the decades, this duality—Godzilla as both a terrifying metaphor for mankind’s
This reflects my typical view of "monsters" especially Godzilla. Monsters wear a mask and they hid their true vulnerable self with evil.
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he Godzilla I knew wasan unpredictable force of destruction. But he could also sometimes be a friend tohumanity—a savior in moments of crisis, a mythological tita
Godzilla can be viewed as a foil to humans because they possess many of the same characteristics. For example Godzilla is viewed as a destroyer and evil but then can also be viewed as good and helpful to others. This is just like humans it just depends on the situation and the mental state they are in to choose if they are good or evil at that particular time.
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nd motivating principle of Ogden’s approach is no less wide-ranging andunexpected. Writers such as Roberto Calasso—from The Marriage of Cadmus andHarmony and its sequels to the new, posthumously published Book of All Books (aretelling of the Old Testament)3—as well as Neil Gaiman with Norse Mythologyand Stephen Fry with the Mythos trilogy shape similar masses of conflicting mate-2
These principles remind me of a book I read my senior year called "How to Read Literature Like a Professor" by Thomas Foster. In that book he teaches many principles on how to analyze texts to explore the deeper meaning behind it. Both of these texts thoroughly explore the context of the story instead of what is just on the surface level.
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of Exeter, where, incidentally, J.K. Rowling studied—she is rumored to have based
Potentially, since both of these authors studied at the same university, their writing styles are impacted by the way they were taught there. In both Harry Potter by J.K Rowling and the story being told they both are fictional and have some sort of evil fictional character that could be classified as a "monster". This could be because of their professors at the university they studied at by teaching them a certain writing style and influencing them to apply that into their own writing.
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The most popular majors at Syracuse University include: Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs; Social Sciences; Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; Visual and Performing Arts; and Engineering. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 91 percent.[115] The student-faculty ratio at Syracuse University is 15:1, and the school has 58.5 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students.
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