#Now if I put this much effort into my literary analysis homework

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One day I will go into a more coherent rant about this but one thing I do genuinely love is how rich double meeanings can be in Chinese that sometimes get lost in translation.

For example the line 既是故人，便让他留在故事里. (Given that he's a past acquaintance, then let him stay in the stories/let him stay in the past)

故人 mean past and person respectively, aka Li Lianhua doing his thing where he insists Li Xiangyi stay dead, but what I want to focus on is 故事. They mean past and event respectively (rough translation), but when you put these words together, they can also mean stories as well as past events. And I just like that little double meaning there, that Li Lianhua wants Li Xiangyi to remain merely a story, maybe, and not an actual person anymore, but what he wants even more is for everyone to just leave this ghost in the past. From what he thinks, the events have already transpired, Li Xiangyi is dead, he talks about Li Xiangyi in past tense, and in a way for all he says he's no longer Li Xiangyi, it's also kind of a coping mechanism because he doesn't want to live in the present. What he's saying here could be "leave this person who's already gone in stories only, don't push him into reality", but also "leave him in the past don't make him face the future, he shouldn't have a present or future".

[bbq-hawks-wings]

I want to express an unpopular opinion. I hope for your understanding, because such things don't like to listen. Why does everyone think that Hawks is a bird? I couldn' fit my logical arguments into the askbox :( (about how he sits on a pole "like a bird", supposedly likes jewelry and so on). Even his quirk is called Fierce Wings, not a Hawk, not a Red Bird. Do you remember the names of the quirks of Hound Dog and Tsuyu-chan? We haven't evidence to believe that Hawks is behaves like a bird.

I do believe very much he’s a bird, and if you would let me friend, I would love to try and prove it to you because I think the evidence is overwhelming. I’ll make a TL;DR at the end but I’d really like to take the opportunity to perhaps teach others at least one method for literary analysis since it can be a really dry and boring subject to learn in school but is SO useful not only for getting good grades but getting into colleges as well as interpreting both entertainment and genuinely important information like the news, history, laws, and scientific papers. Using fiction - especially such a rich, engaging one like HeroAca - is a great way to try it out without the pressure of a grade. I don’t have the qualifications to teach in any formal capacity, but as a “peer” tutor I hope I can be helpful.

I’m going to put everything under the cut from here because this is going to get LONG, but I promise the TL;DR at the end will be very easy to read. If you liked this sort of unofficial tutorial please let me know. I’d love to help make “academic” skills like this more accessible for those who might benefit from it and enjoy it, but it doesn’t make sense to put in all that effort moving forward if I’m garbage at it.

Before we get too into things, I want to lay out a few notes to keep in mind as we go.

I will only be using the official translations from Viz’s Shonen Jump website when available. Fan translations are more than close enough to casually enjoy and follow the story, but professional translators are paid to know and get various nuances correct and some of the trickier cultural background behind certain phrases (for example, the phrase “where the rubber meets the road” might make zero sense in a foreign language if translated literally, so an equal cultural phrase should be used instead) that give more exact information. Rarely is this too important, but sometimes it helps, plus it supports the source material.

If you’ve followed my blog for a while you might know I’m very fond of doing this kind of thing in my spare time and that I’m a huge fan of YouTube channels like Game/Film Theory, Overly Sarcastic Productions, Extra Credits, and Wisecrack that do this kind of thing with popular media as well. If you like this sort of content, may I encourage you to check them out after this to see how else you can apply these kinds of analytical skills to things that aren’t homework.

My writing style tends to meander, but I do my best to cut out the fat and only include relevant information so even though there’s a lot of information here, please know that I’m trying to be thorough and explain things to the best of my ability. If I seem to go off on a tangent, I’m trying to set up or contextualize information to explain why it’s relevant and then come back to the point. In other words, please be patient and bear with me as I go.

Now, to start, I want to explain at least my method for analyzing a text/piece of media. There is a set order and number of steps to take, and it’s as follows:

Read the material all the way through.

Come up with a hypothesis about something you’ve noticed when reading it. (In this case, it’s “Is Hawks actually supposed to be a bird?”)

Collect as much relevant information as possible and test the evidence to see if it supports the hypothesis we’ve made.

Step back and look at everything again with those points in mind.

Determine if we were right or wrong with the evidence we have.

If we were wrong, go back to step 3 to figure out what fell apart and see if we need to go back to step 2.

