Nimona Analysis

Like Maus, Noelle Stevenson's Nimona also explores themes of othering and alienation; however, whereas Maus depicts a true story of the Holocaust, Nimona instead explores these themes through a fantasy story of heroes, villains, and monsters. In Nimona the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics acts in a way similar to the Nazi government in Maus by splitting people into a binary of virtuous heroes and evil villains, typically based on their person's physical appearance. For example, the primary antagonist of the novel, Ballister Blackheart, is made into a villain by the Institution when he loses his arm in a rigged jousting tournament, and Nimona is labeled a monster because of her shapeshifting powers. In the world of Nimona, morality and monstrosity are "never an intrinsic qualit[ies],' but rather 'narrative[s] imposed on certain appearances or behaviors at particular times in specific social contexts'" (Precup, 3). However, Stevenson uses the graphic novel form to subvert these stereotypes of hero, villain, and monster through Nimona's cute character design and visual comedy. As Mihaela Precup notes, Nimona's round figure, boisterousness, and "deceptive smallness" make her an endearing character, and the reader identifies with and supports her despite her supposed monstrousness (Precup, 7). By depicting Nimona as a funny, cute character, Stevenson not only subverts the hero/villain binary in the novel but also the process of labeling others based on appearances, an

The book "Wonder" written by R.J. Palacio follows a young boy named August Pullman and his struggles in fifth grade. The struggle of being the only kid who looks the way he does. The struggle of being the only kid at his school who has Treacher Collins Syndrome. Even with all the obstacles in his path, August's overall experience at Beecher Prep has had a positive impact on his life. Not only does August have to deal with bullies because of his facial abnormalities, but he also has to adjust to a "real" school. August was always homeschooled due to his 27 surgeries. No one sees August as ordinary, well, except himself. Everyone else is blinded by Auggie's looks and for awhile they can't seem to look past them. But when...show more content...

And boy will I tell you Julian deserved it. With all the stuff Julian puts Auggie through Julian deserved worse. On page 267 Amos stood up for Auggie by saying, " Leave him alone dude." It was really strange for Amos to do this since he was on Julian's side for awhile.

Near the end of the book Auggie feels accepted. On page 282 we find evidence of this when he says, "It was like I was one of them." When he says "them" he is referring to the other students. Auggie could finally feel "normal" and it is necessary for August to feel this way because people have always seen Auggie as strange because of his face. At a point August even forgets he hasTreacher Collins syndrome. On page 307 we find an example of this, "I wasn't even thinking about my face. I was just smiling a big happy smile." August felt like it didn 't matter what his face looked like. It just mattered that he was happy. For once, Auggie didn 't feel like everyone was trying to get away from him; on the contrary, he said, "It kind of felt like everyone wanted to get close to me." (pg 308) August can finally feel like a "normal" kid.

Some may argue that Auggie's experience had a negative impact because of the bullies, but in the end he had everyone on his side. Plus with the conditions there will always be people who give you those long stares, or those people who do that look then look away Get

Thesis Statement In order for the United States of America and its allies to live a life free of terrorist threats, they need to counter violent extremism and terrorism with swift and deliberate prevention efforts world–wide. Literature Review Bachmann, S. (2012). Bankrupting terrorism: The role of US anti–terrorism litigation in the prevention of terrorism and other hybrid threats: A legal assessment and outlook. The Liverpool Law Review, 33(2), 91–109. doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy2.apus.edu/10.1007/s10991–012–9115–7 This peer–reviewed article directly supports one of my critical points of prevention efforts and the research papers thesis. This article discusses how attacking and ceasing the influx of income that both, directly and indirectly,...show more content...

J. (2013). Behavioural aspects of terrorism. Forensic Science International (Online), 228(1), 21–7. doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy1.apus.edu/10.1016

/j.forsciint.2013.02.004 This is a peer–reviewed article that will be one of the primary foundation source for the research paper. As indicated in the week four outline, it is incredibly important to understand that in order to effectively combat extreme radicalization and terrorism in general, you need to understand what creates a terrorist. After all, not all terrorists are just born that way. This article supports that point effectively. It is important to realize that profiling is a terroist is near impossible because according to Leistedt (2013), "research has not found a 'pattern' of psychologically among terrorists." (p. 22) There has also been long time assumption among professionals and average citizens that terrorists are 'mentally ill' individuals. However, there is yet again no evidence that supports that theory. As a matter of fact, there is countless examples in history that counters that said theory of being 'mentally ill' and this article provides those examples; as well as, providing the avenue in which an individual can and has been radicalized. Moreover, this article articulates and lays out a method in which could be used to counter the radicalization

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