Uncanny X-Men Essays

James McTeigue’s film, V for Vendetta is about a fascist government dubbed the Norsefire party taking power through fear and intimidation, the only person opposing them is an anarchist vigilante whose only moniker is V. The director uses the character V to illustrate the idea of revenge, whilst reinforcing the theme through the use of camera angles, sound, lighting and symbolism throughout the film. Throughout the film, McTeigue uses V to display the idea of revenge in his film. This is explained

William Golding's “Lord of the Flies,” tells the story of a group of English boys forsook on a tropical island. Golding's novel demonstrates the battle between good v.s evil, civilization v.s savagery and law v.s anarchy within human society. As time continues to pass the boys descend further and further down the path of savagery, ignoring societal norms and expectations. Throughout the book, the author places numerous symbols that reinforce aspects of civilization. Three of which being the conch’s

The Guardian of the Sea Long ago when the world was new, it infested with unholy monsters and creatures that even the gods have trouble controlling. One of the most fearsome monsters that ever lived was the Kraken, an immortal beast of gigantic proportions with seven immense tentacles, a beak the size of three whales, dark scaly skin that only weapons of the gods could puncture, two giant eyes that were the size of ships, and a head larger than even a small island . Even the mightiest of ships were

Lord of the Flies, Lord of the Weather William Golding, awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1979, the coveted Booker Prize in 1980, wrote Lord of the Flies (1954), a dystopian novel about a group of British boys who survive a plane crash and are forced to live on their own without parents. William Golding uses weather to represent the loss of sanity and the destruction of civilization throughout the island, as well as, weather in the

especially when it feels almost as if everyone is constantly judging. The X-Men were created to inspire their readers to truly be themselves, having a host of people that all were different but used their powers to help save the planet. This of course included Storm and many of her allies. Even with them not being widely accepted by the people without mutations, they did their best to save those in danger. Storm and the other X-Men serve as great role models for people to be themselves no matter the adversity

Several different circumstances converge and lead to the first murder on the island. The multiple factors that caused the death to occur were Jack, the beast, the storm, the dancing, and Simon’s constant wandering off alone. Without these factors the first murder on the island would have been very different, but either way Simon would have eventually been killed. To start off, Jack was one of the main factors that lead to the murder. Jack’s madness and cruelty affected the other boys’ minds and

The Wolverine is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, mostly in association with the X-Men. He is a mutant who possesses animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, and three retractable bone claws in each hand, Instant Cell Regeneration, Virtual Immortality, Supernatural Senses, Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Mobility, High Stamina, Master Martial Artist, High-Level Intellect, Cunning, Stealth Tactician, Survival Instincts, Marksmanship. His most

In A Better World Violence is a natural phenomenon. Human beings are violent by nature. We should it as a face and deal with it in a peaceful mindset. It has been in our culture from the beginning, we use violence in order to get what we want and survive in the harsh world. Humans cannot live without violence because without violence, human beings cannot live in this world. There is an urge for us to kill. But now, violence has gone too far and it must be tamed like an animal. Violence is used

Unlike the story “The Sea Of Monsters'' where the Cyclops doesn't actually eat the people until he deems them fit to be eaten whether that is cooking them or waiting to eat them in general.”he caught another brace of men to make his breakfast,”(page 23, line 84) ”Then he caught two more men and feasted on them.” (page 24, line 120). The Cyclops in this story ate people everyday in the story. In the story “The Sea Of Monsters” the Cyclops doesn't actually eat anyone, showing that the Cyclops in this story

you now so you don’t pretend to be outraged later. Hard to believe the first X-Men movie came out in July of 2000. It’s been almost 17 years since Hugh Jackman first stared as America’s favorite Anti-Hero Wolverine. But 17 years and 8 film appearances later and it is all over for Jackman who stated this was the last time portraying the popular Marvel character on film. As memorable as Jackman has been in the X-Men movies, the Wolverine solo movies have been a much different story. Wolverine Origins