If that sequence sounds familiar it’s because it’s the scientific method! Aha, didn’t think we’d be pulling science into all this, did you? Don’t worry, we won’t be putting numbers or formulas anywhere near this discussion - the scientific method is just a way we can observe something and test if what we thought about it is actually true; and it applies to almost everything we as humans can observe - from the laws of the universe, to arts and crafts, to philosophy and religion, and so on! When you think about it that way, whole new possibilities can open up for you when it comes to understanding how the world works.

So with that set let’s (finally) begin!

Steps 1 and 2 are already done. We’ve read the manga and want to prove that Hawks is a bird. (We’re going to try and prove he IS a bird because in the context of the series there’s a lot that *isn’t* a bird and less stuff that *is* which will make our job easier.) So now, we’re onto: 

Step 3 - collect data and see what conclusions we can get just from our evidence.

Now, to pause again (I know, bear with me!) there’s a few different kinds of information and considerations we have to keep in mind as we collect. There are four kinds of information that are important to know about in order to determine if it’s good data that will help us with the testing phase in Step 4. The kinds of information to keep in mind are:

Explicit information - this is information that is directly spelled out for us. For example, Hawks says, “I like my coffee sweet.” and his character sheet says “Hawk’s favorite food is chicken.” That’s all there is to it, and it’s pretty hard to argue with. This is the easiest type of info to find.

Implicit information - this is info that isn’t directly spelled out but is noticeable either in the background or as actions, patterns, or behaviors that can be observed. For example, Hawks has mentioned in at least three very different places his concerns over people getting hurt while he tries to get in with the League:

Chapter 191 when confronting Dabi about the Nomu he says, “You said you’d release it in the factory on the coast, not in the middle of the damn city!”

Chapter 191 again in a flashback with the Hero Commission he asks, “What about the people who might be hurt while I’m infiltrating the League?”

Chapter 240 when discovering how much influence and power the League has gained, “If someone had taken down the League sooner, all those good citizens wouldn’t have had to die!”

Hawks never says in so many words, “I never want innocent people to get hurt under any circumstances!” but the pattern of behavior and concern is consistent enough to form a pattern and clue us in that this is a key part of his character to keep in mind.

Peripheral information - this is information that isn’t directly to do with Hawks or maybe even the series as a whole but is still relevant to keep in mind for his character and the questions we’re asking. This may include extra content that isn’t the “series” proper, but is still an official source like interviews with Horikoshi, etc. but it can go even further. For example, while we try to prove that he’s a bird, we should have some knowledge about what makes a bird a bird, some specific and notable birdlike habits/behaviors/features, etc. This is just to show how wide-ranging we need to cast our informational net.

Contextual information - this will be important when we get to Step 4, but it’s good to keep in mind now. This is when we compare evidence against the broader scope of the series and consider the circumstances under which we find the information. For example, if I told you, “Harry kicked a dog.” you might think “What a jerk! What decent person kicks a dog?”; but if I said, “Harry kicked a dog while trying to keep it from biting his kid.” suddenly it re-frames the story. “Is the kid ok? Why was that dog attacking? Harry put himself in danger to keep his kid safe - what a great dad!”

I’ll go chronologically to make it easier to follow my evidence as I gather and give references as to where I found that information. I’ll go through the manga first, and then any peripheral sources that are either direct informational companions to the series (like character books or bonus character information sheets) and interviews with Horikoshi. Please note the categories these details fall into may vary based on opinion/interpretation, but I did my best to list them out for reference.

Chapter 185 - Explicit Type: Feathered wings - regardless of the specifics of his quirk it’s undeniable his wings are made up of feathers which is a distinctly birdlike quality. There are many mythical creatures and even dinosaurs that also have feathered wings, but this is our first big piece of evidence.

Chapter 186 - Peripheral Type: Large appetite - birds have an incredibly fast metabolism because flying takes so much energy. They’re constantly eating. Plenty of young men are big eaters, but it was specifically pointed out and works towards our hypothesis so we’ll keep it in our back pocket for now.

Chapter 186 - Implicit/Peripheral Type: Fantastic vision - Hawks senses the Nomu coming before the audience even is able to make out what’s headed their way. It could be implied his wings caught it first, which might be the case, but he looks directly at the Nomu and brings Endeavor’s attention to it. Birds have fantastic long-range vision, especially birds of prey that mainly swoop in from high in the air to ambush highly perceptive prey. Also good to add to the pile.

