Buffy The Vampire Slayer Analysis

In the book “the slayer” by Heather Brewer you can tell that he had accepted his destiny when he finally slays his vampier.

He got Buffy on January 26th, 1984. Buffy could not go into the wild or even sit in a zoo because his claws were cut off. He would be treated as a useless animal and even worse, killed. On the first night, Buffy couldn’t go to sleep because he was feeling uncomfortable and Mikaelsen heard a cry. He went outside and saw Buffy wide awake. For the first 6 months, Mikaelsen laid Buffy to sleep and spent hours feeding him, playing with him and watching him to make sure Buffy is safe. Buffy is said to play very human like because his muscle structure and coordination are those of a human. Mikaelsen had kept Buffy for 27 years until he died on September 1st,

Analysis of Friday Night Lights Friday Night Lights is a good view of how football envelops the live of everyone in the Texas town of Odessa. While it does use football as a main theme, I don't believe it is a book mainly about sports. The story is mostly about the people in a town that has nothing to look forward to except football. The story chronicles the lives of a few players and their parents. The author describes their background, characteristics, and reactions to football and life

In the movie Girl, Interrupted the plot surrounds a period in the life of Susanna Kaysen played by Winona Ryder who was institutionalized at the Claymore mental hospital in the 1960s. In the movie, the main character Susanna is diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and undergoes treatment to which at the end of the movie she is released. It is at this hospital that Susanna encounters many other patients of which she shares many experiences with. One of these patients was the longtime resident and popular amongst all the other patients Lisa Rowe played by Angelina Jolie whom Susanna became close with and would mid-movie escape the hospital with to only return on her own and find that Lisa would be back a few days later. Lisa, while being the protagonist of the movie, was very charismatic in her own way and based on her behavior and revelation in the movie is diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder, particularly a sociopath in the movie.

In contrast to “16 Candles,” the show focuses almost exclusively on Buffy and her narrative. She is not overshadowed by the stories of the males in the series. In spite of this, Buffy is still implicated in the concept that females must have a male love object to talk about. Buffy and her friend Willow spend a considerable amount of screen time discussing crushes and love interests. Unlike in “16 Candles” though, the love interests discussed in “Buffy: The Vampire Slayer” are often nuanced, not based solely on popularity or physical appearance. Buffy does not always end up with the boy she is interested in and not all of her relationships are perfect, unlike in “16 Candles,” where Sam and Jake mutually like each other and end up together in the

In the both works, Beowulf and Grendel, Grendel is portrayed in different matters.The setting of the works take place in the Anglo-Saxon time period, which was present from the years 450- 1056, and the works introduce phenomenal characters. Beowulf, is a Geatish warrior, casts to Denmark to extinguish the danger that roams through the city, saving the people from the hideous creature. Being described as a brave, courageous,and effective, to protect the humans of Denmark. Beowulf interprets Grendel as being a terrifying monster who is a major threat to the hero society taking place in Denmark. Grendel, described as a disgusting creature with no soul and his only use in life is harming other humans,

in so much as she has taken on the body of an innocent teenage boy

subject of social ostracism, and the New Woman, the advent of which was feared by the majority of the British Victorian patriarchy, was a prominent aspect of much mid-to-late Victorian era literature. Supplementary evidence to support the compelling Victorian era literary connection between the vampire and the New Woman can be extrapolated from the unique gender role standards that defined that socially complex era. As Catherine Siemann suggests in her essay, “Darkness Falls on the Endless Summer: Buffy as Gidget for the Fin de Siecle,” the Victorian New Woman’s “personal

Around the beginning of the episode when Xander and Anya still have the ability to speak they have an argument because Anya feels like Xander does not care about her or love her .Xander response is he does not want to talk about the issue at that moment and would rather put it off till later . Later does come around, however, now Xander and Anya have lost their voices yet Xander was able to prove his love to Anya with actions .At one point in the episode Xander walks in and sees Spike with red color lips close to Anya who looks unconscious, he naturally thinks that Spike has sucked blood from Anya so Xander attacks Spike by punching him repeatedly. Anya hears the commotion and wakes up and stopping the fight, Xander is relieved and kisses her.

