into seven kingdom’s, with their own lords, houses and words, or mottoes. There is one King , that rules over all the kingdoms. The book follows a few main characters that are, Lord Eddard Stark, lord or Warden of the North, Catelyn Stark, Ned’s wife originally from house Tully, Sansa Stark, the oldest daughter of Ned and Catelyn, Arya Stark, youngest daughter, Bran Stark second oldest son, Jon Snow, Ned’s bastard son, Tyrion Lannister, a dwarf from house Lannister who uses his words rather than a
Eddard Stark is an honorable man, and he shows as much in the novel A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. However, there is one person in the novel that contradicts this. It is his bastard son Jon Snow. Jon Snow is a child born in the south out of wedlock, and this is very unusual because at the time, he was to be married to Catelyn Tully. Multiple times in the novel, this blight is discussed by everyone but nothing concrete is offered up about it. We are given no explanation as to why he has
The story opens in Winterfell, Eddard Stark, also known as Ned, is the lord of Winterfell. As the story begins, Eddard must execute a deserter of the Night’s Watch, and takes his three sons and his bastard-Jon Snow, along with him as witnesses. On the ride back to Winterfell, Eddard's sons discover six direwolf pups, which are entrusted to Eddard's five children and his bastard. (The direwolf, the sigil of House Stark). Following the death of Lord Jon Arryn, previous "Hand of the King", King Robert
point when the frantic lord, Aerys Targaryen, assaulted Lyanna Stark, killed her sibling, and endeavored to kill their associates, the Starks, Baratheons, and Arryns revolted and toppled the ruler. A short time later, Robert Baratheon was delegated ruler and Jon Arryn was named the "Lord's Hand." Meanwhile, Ned Stark came back to Winterfell, in the north, the seat of their energy and where A Game of Thrones starts. Ruler Eddard (Ned) Stark of Winterfell is a capable man who satisfies the expressions
Iron Man, the story starts off with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) riding in a military convoy with U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. While joking around with the soldiers, their vehicle suddenly gets attacked. Tony quickly runs out and hides behind a nearby boulder while the soldiers attempt to fight but are rapidly killed. All of a sudden Stark sees a missile fired which lands close to him. Before it detonates, he notices that the missile has the Stark Industries logo on it. When it explodes,
Over the course of political history in the world, consequentialism, the idea that the morality of an action should be judged merely on its consequences, has always been present in the spans of empires, republics, and sovereigns. The Prince, a composition written by Niccolo Machiavelli detailing the structure and mechanisms of government, first proposed the concept of consequentialism in politics (Machiavelli). This idea is intrinsic to politicians in governments internationally- from the freest
from a poor Lousiana family to become a demigod in the pantheon of American politics, while slowly abandoning his most deeply held principles to the prevailing political realties of the time. While not exactly matching the details of his life, Willie Stark in Robert Penn Warren's All The King's Men closely parallels the famous southern demagogue, known as the "Kingfish." The author uses this association to further illustrate his primary goal of the book - that one cannot effectively change society through
From being kidnapped to fighting off an alien invasion, Tony Stark has seen it all, but have these many adventures finally left their mark on him? In the newest instalment of the Iron Man franchise we are introduced to a new Tony. Gone is the confident egotistical billionaire we all love, replaced with a sleep deprived stressed-out workaholic. In the real world we would expect these many exploits to take their toll on an individual, but for this comic book turned movie, the introduction of the possibility
way to make the situation more intense for the audience since the risks are now higher for Tony. There are two instances in Iron Man 3 where this happens. First, when Maya Hansen pays a visit to Tony’s house and Tony, Pepper, and she are in the living room speaking, a missile is launched at the house. While Tony does save Maya (a past love interest of his), he focuses on saving Pepper, even giving her his suit to protect her from debris. He then tells Maya and Pepper to go somewhere safe which leads
The book starts out with a woman, Nancy Greenly, going to the Boston Memorial Hospital because she is having an extra heavy period. After being examined, she is going to have an operation in OR room 8. Something happens during the operation, and Nancy becomes brain dead. Susan Wheeler, a medical student, is waking up for her first day in the field after two years of studying to become a medical doctor. She is very attractive with blond hair. She has blue, brown, and flecks of green in her eyes. When