Chapter 192 + Volume 20 Cover - Implicit/Peripheral type: Wears jewelry and bright colors - birds are well documented to be drawn to bright colors and are known for decorating their nests with trinkets. Scientists actually have to be careful when tagging birds with tracking bracelets because they can accidentally make him VASTLY more popular with the ladies by giving him a brightly colored band to the point they can’t resist him! Male birds are also known for having bright, colorful displays for attracting and wooing mates. While Hawks isn’t the only male character to wear jewelry in the series, he’s the only one (to my recollection) that wears as MUCH jewelry so often both during and outside of work. It may not be obvious, but the illustration on Volume 20 is actually an advertisement for his line of (presumably) luxury jewelry. In other words, Hawks on some level is synonymous with style and flair to the point he can make money by selling jewelry with his name on it.

Chapter 20 Volume Cover - Explicit Type: Hawk emblem on the watch face - If the name “Hawks” didn’t give it away, he’s very clearly trying to align himself with more avian qualities if his merch has bird motifs. In other words Hawk = “Hero Hawks” and “Hero Hawks” = bird.

Chapter 192, 244, clear file illustration - Peripheral Type: birdlike posture. Chapter 244 isn’t quite released yet on the official site as of writing this, but when Hawks swoops in and beats the kids to the punch apprehending the criminals trying to subdue Endeavor, his hands are clenched in a very talon-like manner similar to a swooping eagle. When walking with Endeavor in 192, he holds his resting hand in a similar fashion. On the clear file illustration he’s not only perched on his tippy toes in a pose that has been famously called “owling” (remember that trend/meme, y’all?) but his wings are slightly outstretched to catch the breeze to keep from falling over which a lot of birds can be seen doing when they don’t have great purchase on a surface in a place that’s a little windy. The fact that he seems to gravitate to high places like birds are often seen doing might also be a noteworthy indication.

Extra sources:

Hawks Shifuku: Horikoshi describes Hawks as a “bird person” and says that his initial design was based off of Takahiro from his old manga. 

Takahiro’s design:

Current character design: The banner image on my blog was commissioned from a friend of mine who doesn’t follow the series. When I showed her reference images of Hawks, you know what she said? “Oh! His hair is feathers!” Even his eyebrows have that fluffy/scruffy texture to them that his hair has. The markings on his eyes can also be seen on him as a young child in Chapter 191 which means it isn’t makeup meant to tie in a theme or look. He has those dark, pointed eye markings like many birds do. So on some genetic level he resembles a bird.

Step 4: Testing our hypothesis with the gathered evidence.

There’s already a lot of compelling evidence that already closely aligns him to birds which is promising. However, to really prove our point we should try to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt he is a bird. To do that this time around I’m going to see how the series treats people with animal-based quirks and see if it’s consistent with the way Hawks is portrayed.

You bring up Hound Dog and Tsuyu, and they’re fantastic examples. Let’s start with Hound.

He’s pretty straight forward - he’s like a dog. He has a dog face, has dog-like tendencies, and dog-like abilities. Superpower: dog.

And in Tsuyu’s case - quirk: frog, just frog. She’s stated explicitly to have frog-like features, frog-like tendencies, have frog-like abilities, and even comes from a “froggy family.”

So with these two very explicitly animal-like characters the common theme seems to be “If they’re considered to be like a specific animal, they have to physically resemble that animal, act like that animal at times, and have abilities like that animal.” Let’s see if another animal-quirk character matches up and then put Hawks to the test.

Spinner’s quirk is Gecko. Based on our criteria, is he a gecko?

Does he look like a gecko, even vaguely? 

Yes, he’s covered head to toe in scales, and his face is very lizard-like.

Does he occasionally act like a gecko? 

Unclear. We haven’t really seen any evidence of this, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t. For the sake of our argument, we’ll just say no and move on.

Does he have gecko-like abilities?

 Yes! Though most of his abilities are limited to things like being able to stick to walls, it’s still gecko-like in origin and qualifies.

Spinner hits clearly hits ⅔ criteria and our standards seem pretty consistent, so let’s see how Hawks stands up.

Does he look like a bird? 

Not all of his features may explicitly scream “avian” at first, but upon closer observation and with his clear previous inspiration this is a resounding yes.

Does he act like a bird? 

Many of the mannerisms and behaviors he displays can just be chalked up to him being a little eccentric, but with the sheer number of them that also parallel birds in some way this is also a pretty convincing yes.

Does he have bird-like abilities? 

While most of the emphasis is on his wings and what they can do, it does seem that he not only possesses things like heightened senses which could be attributed to avian abilities but he also very much possess high intelligence and incredibly fast reaction times which birds are also known for.

Even if we only gave Hawks a “maybe/half a point” for those last two, he still meets the 2⁄3 that Spinner did. So we have another question to ask: Does a character have to have an explicitly named “animal” quirk to be considered to be/resemble a specific animal? Let’s look at Ojirou and Tokoyami for reference.

