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dying, he calls Sarah his "baby girl." Further into the game after Ellie has killed David, Joel comes to her aid and calls Ellie "baby girl." He uses the term once more when rescuing Ellie from the hospital. The decision to make such a connection through language was a small, but important, rhetorical device for
Naughty Dog, symbolizing that Joel now regards Ellie as his own child. The care that Joel shows is quite emblematic of the New Father, and this care is communicated through his tenderness and loving words. However, Joels character doesn't fit the New Man/Father completely. Since Joel consistently takes away Ellies agency, he partially embodies the Old Man/Father by using force or deception to control Ellie. He also effectively annihilates all presence of a mother by killing Marlene near the end of the game. As well, Joel fails to truly nurture Ellie in ways that help prepare her for life without him. Instead, he unfailingly serves as protector. In many ways, the Joel that appears at the end of the game is a mixture of the Joel at the beginning as New Father and in the middle, as Old Father.
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needs to be able to relate. I asked Gross if the team had any concerns about this game focusing less on Joel and more on Ellie. As players who have completed the first The Last of Us know, the game concludes with Joel telling a lie to Ellie. It’s a lie that forces the player, and perhaps also Joel, to question whether the violence that just transpired was necessary or right. It makes sense, then, that guilt hangs over every moment of The Last of Us Part 2. It’s baked into the combat design, as Ellie decides moment to moment whether to hide or to engage in combat. But, in the grand scheme, there is no choice for Ellie. She’s pulled into a larger-than-life conflict simply because of who she is, a scrappy queer teen who just so happens to be immune to the virus that has destroyed society.
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the men and women he fights to ensure Ellies survival? It's a matter of perspective. From my perspective, the answers no. Joel preserving Ellies future over that of humanity's does not equal amorality. If anything, it accentuates his humanity. He lost his only child, Sarah, to an insensitive act, carelessness, behavior he witnesses tenfold and with much more intensity for 20 years after civilizations fall. As far as hes concerned, TLoUs version of mankind is undeserving of yet another sacrifice.
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release, talk of TLoU still dissolves into dissecting Joel as hero, villain, or anti-hero. Many deem him one of the latter two archetypes; no hero would damn humanity to selfishly protect a loved one. But Joel isn't heroic, nor does he try to be. We cant hold him to the standards of
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Nurturing New Man and New Father characteristics, Joel is sensitive, caring, and emotionally engaged with Sarah, and as a single parent, he is responsible for the home and childcare. Twenty years later, Joel is a changed man. Unfortunately, the change is regressive as his actions are more symbolic of the Old Man and Old Father. He is gruff. He uses violence to solve his issues, and upon meeting Ellie and hearing the request to escort her, he is very reluctant."
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Tess convinces Joel to take the job is by convincing him that Ellie is simply cargo; Joel views Ellie as a means to an economic end; she is just another job. He is also unconcerned with his appearance, which is in direct contrast to what he looked like at the beginning of the game. Other characteristics that tie to the Old Man/Father include Joels strength of body, aggressiveness, strong heterosexuality as evidenced by his relationship with Tess and his emotional distance from others.
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short, we see Joel as a single father who is closely attached to his daughter. There is an emotional connection between the two that is evident as Sarah lovingly gives Joel the gift of a watch, a gift that he keeps as a memento long after it has stopped working. Reflecting the key
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young woman named Ellie, the sequel is set five years after the events of the first game. Joel and Ellie have moved to
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and the Xbox 360 trundles towards its last hurrah, Joel is the last of us, The Last of Them. He is the ragged, reluctant killer. Bone tired of shooting at enemies from cover; world weary — literally he no longer wants to engage with the universe he inhabits. Joel is the last man standing in a shootout we've endured and participated in for an entire generation.
