Scarface Character Analysis

In the movie, Nacho Libre, there were many characters that presented to be heroes and villains. To me, the main character , Ignacio (Nacho), was a hero. He showed many examples of his heroism throughout the movie.

The odds were stacked against him, but Tony’s relationship with Jesus Christ allowed him to defy these odds. Although Tony is full of football potential, he is afraid of being hit. However, Tony learns to take the hits with the help of Coach Gerelds, and becomes a star player. As Tony gains popularity, racist pressure hits and he is threatened to quit. Tony fights through the adversity with fortitude and courage, continuing to play football for Woodlawn.

Tony starts getting involved in the drug game very early. This will influence Wes outcome in life because he gets involved with it. Tony started getting in the business in the Murphy homes because thats were his dad lived and he sold drugs too. "Tony started selling drugs in those shadowy Murphy homes before he was 10"(Moore 27). This supports the theme because its like the saying monkey sees monkey do. This means that Tony is a bad influence to Wes because he puts him in a bad environment. When this happens he is more likely to fall into his brothers foot steps. Sometimes looking up to someone is not always the best choice.

Heroes put others before themselves and will do anything to ensure that thing’s safety. Many people have either risked their lives or have loss their lives due to trying to save others. An example of this would be the man in the red bandana or Welles Crowther. Crowther was working in the twin towers as planes were crashing into them. Crowther could have ran away from the other people when the planes hit, but he chose not to spare himself, but to save others and sacrifice his own life. In the documentary, The Man in the Red Bandana, which talks about a common hero who gave up his life to save others, it states,” Instinct grabbed him and he immediately tried to save lives.’’ This quote shows how Crowther, by nature, helps people. Also how he

Napoleon Dynamite is dumb and is a waste of time movie, that stereotypes high school nerds.

Throughout the story of Chris Mccandless, the author Jon Krakauer is able to illustrate many fundamental life lessons through showing Mccandless’ journey into the wild as well as his abrupt separation from society. The purpose behind telling the story of Chris Mccandless is to show how his journey into the wild was caused by the controlling nature of his parents. Due to this Mccandless adopted a unpredictable lifestyle, bouncing from town to town searching for the freedom that he was always denied as a child. This everlasting desire for individuality is also what would lead to Chris’ death on the Stampede Trail.

Antonio is a businesslike child. Already, Tony life he’s seen struggling, death and other tragedies. Antonio is trying to find what his life is all about. He on a quest to find his true meaning in life. Antonio being a child has a hard time trying to understanding his physical and emotional surroundings. In chapters we had to read, I’ve notice Antonio not able to take action, but instead he 's a spectator. Eventually I think Antonio will know that the world is a very complex and difficult

Evelyn Couch is a character in the film “Fried Green Tomatoes”. She is blind to the beauty of life, until she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an 80-year-old with a child’s heart. Ninny teaches Evelyn to look beyond life’s outer ugliness to its inner beauty. She tells her the story of Idgia Threadgoode, a young woman who looked beyond the outer prejudices of the Deep South and saw inner visions of exciting new possibilities.

Throughout the history of the United States of America, there has been an evident issue with the “newcomers”, the American dream, and the upward mobility of the lower class immigrants in 1920s in America. Ethnic organized crime is a phenomenon that has been largely ignored by social scientists and historians . American dream is a widely used term that became a powerful metaphor, of the American values. Americans believe, that these values can be reached through hard work and individual effort. Amongst these values is one, which James Truslow Adams in the “epic of America”, which signifies one of the values “being able to grow to grow to fullest development as men and women unhampered by the barriers which had slowly been erected

In Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy and Nathan Whitaker, we learn how important respect is to him, in football and life. Tony treats everyone he interacts with respect. When he was a player he respected his coach’s decisions, even if he was upset and did not agree with the decision. We saw that when he got traded from the Steelers to the 49ers. He didn’t like it, but he still respected the coach’s decisions and did not take any anger out on them. Later on, when he became a head coach, he respected his fellow coaches. Just because he was head coach he did not treat the other coaches with any less respect. For example, there is one incident where Tony’s decision stood out, because of his respect. Later on, when he was a defensive coordinator for

The Other Wes Moore, a story of two boys with the same name living in West Baltimore, epitomizes the struggles of growing up in a tough low income area. From a young age, both Wes Moore, and the other Wes are raised by only their mother. Without a father, the life’s of each Wes’s mother becomes harder to manage. As the story carries on, Wes Moore moves to the South Bronx, where his mom is supported by his grandparents. Meanwhile, the other Wes remains in Baltimore for the remainder of his adolescence, watching his mother raise two boys without help. With the support of the author’s mother, Wes is pushed to succeed. At a young age he is sent off to attend military school. Meanwhile, the Other Wes finds himself getting involved in city drug trade. After high school, Wes enrolls in Johns Hopkins, and decides to travel abroad to South Africa. Not only does Wes gain exposure to a different part of the world, but he begins how similar his youth is to the life of his host family. He understand how the challenges facing the young men in both South Africa are nearly identical to the confrontations in West Baltimore and the

How does one man go from a bright and dashing young man, to a drab lifeless one? Frank Shabata in O’ Pioneers! had this transformation, all because of two young people’s choices. Frank caught his wife, Marie, committing adultery in his orchard late at night with a young man Emil. He shot and killed them on the spot, then was sentenced and sent to the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln.

In the movie Scarface we view go in depth about some life events of Cuban refugee Tony Montana when he enters the United States and receives his green card. We also see what leads him to his criminal activities of becoming a national drug lord. In this film there are a number of different theories that can be applied. I will be using Cornish and Clarkes Rational Choice Theory, along with Robert Agnew’s Strain theory in order to analyze Tony’s reasoning behind committing these crimes. I will be using examples from the film Scarface in order to draw and link these theories with the film.

Oppression is often portrayed in a negative light. Those who fight oppression are frequently regarded as heroes. The opposite is true for Alan Moore and David Lloyd’s book, V for Vendetta. V for Vendetta totes a mysterious character who goes by the alias of V. V is a villain who will stop at nothing to achieve his end goal: freeing England from the Norsefire regime.

The Devil Wears Prada is about a new college graduate aspiring to become a journalist, Andrea (Andy), who is trying to adapt to her first job as the junior personal assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high demanding and cold editor-in-chief of Runway fashion magazine. Andy starts out her job knowing almost nothing about Runway, and of fashion itself. She feels like she doesn’t fit in with her attractive, gossip-obsessed co-workers, and Miranda’s senior assistant, Emily, was always there to remind her of it. Later on, she receives fashion advice from Nigel, the art director and gradually begins to dress herself more stylishly. Andy works harder than ever, trying to prove to Miranda that she wasn’t a disappointment, and she eventually succeeds when Miranda offers to take her to the Paris fashion show instead of Emily. However, Andy knows that Emily has been waiting her whole career to go on this trip, and cannot bring herself to accept the offer. Miranda then threatens Andy that if she does not go, she will lose her job. With no choice, Andy takes the offer. When Andy tells her boyfriend, Nate, that she was going to Paris, he becomes angered at the fact that she became what she once condemned and refused to acknowledge it, and they break up. In Paris, Andy finds out that Nigel given a job opportunity as creative director for a less strict designer, and they celebrate together. At a lunch party the next day however, Andy witnesses Miranda giving the job to someone she rather