will topic and foci

1. The study of the Unfettered Ubermensch: A man so driven that all else that stands in his way is trivial. He works by his own code or morals, and by nobody else's. Anton Chigurh of the book/movie No Country for Old Men and Heath Ledger as Joker from the film The Dark Knight are two examples of two men who are absolute entities of chaos, seeking a goal through destruction and evil, letting nothing stop them. And they play by their own set of rules.

 2. A lawless world where justice will never prevail: Anton Chigurh, the antagonist, is in pursuit of our protagonist, Llewelyn Moss, who is a thief and a straight up bad husband. There is only 1 truly good side, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell. Needless to say, Sheriff Bell doesn't win and evil prevails. In The Dark Knight, Batman is an antihero, and pursues his own agenda of crime fighting at the cost of collateral damage to the city and law enforcement. In the end, the bad guys are stopped, but at what cost? The Joker is still alive, as is Anton Chigurh.

 3. Is there such thing as a good side?: Llewelyn Moss and Walter White (Breaking Bad)  both get wrapped up in a plot of drug money and killers. Both of them did it for a righteous cause, the financial security of their family, but the collateral damage caused to their loved ones far outweighs what they are chasing. Can they really even be considered anti-heros?

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2018 at 9:44 AM

    Is there something in these rouge characters that ties them all together? a similar experience or similar upbringing? I really like your idea of these people who have their own set of morals and follow them in pursuit of "justice". There is definitely somewhere you could go with the general "morality of man" with Ayn Rand in "Atlas Shrugged" or Frazier psychology, if you choose. There is also a lot in music about doing what needs to be done to survive, even if it isnt the right thing. You could talk about the Donner party or other cases of people who have done "what needed to be done". There is a lot of that in war movies about remorse for killing people.

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