The Sea Wolf And The Dark Knight Comparison
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Man vs. Fear: The Constant Battle
Brazilian Novelist, Paulo Coelho once famously said in his book The Alchemist “If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.”. In both Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight and Jack London’s The Sea Wolf the concept of intimidation appears prominent throughout the story lines. Wolf Larsen and The Joker use intimidation to test a human's instinct to protect themselves at all costs to their advantages. Wolf Larsen is more of the ubermensch because he demands power and creates his own values upon his ship, The Ghost while the Joker terrorizes the city of Gotham, challenging the values of the power structure of society .
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Upon his ship The Ghost, Wolf Larsen commands respect and does not take no for an answer. He challenges those around him, when Hump is physically describing Wolf he says “His height was probably five feet ten inches, or ten and a half; but my first impression, or feel of the man, was not of this, but of his strength. And yet, while he was of massive build, with broad shoulders and deep chest, I could not characterize his strength as massive. It was what might be termed a sinewy, knotty strength, of the kind we ascribe to lean and wiry men, but which, in him, because of his heavy build, partook more of the enlarged gorilla order. Not that in appearance he seemed in the least gorilla-like.” (London ). Hump’s description of Wolf Larsen demonstrates how overwhelmingly strong he is and how his physical presence is intimidating almost “animal-like”, he commands the power of those around him and weaker ones cower in fear. Wolf Larsen commands respect and power of those around him and creates his own ideals and his own values to create his own
Miles
B Block
Man vs. Fear: The Constant Battle
Brazilian Novelist, Paulo Coelho once famously said in his book The Alchemist “If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.”. In both Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight and Jack London’s The Sea Wolf the concept of intimidation appears prominent throughout the story lines. Wolf Larsen and The Joker use intimidation to test a human's instinct to protect themselves at all costs to their advantages. Wolf Larsen is more of the ubermensch because he demands power and creates his own values upon his ship, The Ghost while the Joker terrorizes the city of Gotham, challenging the values of the power structure of society .
In a time of crisis each man’s selfish …show more content…
Upon his ship The Ghost, Wolf Larsen commands respect and does not take no for an answer. He challenges those around him, when Hump is physically describing Wolf he says “His height was probably five feet ten inches, or ten and a half; but my first impression, or feel of the man, was not of this, but of his strength. And yet, while he was of massive build, with broad shoulders and deep chest, I could not characterize his strength as massive. It was what might be termed a sinewy, knotty strength, of the kind we ascribe to lean and wiry men, but which, in him, because of his heavy build, partook more of the enlarged gorilla order. Not that in appearance he seemed in the least gorilla-like.” (London ). Hump’s description of Wolf Larsen demonstrates how overwhelmingly strong he is and how his physical presence is intimidating almost “animal-like”, he commands the power of those around him and weaker ones cower in fear. Wolf Larsen commands respect and power of those around him and creates his own ideals and his own values to create his own