In history, there are many great villains, and many great heroes, but only one villain can take my number one spot in my favorites list. If I had to choose my favorite villain, it would have to be Antasma from Mario and Luigi Dream Team. He has all the core villain features: A chilling appearance, a horrifying backstory, a gruesome motive, and everything he has done was fueled by greed and evil. Just in his normal form, Antasma is quite a fear in on itself, with his piercing yellow eyes, and his
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Amanda Liford 11/05/2013 Short Story Analysis The Catbird Seat The Catbird Seat, written by James Thurber, is a short story about Mr. Martin who carefully puts together a plan to remove the new special advisor who has done nothing but threaten to eliminate his department and belittle him. She even asks him if he is “sitting in the catbird seat?” which he later finds out means sitting pretty. This story doesn’t end the way he had planned or does it? The story begins with Mr. Martin secretly
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Joke Over Batman: The Killing Joke written by Alan Moore, reveals the history behind the Joker’s craziness and shows a very demented side of him. The Joker takes his insanity to the most evil level possible after breaking free from Arkham. It is amazing that after he humiliates Jim Gordon’s daughter, Jim Gordon still believes that he should be dealt with “by the book” (Moore 39). Batman, too, towards the end of the novel, offers a truce to The Joker even after the several death attempts he makes
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Imagine growing up in a negative home situation where the father figure severally mistreats the vulnerable child. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the Misfit’s actions display an unconscious love through sociopathic tendencies. Flannery O’Connor once said “It’s better to be young in your failures than old in your successes.” It is alright to fail when an individual is young. The time of youth is about making mistakes and learning and growing from them in order for a person to
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while attempting to do so. Hamlet feels empty without resolution to his father’s death and since there is no justice system that is going to reveal the truth about his father’s death, he must take it into his own hands. Hamlet delays killing Claudius for a long time after the ghost appears. Hamlet delays his revenge of his fathers death not because he is a coward but because his psychological feelings and need for a perfect revenge cause him to delay in order to wait for the perfect moment
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies starts off with a bunch of boys stranded on a tropical island. This is a perfect place for a group of kids to have tons of fun. The kids have no adult supervision and do not have to worry about getting in trouble by adults. "When the little kids land they are delighted to find that there are no grown-ups about. This shows that they do not worry about getting in trouble, which will later come back to haunt them. The young boys plan on having a fun time
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will not kill anyone to save other even if he’s hermit. We are not the one to decide who to kill or who to save. It’s in God hands. Killing is bad, therefore I will not kill one to save other five patients. In other words, I am a deontologist because deontologist said don’t kill or murder. 2. Yes I will try to save that person because he/she is innocent. I believe killing innocent is wrong therefore, I am deontologist in this kind of situation. 3. I think I will divert the trolley down the other
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There is many types of villains. Real and fake but they are all the same in the end. They do something bad because of some reason that they do not approve of. For example Adolf Hitler is a big example of a villain. Another villain is Randall Boggs from the movie Monsters Inc. Another example of a villain is Goliath from the Bible. These are three examples of villains that are well known. They all have something in common. Either it is that they are mean, violent, scary, and so much more. What made
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Grossman and Christensen’s On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and Peace, add strong information to self development that would be useful to all military and police personnel. Picking up where his earlier work, On Killing, left off, Grossman and Christensen examine all facets of deadly combat including preparation/training, the actual moment of conflict and even debriefing at the conclusion of combat. The self development advocated by the authors establishes the true
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this war would give them a worthless piece of land, but they are fighting anyways. Hamlet concludes that the troops are fighting for honour. He realizes that the troops do not want to gain anything physical from this war, but also do not want to lose the title of honour. If the troops were not to fight, then they would be called weak and cowards, and a man’s honour in Elizabethan times is worth everything. Another cause that Hamlet understands the troops actions by thinking of their ambition. He
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