the tone, timing, and emotions determine if the truth-telling is perceived as bullying, nagging,…

What to do to Be a Hero or Simple Truths When you think of a hero you might think of Superman flying to save someone or Spider-Man swinging on his webs down the street to stop a mugger, but you don’t have to have special…

Deadpool is everything that superheroes shouldn’t be. He is hypersexual, makes jokes all the time, uses innuendo and is super violent. He also mocks every other superhero, their earnestness, their high grand morality and their PG-13 goodness. He is also known to break all the…

Christopher Nolan’s villains all had their different motives for doing what they did. The comparison is between their driving force, their motives, modus operandum and their costumes. The ultimate goal of Batman in the Batman Trilogy was to eradicate crime and install justice and safety…