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There is a brutal elegance to John Wick: Chapter 2 that calls to mind mid-1990s B-movie mayhem, ludicrous violence, the unrelenting action of a Bruce Lee-style action movie and dry, droll moments of humor that leave us shaking our heads in amused disbelief. While the level of violence will turn away some viewers, this sequel to the surprise 2014 box office smash brings Keanu Reeves back to the big screen as the feared killer, known around the criminal underworld as “The Boogeyman.” After the surprising

Ideology and Reality in the Movie, The Matrix The matrix, as presented in the eponymous film, operates as an Althusserian Ideological State Apparatus (ISA). The Matrix1 presents a world in which "the state [as] a 'machine' of repression" is made literal where robots rule the land (Althusser 68). It is true that they rule by force (sentinels and agents) and these constitute the Repressive State Apparatus, but their primary force of subjugation is the matrix, their ISA. The film traces the

Anderson, who is a man living a double life. One part of his life consists of working for a highly respectable software company. The second part of his life he is a hacker under the alias "Neo." One day Neo is approached by Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and is taught that everything he thought was real was actually The Matrix, a computer program developed by machines in order to use human beings as batteries. Morpheus has been searching his whole life for “the one” to end the war between the

Christopher Orobinsky The quote "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." In my opinion this quote is true because you do need experience to do or know something. Although reading can give you a lot of knowledge it’s not enough for you in the real world. To become a doctor you actually need experience but knowledge is just as important. I believe that this quote can be applied

Miranda Hamm Bergdale ENG (11-world literature-period 1) 14 September 2015 Literary Analysis Paulo Coelho’s novel, The Alchemist, is an extraordinary story about a young boy chasing his dreams. When the main character, Santiago, was sleeping by a sycamore tree in an old run down church, he had a dream of a child telling him to travel to the Egyptian pyramids and find the hidden treasure. Santiago was confused and didn’t know what to think of the dream. He decided to go talk to a gypsy woman in

The Alchemist The Alchemist, a fiction novel written by Paulo Coelho, is an outstanding piece of literature that teaches important life lessons through the adventures of a young boy seeking his treasure. The universal idea of this book is to always pursue your personal destiny, or in other words, to follow your dreams. Santiago, a shepherd of Andalusia, Spain, had a dream to reach the grand pyramids of Egypt. A passing king of Salem told the boy to follow his destiny, “When you want something, all

Paulo Coelho’s novel, The Alchemist, is developed as a hero’s journey through the realizations from Santiago’s life experiences that propel him on his journey/quest. The novel is about a boy named, Santiago, who is a shepherd and has a strong desire to go on a journey to carry out his personal legend, sending him on a quest to Egypt to find treasure. Santiago meets an old man who claims to be the king of a place called Salem. Still finding him hard to believe, Santiago gives the old man a chance

“As soon as you begin to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.” Barbara Sher’s quote illustrates Paulo Coelho’s attempt in The Alchemist to raise the idea that individuals should pursue their Personal Legend and individual dreams. Coelhio uses a multitude of literary elements such as symbolism and setting as described by Thomas C. Foster in How to Read Literature Like a Professor. In The Alchemist, Coelho uses his characters as symbols to manifest his overall theme to engage

A personal legend is something that can interpret to many things. The meaning of a personal legend can be narrowed down as one’s sole purpose in life. According to king Melchizedek, a personal legend is what a person have always wanted to accomplish and when they are young they always knew what their personal legend is. Realizing your personal legend isn’t the hard part but deciding whether you are going to pursue it is. Living a fulfilling life without accomplishing your personal legend is a topic

The Alchemist "When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." (Coelho 22). The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, revolves around a boy named Santiago, who goes on a quest to find his Personal Legend. However, it is not the universe, but one character that conspires to assist Santiago, allowing him to surmount obstacles and achieve his dreams. That character is named Melchizedek, and he appears very briefly at the beginning of the story in order to guide Santiago. Although