that allow him to combat the treacherous forces thrown at him. Particularly, Tony Stark brandishes repulsor cannons in order to combat the damned warriors of Mephitso’s realm (Michelinie 19). This allows him long-range defense and strong offensive weapons crucial to surviving the stringent battle conditions crafted by Doctor Doom. In order to further bolster his superpowers, Iron Man’s technology equips Tony Stark with flight. While protecting the Latverian fighter pilot, Iron Man strategically
The search for knowledge and truth is a compelling theme woven throughout All the King's Men, and it is especially evident in the story of Jack Burden. When Jack embarks on a quest toward self- knowledge, he realizes that most of his problems in life have risen out of his lack of knowledge and understanding of people, events, and ideas. Jack's shortcoming in this area often leads him to think about the past and hinders his ability to grow emotionally, an aspect of Jack that has been in arrested development
his characterization of both Willie Stark and Jack Burden. Warren’s novel is an American classic because it traces the lives of two lost men as each man follows his personalized compass pointing towards complete understanding. After elevating him to unprecedented heights, Willie’s interpretation of truth returns to drag him down to the Underworld. Only when Jack learns that not even Willie can be omnipotent does he stop trying to understand everything. Willie Stark and Jack Burden embody the essence
book series, movies, and TV shows based off Iron Man. Iron Man first appeared in the Marvel Comic Book Tales of Suspense #33, which was published in March 1963. The protagonist is the owner of his father’s company Stark Industries. Anthony Edward Stark, better known as Tony Stark, is a genius, billionaire, playboy who suffered a severe chest injury while being kidnapped. His captors forced him to create a weapon of mass destruction. Instead, he built himself a suit of armor made entirely from
small role in the first movie, but now she has more lines. She runs the Stark Industry for Tony while he does the inventing and the crime fighting. Pepper isn’t just a character, she is part of Tony Stark and without her, he would be lost in his company. Scarlett Johansson, a gorgeous woman plays her part as Black Widow which is part of the Avengers series. Even the director himself is in the movie as an assistant to Tony Stark. His role is to be Tony’s bodyguard which is ironic because Tony does not
The image has been taken from Iron Man II movie which was initiated in 2010. Since then, Iron man has become an icon for the American pop culture. Iron Man represents various themes of the American pop culture such as capitalism, imperialism and entrepreneurial genius. Iron Man is a self-made superhero. His powers are not gifted but rather earned and invented by him. He is a philanthropist at heart but an egocentric human being in his mindset, and he is often conflicted due to his inner commotion
history plays an important role in the motivations and lives of all the characters. History's importance is most noticeable, not surprisingly, in the story main characters - Willie Stark and Jack Burden - whose lives focus on and, in some cases, depend upon history and how they relate themselves to it. While Willie Stark views history as a tool with which to manipulate people for his own ends, an attitude resulting in his own destruction, Jack Burden's view of history changes over time and eventually
While Jack gives the pretense of imperviousness, he is sensitive to the signals even as he excuses them. “Doesn’t it all boil down to this? If the government of this state for quite a long time had been doing anything for the folks in it, would Stark…be making so many short cuts to get something done to make up for the time lost all these years in not getting something done?” (125). Jack recognizes that men are corruptible by power, but he justifies this because of the results corruption seems
Robert Penn Warren’s novel, All the King’s Men depicts the tale of the rise of a political leader named Willie Stark. Many readers have speculated that Warren based Willie Stark’s character on Huey Long, a controversial, political leader from Louisiana who was prominent during the early 1900s. Although Robert Penn Warren has “repeatedly denied that Willie Stark is a fictional portrait of Huey Long,” many aspects of the novel directly correlate to the political career and personal life of Huey Long
mainly about the rise and fall of the political figure Willie Stark told through the eyes of his business associate and friend Jack Burden. Willie stark in his early political career is all for helping the people and trying to do what is best for them. As he gains power and the trust of his people he soon becomes corrupt by the evils of success. Characters Jack Burden- He is the narrator of this story and he is the companion of Willie Stark. He works at a newspaper company before getting a job from