Aang Essays

John Gardner’s Grendel is the retelling of the epic poem Beowulf from the point of view of the antagonist, Grendel. The main difference between the two literary works is represented by the values behind their writing. The ancient epic poem is the perfect example of the tales of a hero, Beowulf, the storyline is flat and characters are static because they are constructed around the heroic code to fulfil a specific role. Grendel, in the homonym novel, is a dynamic character with a post-modern, existentialist

We will analyse "The Cronicles of Narnia" to give examples for each stage of Hero's Journey. There are three movies in "The Cronicles of Narnia": "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe", "Prience Caspian" and "The Voyage of The Dawn Treader". There are three different movies but when we analyse them one by one, we will see that there are so many similar points among them. The 12 Stage of The Hero's Journey will show us how their themes are the same. The first movie is "The Cronicles of Narnia: The

ethnic group is not the same at all, so it is hard to replace the character in Asian movie. Another example is a Last Airbender movie, it is a very famous movie and popular in Asia. However, M. Night Shyamalan decided to choose Noah Ringer to play Aang, it was receiving a lot of opposite response from the audiences. Therefore, it got a very low rating with only 2.8/10. Generally, the writers and directors have a social responsibility to avoid stereotyping ethnic character to make a good rate for

Take “the Last Airbender” for instance, the three main characters Aang, Katara, and Sokka were all reputably Asian and Inuit characters in the cartoon version, but thanks to Hollywood they miraculously changed races and became all white. Not only that but the leading minority Dev Patel played the character of Zuko which

Choices and Consequences Antigone has a horrific tragedy. She puts the gods before anyone else, she is willing to do anything for her best interest. The book Antigone is about a girl that has been through a lot in her life. She has been in so many tragedies, which one of them are losing both of her brothers Polyneice and Eteocles. She had to bury Polyneice because her uncle Creon refused to give him a proper burrier because he believed he was a trader. She was caught burying Polyneice and was imprisoned

Winter brought storms of snow and ice, and it was here, finally arriving at this time of year. The decorations and entertainment of the Glacier Spirits Festival were hung up and visitors were starting to arrive at the Southern Water Tribe. The golden rays of the sun were blocked by the silver clouds, and the snow was coming down in torrents of white. The howling of the winter wind roared loud as the polar bear dogs that dominated the area, brushing past the colorless landscape beyond the city. I