Fox, a character played by Angelina Jolie in the 2008 movie, Wanted, is a member of an assassin group, called the Fraternity. The mission of the Fraternity is to assassinate individuals whose names are given by the Loom of Fate as targets “through a binary code hidden in weaving errors of the fabric” (IMDb, 2008). At the start of the movie, Fox seemed to exhibit an egoist ethics or synonymously, “enlightened self-interest” (Gower, 2007). She was killing others, either through assassination or exchange of fire, for the purposes of completing her mission and protecting herself. Her unapologetic and risk-taking character also played a significant role in deceiving, but also training, the main character, Gibson, framed as a commoner who did not know his father or his true identity. Up to this point, Fox showed three out of the four overriding loyalties Parsons (2008) pointed out. These include her duty to 1) …show more content…
The movie uncovers her background story revealing the reasons behind her extreme loyalty to the Fraternity’s cause. Fox shared a story of herself as a child. A man was sent to their house to “handle” her father, who was a federal judge at the time. Tied to a chair across from her father, she was forced to watch as the man burned her father alive. When she joined the Fraternity, she found out that the name of the man was given by the Loom of Fate a week earlier but the assassin assigned to him failed to complete his mission. She concludes her story with the following, “we don’t know how far the ripples of our decisions go. You kill one, and maybe, save a thousand.” This reveals that, in fact, Fox is utilitarian, a position that “the ethical act is the one that produces the greatest possible balance of good over bad for everyone affected” (Gower, 2007). It also indicates that she operates under the fourth overriding loyalty: her duty to
Kyle was Scott's friend, who ended up being a stranger to Scott. Kyle wasn’t the same person Scott knew, the kid who stood up for his friends. It's the first time for Scott Hudson and his friends going into high school. No one really knows what to expect. Scott meets a lot of people on his journey of freshmen year.
Mattie Ross, the now half-orphan, in Western Film True Grit has become obsessed with seeking revenge soon after finding out about her father’s death; “No doubt Chaney fancied himself scot-free, but he was wrong. You must pay for everything in this world, one way and another. There is nothing free, except the grace of God.” Although not gone as intended, Tom Chaney’s murder in True Grit ultimately transforms itself into a victory for Mattie and the people around her.
Alternatively, Fox also completed his goal to raise awareness towards cancer from completing the Marathon of Hope. For example, Fox was able to raise a total of about 650 million dollars towards cancer research. This allowed Terry to accomplish his goal to raise awareness and also accentuated Terry Fox's empathetic behavior. The reason as to why this accentuated his empathetic behaviour is because he raised around 650 million dollars and decided to donate every penny to cancer research while
Long story short: she’s late for her trip, she gets in a big argument with her boyfriend, and she starts falling for another guy. As you can probably tell already, the theme of the book is relationships. The first quote that relates to the theme of relationships is, “I don’t know why, but I don’t want Derrick to know that Beckett drove me here. Not that Derrick would care. Derrick is not the type of guy who gets jealous.
As the nanny to Driscoll’s infant son, Roxanna is able to convincingly switch her biological son in place of her master’s son, Thomas à Becket Driscoll, when both children are only a few months old in order to ensure that her son lives a life free from slavery. Although Roxy changes their identities out of motherly love, it is through her foolish, impulsive actions that she begins the downward spiral that ultimately destroys her son’s life. Along with this , she also
This can turn dangerous as some many feel they are deserving of more, so they go and create their self-righteous version of terror. Because of this powerful businessman and their rent-seeking activities and the abusers of the BlueServo project possess similar motives. But when people are the ones being viewed or spectated, humans attempt to escape reality to focus on irrelevant things. The
There are three key characters of that squad; Brianna, who is constantly called fat when she can’t be over 120 pounds; Amber, Britney’s best friend on the team and the only Asian man cast member; and most importantly, Winnie. Winnie is the “backstabbing frenemy” character who is always trying to undermine Britney despite the fact that they’re supposed to be friends. Britney’s father loses his well-paying job and their family has to move to “the other side of the tracks” and Britney must leave her squad and boyfriend, Brad, behind for Crenshaw Heights. To keep it short, she has a difficult time adjusting to a mostly black school that has high security and so little funding
A boy named Wade Jaffre offers Junie a ride home from school, but on their way, she and Wade sees her mom yelling at her dad, making a big scene throughout the whole neighbourhood. Junie decides to lie to Wade and says that that woman is not her mother. Junie and her best friend Tabitha are the only people who know the real truth about Junie's mother. Tabitha is the most admirable person in the story The Opposite of Tidy because she convinces Junie to tell the truth about
Slim, the main female character of this movie faced the common dilemma by woman around the globe, domestic violence. She was violated by Mitch, her own husband that once was so lovable. All she did was demand an explanation from Mitch regarding Darcelle. However, he refused
Her daughter, Izzy, on the other hand believes that her mother is selfish and is only thinking of herself. It bother her because her mother is so nonchalant and acts like her daughter doesn’t matter, but in reality he mother is probably doing this for her daughter. Second, the clashing of views of the mother and daughter cause tension because they misinterpreted each other. According to the text, “Opportunity? For me?
Machiavellianism in Ted Bundy Ted Bundy, one of the most notorious serial killers in United States history, is driven by a Machiavellian personality. Over the span of four years, Bundy was held responsible for over thirty-five murders of young females in seven states (cite something). A person who exhibits a Machiavellian personality is calculating in order to intentionally manipulate social situations and deceive others for power and control (Mayer, 2014). In his final interview before his execution, Bundy reveals his motivations for carrying out so many ruthless murders; he states, “Murder is not about lust, and it’s not about violence.
He is a teenager with a brilliant intellect and a mind blowing experience. The movie portrays a unique and original thinking; Donnie is a piece of the puzzle who did not fit in his family, but fit perfectly with his friend Frank, a character dressed in a creepy rabbit costume. The meaning of the movie come as a equal sign
However, it can be encouraged to mould one’s decisions and actions and sometimes an entire ideology towards life. Similarly, moral development can be encouraged as ethical behavior. Such deliberate actions to teach ethics affects and renovates ones individual behavior as well as of those concerned. Erin Brockovich was a brave lady, who was a single mother to three infants; no source of income yet firm on her beliefs, an influencer to those who needed a push to revitalize their moral and ethical believes. Her actions in the early stages were drawn towards the Ethics of Care principle, which later were subjected under the Utilitarian principle, as per which she first, determined the ethical nature of dilemma and then further on influenced others to believe so.
The movie Legally blonde features Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) a kind hearted, blonde girly-girl who somehow manages to keep up a 4.0, while also being the president of her sorority; Elle is adored by her sorority sisters, so when she believed her boyfriend Warner (Matthew Davis) was going to propose that night her sisters jumped at the chance to help her prepare for the date. Unfortunately, the work they put in to make Elle look beautiful on her special night was for not because instead of proposing, Warner broke up with Elle, for he did not view her as an asset to his potential political career. Feeling a new sense of determination, Elle decided to follow Warner to Harvard Law School to prove that she was indeed “serious” enough for him,
The main character, Bud Fox is anxious to work for him. Gekko sees potential in Fox, and becomes his mentor, guiding him towards success and wealth. However, their friendship and partnership ends when Gekko plans to destroy Fox’s father’s company. But despite the fact that Gekko, driven by greed, betrays his friend, his portrayal as villain is inadequate. Gekko is a successful, intelligent, and charismatic millionaire.