Could a villain be a hero? Could a hero be a villain? Becoming a hero is fit for anyone, even a villain. Someone who is described as a villain in society could have some heroic aspects in them. For example the Grinch, from The Grinch who stole Christmas, he was described as the ‘foe’ in his town because of how he looked and one bad action that he had done in the past.
There are many views that one can contemplate on if it were having to do with how one can be affected or how they can affect others. Everyone is entitled to have their own opinion but no one can justify who is correct since every person has different perspectives. It is humanity that one can comprehend in every language. How in every part of the world killing one another is wrong, how in every part of the world rape is seen as wrong, and how in every part of the world being racist is frowned upon. Many people think by not acknowledging the problem it will go away but that is not the case, racism still exciting in today 's world is a big issue.
Coming from the opinion of a conservative, John Glenn is pro Grit. After reading Angela Duckorth’s book and ideas, Glenn was very interested in what she has to say. With the idea of passion and perseverance over a long period of time, he believes it is more important then talent. After reading Angela Duckworth’s idea of grit, Glenn then tried to understand grit, not for what it is, but what it is not. Glenn’s understanding of it is, “It’s not shallow practice, it’s not mindlessly sprinting up and down the hardwood, nor is it obsessing over impractical goals.”
There are many different religions practiced all over the world today. With the help of modern advancements and technology, these religions are able to spread and be communicated to parts of the world that would have had access to them in the past. This sharing of cultures, ideas, and religious beliefs appears to be a very positive notion on the surface, however, this also means that there is an easy access to misinformation surrounding religious practices and religions themselves. One of the most heavily misconstrued religions in our society today is also the fastest growing religion in the world, Islam (Fisher 417). Islam often regarded as an oppressive and violent religion in the eyes of the Christian West today, but these misconceptions
Alexander the Great can be both considered a hero and a villain . Alexander the Great became the king of Macedonia at the age of nineteen. He conquered many places when he was king. Some of those places were Persia, Egypt, and Asia. The reasons that people call Alexander a villain is because he killed and sold more than six thousand people, destroyed Thebes so that other city-states in Greece would be afraid of him., and said no to “uncivilized” customs.
“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles” (Reeve). In the book Beowulf and the article “The Rise of the Anti-Hero” heros are looked at being unflawed and flawed people. The character Beowulf engages on a journey to Denmark. His journey of sailing across the seas, fighting Grendel and his mother and fighting a dragon recognizes Beowulf as being this great hero. As our culture changes so does the way we look at heros.
Villains play a vital role in the plot of action films and keeps the action exciting for the viewer. Each villain is unique, however many are cut from the same cloth. For example, similarities and differences can be found between two well-known villains in today’s movie lore, The Joker from the Batman™ series and Darth Vader from the Star Wars™ franchise. Specifically the Joker from the movie, The Dark Knight, and Darth Vader from “Star Wars: New Hope”. Both villains have forceful and necessary roles.
Racism stood as one of the world’s major issues for the past few decades. Yet many people are not aware of how much racism still exists in our schools, workforces, and basically anywhere social lives are occurring. Though the prolonged fight for equal human rights is continuing its progress, racism still lives. It just evolved from the earlier violent and aggressive forms of racism have into a more subtle form of prejudice, reducing the chances of showing, but there are definitely revealed signs of it. In fact, the ideology underlying racism can become manifest in many aspects of social life if being payed attention to.
Racism is one of the major issues in the world today, it plays a big role in the United States Justice System. There has been many unjustified cases due to an individual’s race. Defendants convicted of killing whites were more than four times more likely to receive the death penalty than those convicted of murdering blacks. (Constitutional Rights Foundation) Study proved that juror and judges discriminated against African-American defendants. Black defendants were 1.1 times more likely to receive the death penalty than the white defendants.
Not having experienced such a cultural misunderstanding myself, all I can relate to is the way my cultures incorrectly stereotype other cultures. In my case, since I don 't only belong to one culture, I have a broad understanding of how it feels to be stereotyped. As an American, I?ve seen how some of us sometimes make stereotypes of people from the middle East. As a Mexican, I?ve often seen the common stereotype that all Mexicans eat tacos everyday and illegally cross the US border. Another example is a common assumption, especially amongst Hispanics, that at the sight of a person with Asian features, must be from China, that?d make me a perpetrator in this case.