Essay Archive - The Die Hard Trilogy: McClain An Example of A Hero In America
The Die Hard Trilogy: McClain An Example of A Hero In America
"and he saved the day, got his girl and everyone lived happily ever after."
Sweet, short, cut and dry, that was the typical ending of our childhood books
and early movies. There was the perfect hero and the bad villain. That was in
the pre-modern era, now our hero isn't always perfect and has his flaws. The
hero in today's movies needs these flaws and needs to travel through a
combination of paths to become a hero. In order to sell movies which decide who
a hero is in today....
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