In the first three series of the show taking place in Sunnydale High, Giles's lair is the library. After Buffy enrols in university, Giles's bachelor flat becomes the de-facto library of the Scooby Gang. His bookishness defines him and gives him his role among the cast of protagonists. In 'Primeval' (4.21), Giles's contribution to the group's attack against Adam is his intelligence, 'Sophus', his mind. Giles is the brain of the group, Buffy the hand that strikes. Similarly, Van Helsing in Dracula intervenes in the novel when the young characters need someone with access to occult lore to explain Lucy's ailment. His knowledge defines him too: Jack Seward refers to him for the first time as 'Professor Van Helsing, of Amsterdam, who knows as much about obscure diseases as anyone in the world' (Dracula, 111), and alter as 'Van Helsing, the great specialist' (Dracula, 117).

Inversely, Buffy was created in a time where the wounds of the past were present. However, the future looked bright. The Cold War was over. America was the dominant superpower of the era. Business was booming, and technology was advancing ever more

In the TV show of Riverdale, the main character, Archie Andrews, is much like Socrates because both of their decisions are based on whether to save themselves or to benefit society. The basis of this is that Archie has to decide whether to do something that goes against his best interest, (due to the societal torment both him and Miss Grundy will receive if their relationship is discovered) but will help society as a whole (by finding out information to help with the murder), or do the opposite and help himself, but not help society. This connects to Plato’s argument in the Crito as Socrates has to make a similar decision on whether to save himself, and hurt society, or save society and let himself die.

The movie, Girl, Interrupted, displays Susanna Kaysen’s eighteen-month stay at a mental institute in the 1960s. This film was an adaptation of a book based on a true story of the main character and author Susanna Kaysen. Susanna was checked into Claymore, a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts, after chasing a bottle of aspirin with a bottle of vodka. At first, Susanna denies this blatant attempt at suicide and constantly struggles with uncertainty of her thoughts and emotions. Although Girl, Interrupted exhibits several mental disorders one of the most prevalent disorder of this film is Susanna’s Borderline Personality Disorder. This film depicts majority of the signs and symptoms of a person with Borderline Personality. As stated in the textbook, “the lives of persons with borderline personality are marked by instability. Their relationships are unstable, their behavior is unstable, their emotions are unstable, and even their images of themselves are unstable” (Larsen and Buss 593). Susanna’s romantic relationships are extremely unstable and she frequently engages in casual sex. She jumps from one guy to another in a matter of few weeks. One scene that establishes this the most is when her boyfriend at the time comes to visit her at Claymore and expresses his true feelings for her and she instantly withdraws. He asked her to go to Canada with him and she turns him down immediately. She also kisses Lisa who she befriends at the mental institute, displaying a switch of

For this project, I chose to spend time with someone who is religious to discuss our similarities and differences. I was born and raised a Roman Catholic. I fulfilled my sacraments, from baptism to confirmation. I attended church sporadically in grade school and attended Catholic schools from grade school through college. I interviewed my mother who continues to encourage to practice our faith. She attends church and prays daily. My mom finds value and meaning in the Catholic Church.

One of the biggest problems facing mankind is global warming. More than 97 perecent of the world scientists believed that human activities mainly the burning of fossil fuel caused global warming. Exacerbated by global warming, the occurrence of extreme weather events such as hurricanes, droughts, rising sea level, floods,and heatwaves are becoming more frequent and sever. In the past two decades global warming induced extreme weather affected almost half of the world population. The scientific evidence is now clear that global warming is a growing threat to society. Hoping to reach a significant agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contained the average rise in global temperature under 2C, leaders around the world have