Ojirou’s quirk is just “tail,” but he’s been described by his peers and classmates as a monkey and does seem to share some more monkey-like features. It isn’t lumped in with his quirk because the only notable monkey-like quality he possesses is a tail. He doesn’t have fangs or an opposable toe - he just has a tail. For quirk classification as far as hero work goes, that’s the only important thing to note.

Tokoyami, on the other hand has an entire literal bird head, but nothing else. He has a beak, feathers, and even in illustrations of him as a baby he had fluffier feathers on his head. Even with only those details, he just screams “bird!” However, his quirk is classified as “Dark Shadow” because that’s what sets him apart for hero work.

Back at Hawks we see his quirk classified as “fierce wings” but like Ojirou and especially like Tokoyami, the emphasis on his wings is what sets his abilities as a hero apart. Otherwise, he’s just a guy who looks and acts a LOT like a bird.

But astute observers may have noticed I’ve left out a detail that’s more or less a nail in the coffin on the whole matter, so let me ask a question: Tsuyu in particular has something else of note that solidifies in our minds that she is, indeed, a frog - she explicitly calls herself a frog. Could we say the same about Hawks?

Chapter 199 - Explicit Type

Bingo. Hawks has known himself for as long as he’s been alive. He knows his habits, his impulses, his family/genes, and so on. If he calls himself a bird, are we going to call him a liar? In fact, he calls himself a bird not once, but twice!

That’s pretty much it. With the evidence stacked to that degree, I’d be hard pressed to NOT believe he’s a bird.

That was a long amount of text to get through, so if you’re here at the end thank you for sticking out with me to this point. I really appreciate it. This is more or less the process I use when analyzing anything and everything whether it be HeroAca related or not. Maybe it’ll help you if you’ve struggled with literary analysis, or at the very least I hope you got some enjoyment out of it.

TL;DR If Hawks looks like a bird, walks (acts) like a bird, is based on a bird (character), and calls himself a bird, he’s probably a bird.

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The looking place- start my subsequently semester offshore

The looking place- start my subsequently semester offshore

I have some sort of confession to create, although it´ s definitely not one that I´ m mainly embarrassed of: I love Doctor Seuss. They are a fictional genius. I really wrote my term literary analysis paper on his assist my jr year literary works class inside high school. Anyway, one of my favorite books simply by Dr . Seuss is ‘Oh the Venues You’ll Visit. ‘ Currently, this arrange is popular with many people because of it´ s subject matter about a cure for the future as well as wisdom in relation to not knowing precisely what is to come, but it surely is just full of tidbits of wisdom thaton which I think a lot of people fail to spend sufficient interest. One of these lovely tidbits is actually ‘The ready place….

‘For people simply just waiting.

Looking ahead to a train to go or a bus to come,

or a airplane to go as well as mail that come,

or the elements to go or even the phone in order to ring,

… …

So many people are just ready.

No! That´ s never for you!

Someway you´ lmost all escape all of that waiting and remaining.

You´ ll find the glowing places where Expansion Bands tend to be playing! ‘

Dr . Seuss tells us that people will many come about this put at some areas in our lifestyles, but they reminds us it to be a temporary state— at least for anyone of us who seem to choose it all to be so.http://www.shmoop.pro But , in the meantime, I am bogged down in the ready place. As i plan to get away it as shortly as possible, nonetheless sometimes it´ s just an avoidable stop between here and there.

Why am i not stuck inside the waiting place you ask? Very well, I am in the airport, patiently waiting to go back to Chile for the second session abroad. And allows already been some sort of heck of any trip.

We were originally meant to fly several hours Friday. I had been visiting Stanford for the week, to put some things in order for my very own thesis and visit my friends who were nonetheless on grounds. My air travel was designed to leave out of latest York Friday afternoon, however after I has been halfway so that you can New York for a train from Boston, I noticed out this my airfare was terminated. (See some other blog posts just for details on the snowstorm referred to as Nemo. ) So I changed right back around on a further train to return to Boston. When i got above the fact that was I are generally on the seaside with my very own Chilean boyfriend, Gabriel, in place of stuck throughout wintry Celtics, I was able to enjoy the snowstorm a little: sledding on the President´ s property, feeling cozily trapped during my friends´ apartment with a mug of incredibly hot chocolate. Although I at some point had to say that I previously had decidedly arrived at the Hanging around Place.