Good Afternoon Ms. O Today I will be analyzing the evolution of Wolverine as well as the representations of him specifically in film, focusing his appearance. *Wolverine has gone onto appearing in various comics (as and X-men) and in his own comic, as well as in recent movies: Slide 1 • Introduce the topic → Evolution of the superhero → Representations of the superhero in film: o Focus: His appearance Slide 2 • Who he is. • What powers he has etc. • 1st appearance – 1974 Hulk Comic Slide

The X-men stare at their new guest in shock. Was it possible that he was messing with them? If he distracted them enough, the others could attack from behind. "Say that again." Scott says finally. Avalanche looks absolutely desperate. He says, "The government has invented a serum, they are calling it a cure for the mutant gene." Rachel can feel a puzzled look cross her face. "That's impossible." She says. "You can't cure the Xgene, it's genetics not a disease." "It still isn't

trial, in which he is locked up with his crew in the cave of Polyphemus, the man-eating cyclops. In this life-or-death situation, Odysseus thoughtfully devised a plan to escape. He first intoxicated Polyphemus with wine to prevent him from eating more men. Polyphemus soon fell asleep and the crewmen

Y: the last man is a science fiction comic book by Brian K. Vaughan. This book tells us about the only man that survive the simultaneous death of all other male on earth, except his pet Ampersaud. All Y chromosome living mammals die, but no one knows that only man and his monkey are alive. The question arise, how would the world come about without males? Would it be better, or will women need males? According to Vaughan novel, the world rule by only females seems as though they are able to control

X-MEN: THE SURFACING Scene 1: School Film direction: We see a man in a chair in the center of a room, as the camera is closer we see he is sweating and struggling. When the camera pans back out he begins to shake as if trying to fight something internally, the lights start to flicker and he starts crouch inward physically fighting it. Finally he released out a scream and the lights shut off. 2 red eyes open and are all that are seen in the dark. From outside a window we see a scientist who has

You have to feel sorry for the the empire of evil known as the Mecha-warl. After undoubtedly spending a lot of time and resources building up their military might in order to conquer all of space, they find themselves opposed by four misfits. Unfortunately, these four misfits are armed to the teeth and waste absolutely no time carving a swathe of destruction through the Mecha-warl forces. The good news is that when playing Bullet Soul, you get to pick one of the four misfits and help them to blast

superhero team is Marvel’s X-Men. Anyone who is familiar with the X-Men knows the mutants struggle to be accepted in society. Mutants have a genetic mutation that gives them superhuman powers and abilities. People see the superhuman abilities the mutants possess as a treat to the society around them. The widespread fear of the mutants created a political stance against the mutants. The government heavily promotes individual people to judge and exclude the mutants. In X-Men: Days of Future Past, the

be. Unfortunately, knowledge can make decisions hard to make. There are too many options presented. A leader might want absolute control and force his agenda on his people. In a similar way Odysseus is a great leader, this is shown as he leads his men through the Trojan war. however, he faces many challenges and makes many decisions. In “The Odyssey,” Homer uses internal and external conflicts to reveal Odysseus as an intelligent and hopeful, but selfish character. Intelligence is a valued trait

Reading Mutants: Appropriation, Assimilation, and the X-Men,” Shyminsky asserts that the X-men are appealing to an unintended audience: adolescent white, heterosexual males. Throughout this piece, the author points out that even though the mutants are freakish in nature, they still manage to assimilate into the human world because they resemble the rest of them, thereby appealing to the predominantly white nerds and geeks in society. The X-men are supposed to represent the “feared and hated” of society

In X-men,the beliefs of the citizens about the mutants are heavily relied on the opinion and choices of the government rather than the say of any religion. This is because this society is living in an era where there is already a form of democracy that controls the people in a civilised manner with rules. They may also believe this is not a sign of punishment from God but something that few individuals are simply just born with. For example, we learn that the government brings up the topic of mutations