Compare the hero’s in Avatar (Jake Sully), The Matrix (Thomas Anderson AKA “Neo”) and They Live (John Nada).

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Culture in Revolt: Essay #2

Definition: To compare means to show similarities and / or to show differences.

Assignment: Choose one of the following topics and analyze it for three films: Avatar (2009), The Matrix (1999) and They Live (1988). Your assignment is to show similarities and / or differences for the following topics for the three films. Your thesis must state the topic and whether it is similar, different or similar and different for the movies. Do one movie at a time. State your ideas about one film, and then show how the next is similar or different, and then how the last is similar and different to the two preceding ones

The questions below are not a list to be answered but a series of brainstorming questions to help you develop ideas for your essay. Choose whichever you want or none at all.

The essay should be three pages long: no more, no less.

You must start your introduction with a quote from the movie and end with your thesis.

Each paragraph must start with a topic sentence and stick to that topic in the development of the paragraph.

You must cite dialogue from the film in each paragraph. See below for websites on how to do that. You should introduce each quote with a reference to the scene and speaker. Your in-text citations and Works Cited must be accurate. See below for websites on how to do that. You should not use any other outside sources. See Sources below.

You must use MLA title page and heading.

The deadline for this paper is April 6 at noon. The deadlines will be strictly enforced. Extensions may be given only prior to the deadline.

Topic:

Compare the hero’s in Avatar (Jake Sully), The Matrix (Thomas Anderson AKA “Neo”) and They Live (John Nada). Where is the hero before he / she is a hero? What is his / her attitude at that point? What starts him / her on a journey? Is it accidental or purposeful? What does he / she learn in the process of his journey to pass on to others? What does he she learn about him/herself as a person? How does his journey end? How is that heroic? NOTE: THESE ARE JUST BRAINSTROMING QUESTIONS, YOU SHOULD NOT USE THESE QUESTIONS AS A GUIDLEINE FOR THE ESSAY.

Sources: I want you to use quotes from these sources only. As I said above you should have a quote per paragraph and introduce each the scene and speaker. Use an in-text at end of each quote. See below; it is very simple. The same applies to Work

Avatar Quotes: Epic and Ambitious
https://www.moviequotesandmore.com/avatar-quotes.html#1

The Matrix Quotes:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/quotes

They Live Quotes:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/quotes

For in-text citations
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/
See Citing non-print or sources from the Internet
Avatar Quotes: Epic and Ambitious
For Work Cited
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
See A Page on a Web Site
Avatar Quotes: Epic and Ambitious Avatar Quotes: Epic and Ambitious