Just after spending special occasions at home, Being kind of basically waiting to find back to Chile for the next stanza of playing to start. Waiting for the snowstorm to pass. Ready to have my room all over again. Waiting to find out my friends within Chile. Patiently waiting to ski into this is my thesis homework. Of course , staying at Tufts has been fun, a lot of I was simply there for that week, for some reason just depicted an more advanced step in involving Here and There.

Prior to deciding to think I´ m feeling sorry pertaining to myself, nonetheless let me suggests that the Longing Place isn´ t virtually all bad. Many times, it´ s i9000 the only area you can truly fully reflect on the place to select you appeared and the destination for a which you have a tendency. This was extremely true for me, for the reason that places in either edge of people were which means that different from each individual other— in language, within culture, that people have, in purpose.

So , here are some fruits belonging to the reflections I became able to obtain while in my Waiting Site. (You will soon discover that Positive very given to lists)

Travelling is most enjoyable when you know wheresoever home is usually

Studying overseas can make it for you to know everywhere home is usually

When you are now living in two ethnics, you´ sovrano never convinced if you are part of both or maybe neither

Becoming away from comfortable people together with places provides you with a lot of point of view on what´ s vital to you

You´ ll never really forget the right way to speak your company native foreign language, but it is actually entirely possible that people develop inferior syntax and word option in your indigene language if you haven´ big t used it for a little bit.

I´ d really delighted that I built the effort in making friends for Chile. Listed here are small tagliato of actuality: It is really to be able to make friends while you are studying elsewhere. Many of the individuals you connect with already have a group of friends and so they don´ big t have a number of incentive to purchase a relationship which may previous only the capacity of your stay of their country. The following being stated, it is possible, nevertheless it takes efforts. Furthermore, it´ s worth purchasing. Because now, as I in the morning on my way into Chile, I use friends there who are giving to meet people at the flight terminal and declare they can´ t wait around to hang away when I retreat to. This makes the main leaving my favorite country, loved ones, and close friends (again) a bit more bearable.

The reason do most airports form of look precisely the same? Was truth be told there like an terminal transfer design convention? I mean, sure they all are processed differently in addition to stuff, however somehow virtually all manage to realize the same factory-reminiscent, high-ceilinged, not comfortable living-room truly feel.

Culture great shock (and reverse culture shock) is a real detail. Not in contrast to unicorns. Oh wait…

Stanford (and I would personally imagine the majority of colleges) can be described as tightly enclosed bubble. This isn´ t necessarily a criticism. Tufts is a beautiful bubble— multi-colored and attractive, but it can be decidedly your bubble. It will be full of people in the very same small a long time, many of to who come from the same socioeconomic, if you are not cultural, backdrops, and real world issues pretty much never (but do) escape the main realm of educational debate. That is the valuable real estate, conducive for you to certain forms of development, but I have found the reason is important to fail to lose eyesight of the world above Tufts. Everything where suffering escapes the particular margins on the term documents. The world wherever have more decisions about how to live on our lives as compared to off grounds or at campus property. The world where there challenges your heck associated with a lot bigger than physics lessons (and that´ s declaring a lot. ) I think it´ s significant not to forget that life outside the bubble, not simply so that most people don´ capital t become completely egocentric together with ignorant associated with real-world matters, but also making sure that we can commence making options about we really want to reside our lives, and may also examine just what exactly really situations to each amongst us.

Studying to foreign countries is distinct from almost any other practical experience. It are not able to possibly always be compared to traveling as a vacationers or even a investigator. Becoming completely immersed within culture helps you with things about your own self and about your culture which think would definitely otherwise get completely unacknowledged, although they will still be equally true. I understand that for some, studying overseas isn´ p a feasible option to get financial or possibly academic motives. However , if you possible could, I would suggest it. This particular isn´ big t to say that it may all be fun and games. Well, I suppose for many people it is. Yet it´ ings generally while in the periods between the fun and matches when you study the most— when you complete a cultural miscalculation and have to make amends, once you really find it difficult to communicate actually trying to express, when you make sure to navigate the very social group landscape and discover the hard approach where most people fits in.

I could go on and on and for, but I am of the thoughts and opinions that there are some things you just have to experience for yourself in the event that you´ maest? going to learn about the most which you can learn. In addition, everyone´ s experience is special, so regardless if I alerted you everything Actually, i know, you could easily keep returning and train me a much bigger.

In the meantime, I will tell you that with a pair of bus rides and three train rides behind me personally, and not one but two plane trips ahead of people, sitting in JFK international airport being dressed in my Tufts quidditch tshirt, there is nothing I’d like to see more across the world than to walk in with Santiago, when the sun can be shining, towards a perfect forty degree summer time day.

Chao for now!

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