Ending Presentation 2

In three days, we use this time for presentation. People can choose essay 1 or 2. Most people choose essay 2 because we can create our own major question and we can choose our topic.
However, some people choose their essay 1. There are many kinds of heroes and people explain their journeys. There are Lord of the Ring and Harry Potter. I saw these movies, so it was easy to understand and I can agree with them. Some people use other characters that I have never saw before, so it was interesting to listen their presentation. I can learn more kinds of heroes and characters, so it was good time.
Other people chose second essay and there are many kinds of topics because we could choose our own topics. It was good to listen other people's topics and it was interesting. I also picked second essay, but I was nervous so I think that my presentation was not good.
It was a good time to share other people's thoughts, and I can organize the whole semester, so I like the ending presentation

Ending Presentation

In my ending presentation, I will talk about my essay 2. My major question of essay is that how the character Hancock is a contemporary version of an anti-hero. I think that Hancock shares some characteristics of an anti-hero. In the class, we learned about what an anti-hero is and I think that there are many similarities between Hancock and what we learned in the class. Then I can review anti-heroes from the class and I can analyze another anti-hero character, so I choose this topic for my essay.
I found five similar things between Hancock and a typical anti-hero. First, they do not have a good appearance. Usually anti-heroes do not look good. Hancock is the same. He is dirty and and he looks like a homeless person. Second, they are selfish. Anti-heroes and Hancock are selfish, so they do not care about other people and they just think about themselves only. Third, they have rough attitude. When Hancock and anti-heroes do their works, they do not care about destroying buildings, roads, and hurting other people. In addition, they do not use a nice words. Fourth, there is a turning point. This is not for every anti-hero. However, Hancock has a turning point and Ray helps Hancock to be a good hero. Fifth, they become a good hero. This is also not for every anti-hero. Hancock becomes a good hero, so he tries to be nice to other people and he saves people safely.
I also give some specific examples from the movie, then it can be a good presentation.

Female Hero

• On p. 107, Blabbermouth gives Haroun a piece of feminist advice. She basically says that girls aren’t able to be strong (or heroic) characters because of the ways people stereotype them. Think about contemporary female heroes. Do we have any? Do we value the fact that they are female?

There was a famous female hero in France. Her name is Joan of Arc. She was born in eastern France, and she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years war. She was a young girl, but God called her to lead the French army. She did her job well, so French won some important battles. However, she was caught and sold to England. She told them God called her for this war, but they did not believe her because she was a young girl. They thought that she was a crazy girl. Finally, they burned her when she was only 19 years old. Later, they found that she was innocent.
Thus, Joan was a hero who saved France, but when she went to England, no one helped her. In addition, they did not believe her because she is a female. That time, people had some stereotype that women could not be a hero because they were weaker than men. However, Joan saved her country. She was only 19-year-old girl. She was better than kings.

Batman

• Analyze Batman in terms of the three different types of heroes we have discussed (archetypal, tragic and anti-hero). Which type of hero is he? Is it possible that he is multiple types?

I think that Batman is multiple types of hero. He has many factors like archetypal, tragic and anti-hero. First, Batman looks like a archetypal hero. He has strong power to be able to fight with his enemies and he has good weapons. The weapons are pretty new and they are really scientific. In addition, he has a good spiritual guide who helps him and advices him. These things are similar with archetypal heroes.
Second, Batman also has some factors of tragic heroes. He has to kill many enemies to save people's lives, so he feels guilty and he thinks that he is not a hero. In addition, he lost his best friend because of his enemies. He never shows his face to other people, so he always hide his face and he cannot says that he is Batman. It is so sad because he helps many people, but they do not know who is the Batman.
Third, Batman is a kind of anti-hero, too. When he enjoys his life, he is not Batman, so he is not a good man. He also likes many girls, and he has some parties, so people cannot imagine that he is the Batman. However, if his enemies attack the society, then he changes to Batman and he tries to save people and to prevent his enemies.
Thus, Batman has many characters. He includes several types of heroes such as archetypal, tragic, and anti-hero. During a day, he is a normal human and during a night, he is a hero as Batman. And then, he saves people's lives and prevents enemies for the society.

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True Grit

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Othello 2

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