The Rebel Sell Essays

It's advertised, it's in the market across the street, it's at Wal-Mart, Kroger’s; it's almost at every store or restaurant, it's at parties; it's boring without it at parties. It’s what most people run to with personal issues. It's called out of this world. Parents’ young adults talk about it. Although it's what everyone is talking about it is also extremely dangerous; it can also destroy a family, it can destroy your dream, it can scatter someone else’s life and dream including yours as well.

In the usual, but artful style of the archetype art-house Taiwanese film, as filmmakers like Tsai Ming Liang, Hou Hsiao Hsen and Edward Yang established it, Thanatos, Drunk tells the dramatic story of three men and the role that alcohol and death (thanatos is the Greek word for death) play in their lives. Rat is a constantly drunk youth who makes a living by selling vegetables at the local market and petty crime. Eventually he meets a young mute prostitute and saves her from a violent client. His

It was a cold autumn evening, colder than normal for Germany around this time. Franz looked at his pocket watch, it was about quarter after 11. The swastika was worn proudly on Franz’s left upper arm. He saw the animals within the barbed zoo, striped like zebras. Hanz was enjoying a piece of bread his wife prepared for him this morning, but his face had a look of discomfort. “Might I try a piece?” Franz asked politely. Hanz broke off a piece and handed to him. “Why this is delicious, how can you

One such movie is Gareth Edward’s 2016 motion picture Rogue One which is an anthology of the famous Star Wars (Kermode). Mainly, the narrative follows Jyn and a team of rebels set to retrieve the plans for the Galactic Empire’s ‘Ultimate weapon’ called the Death Star that has the power to destroy an entire planet for the Rebel Alliance (Rogue One). In this manner, the film represents the general formula for a heroic venture. Although critics have referred to Jyn’s character as a weak lead since

Decades ago, in an epic “Beowulf”, Beowulf has slain the fire dragon, the creature that terrorized all the people who lived nearby where the dragon lives. The winter in Sweden was not as bleak as it was in mid 17th century. The blizzard was as disastrous as could be. The dragon’s body was covered in pure white snow on the pinnacle of the highest mountain. Not even the slightest bit of ice were melted through the rough skin of the fire dragon. Decades have passed, and out of a sudden, a bolt of arcane

A theme that has permeated throughout time, and even to contemporary epics is friendship. Friendship plays a powerful role throughout the original Star Wars trilogy and the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series. Both of these tales involved friendships that had important implications in the story and reflected the cultures of the times in which these films were made. Whether it was a pre-existing friendship, one between their mentors, or just amongst the people the main character met in their

One of the most important friendships in Tolkien’s Fellowship of the Ring is the friendship between Samwise Gamgee who become pivotal to Frodo’s survival and Frodo Baggins. Tolkien creates through Sam a character in which Frodo can put his trust completely, and by doing so makes Sam one of the most important characters in the progression of the story. At the beginning of Frodo’s journey, there is the interaction between Sam and Frodo where Sam tells Frodo, “It’s just something Gandalf said... He

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With that in tow, Han felt worse. Admittedly, things were looking a little bleak on his end but what else could he do? The reality was that he had put up a front again — and look where it got him. Inhaling deeply, Han decided to go with his proven, most effective method in communicating with anyone: get straight to the point, be blunt and be unambiguous as possible. Never once had it been a difficult concept for Han; at the same time, Han never once met someone like Luke Skywalker before. “So

Star Wars vs. Star Trek The question has long been asked in the science fiction community: which is better - Star Wars or Star Trek? The answer is most definitely different depending on who you ask. Some fans might claim “the force” in Star Wars is better a better weapon than any Federation firearm out there. Others will say that Star Trek is far superior because of the “Holodeck” technology that the Star Wars universe lacks. A lot of fans will love one series and hate the other. Going so far as

It begins with Luke having to help the Rebels take down an evil empire, which dominates the whole galaxy and brings terror to everyone under their rule. He sees the hologram of Princess Leia, asking for help. But Luke was not going to help at first, until he found out the Imperials killed his

The goal at the beginning of the movie was to go to the Rebel base with the information that Princess Leia gave to R2D2. This goal was met after they had escaped the Death Star and reached the base. Then another problem arose, the Death Star had tracked and followed them creating another problem from the rebel base. With the information in R2D2 they were able to find a way to destroy the Death Star. This is when the ultimate boon

Star Wars is a poor epic because its supernatural elements are unconvincing and mundane. In the beginning, lightsabers are talked about quite a few times as Obi-Wan Kenobi tries explaining them to Luke. Despite all the talk, they only use the weapon in battle once. The entire story leads up to the lightsaber fight between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi and the viewers are left unsatisfied and in contempt after this battle. Instead the story focuses mainly on aircraft even though the lightsaber is

Currently, it is hard to find music with a deeper, more sentimental substance to it. If you’re writing a paper in your English class on poetical analysis, and you may find that a lot of the music our generation currently frequents only scrapes the surface in terms of sentimentality. When Professor Snyder asked us to write on poetic analysis of song lyrics, so many songs came to mind that I almost drew a blank in response. I listen to a wide variety of music, with a combined three music libraries

CS Lewis stated, “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” This directly correlates with the life of Lupe Fiasco, which he demonstrates in many, if not all of his song’s lyrics. “The Show Goes On” in particular discusses the hardships Fiasco underwent as a young child, yet he managed to persevere. Throughout this song Fiasco hints to events that occurred in his life, while encompassing generalizations so that his listeners are able to relate. Instead of disregarding

the Patriots to fight. His family are loyalist and his father disapproves of him joining the rebels. Their dad kicks Sam out and he joins the army. Sam took their dads gun to fight with. Tim, His dad, and his mother are left to run to the tavern that their family owns. The war continues on and supplies become scarce.Sam had come back to town and was staying in one of their neighbors houses. Some rebels show up to take all of the towns guns and weapons. Since Sam took the gun their dad tells them

Analysis on the Theme of A Long Way Gone and Sold Child sex slaves and child soldiers are just two examples of child exploitation. Sold, written by Patricia McCormick, describes the life of an impoverished young girl who is unknowingly sold into sex slavery. A Long Way Gone, written by Ishmael Beah, tells the story of a young man recruited by the Sierra Leone government to fight in the Sierra Leone civil war. Both Sold and A Long Way Gone share similar message. The theme shared by A Long Way Gone

fueling for a long time. The main reason why there was so much tension was because of religion. For over sixty years, Jewish people had to pay taxes for many different things which caused the Jewish population to be poorer and resulted in them having to sell their home and lands. It is obvious why the Jews would revolt against the roman rule especially since they had been mistreated for so long. There had been a few riots in the past with different proctors but nothing that escalated to the point of the

Corruption in Animal Farm The famous novel Animal Farm was composed by George Orwell. Animal Farm is an allegorical novella about the Russian Revolution in 1917. Animal Farm takes place somewhere in England, on The Manor Farm. Old Major wanted to rebel against Mr. Jones to gain freedom but Napoleon let power go to his head and took over the farm, causing its downfall. The pigs manipulated the 7 commandments because the other animals had no clue how to read. The Manor Farm was changed to Animal Farm

military and save their country, Sierra Leone. Child soldiers are also forced to work and there are many different jobs which are given to child soldiers. At the age of fifteen, most of the children are forced to join in military including guerilla or rebel militaries are recruited by force into becoming soldiers Ismael Beah is one of them. Most of the children are willingly to volunteer in to the service of these groups. These children