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to character list. I have to remind myself that it's important to read the article and check the references instead of measuring them in inches. Much of this article isn't directly about the subject, and already covered elsewhere. The relationship between the characters is really better covered at a
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The Last of Us saw Joel collecting supplements to improve specific abilities, The Last of Us 2 offers different skill branches, allowing you to use supplements to upgrade specific branches of abilities such as stealth, precision and explosives. You can unlock new branches by finding training manuals.
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journal. A sample quote: "To accept this or, more radically, to adopt the perspective that Joel is a villain, (discussed here, here and here, among other places,) is melancholic. For players holding onto the notion of heroic masculinity, what Joel does is unacceptable and his offense against heroic
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In a just society, no one should have to choose who lives or dies. The nuances are too numerous; plus, fundamentally speaking, its morally inept. However, The Last of Us exists in a time absent morality's governing human behavior. Should Joel be judged amoral, then, villainous? Is he as depraved as
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In The Last of Us Joel's masculinity is at stake. The question is not whether Joel is a man, or even whether or not he is manly. Rather, the problem that some players and commentators confront is that Joel acts in a manner that betrays the kinds of heroic masculinity that
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of those sources demonstrate significant coverage of the character in question. The first one simply mentions "Joel and Ellie's relationship" without any significant discussion about Joel. The second seems to specifically emphasise why Joel is less important in the second game. The third and fourth
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This summer, you can dive back into another world that's been brought to its knees by a pandemic: a post-apocalyptic vision of the United States following the rise of a mutated strain of the
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Decades ago; you imagine a sprightlier Joel. He carries a lighter conscience. Killing comes easy. Joel might have been Nathan Drake or Marcus Fenix in a past life. He might have been Master Chief, a silent killing machine with zero empathy or remorse. He might have been. But now, today, as the PS3
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It tells the story of Joel, a white working man and single parent, and his pale, slight, blond daughter, Sarah, with whom he has a close relationship. It is clear that Joel has long, strenuous workdays, and is under duress—he is not well-off and is clearly represented as doing his best despite the
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To describe Joel as an antihero, flawed but redeemable, is to mourn. Yes, at the end Joel takes on stereotypically feminine traits and role. So be it. Heroic masculinity is a construct and Joel's violation of the precepts of heroic masculinity do not make him a villain or a "broken man." They make
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In many ways, Joel is a complicated character and his life experiences and circumstances shape who he is. During the opening series with his daughter Sarah, Joel most closely embodies the nurturing version of the New Man and correspondingly, the New Father. While this segment of the game is fairly
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The Last of Us 2 has big shoes to fill. Not only was its predecessor critically acclaimed, but fans became emotionally invested in the fate of protagonists Ellie and Joel - a testament to developer Naughty Dog's emotive storytelling. Perhaps our favorite improvement is to the upgrade system. Where
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Joel is a permanent fixture in the ruin of the world we once built; a testament to the technology that transformed our lives. Now it is our tomb. Skyscrapers that once soared effortlessly into a vertical vanishing point lean precariously on one another for support, crumbling beneath the weight of
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Joel is the protagonist of The Last Of Us and he is old. His hair is ragged and greasy, flecked with gray; his skin pallid and wrinkled. Joel doesn't kill with the youthful exuberance of a half-tucked Nathan Drake, or the lumbering ultra violence of Marcus Fenix. Joel must stand still or he won't
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Cast as an archetypal, flawed anti-hero obsessed with self-preservation, Joel resonates for many of us who likewise put a high premium on self-interest. He wins the gamer's sympathies because he lives while his loved ones have died. To assuage guilt requires redemptive mortification, as argued by
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Ellie is such an appealing and unusual video game character — an Ellen Page look-alike voiced expertly by the 29-year-old Ashley Johnson — that at one point I found myself rooting for Joel to die so that The Last of Us would become her game, a story about a lost young girl instead of another look
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book "Masculinities in Play". A sample quote: "In many ways, Joel is a complicated character and his life experiences and circumstances shape who he is. During the opening series with his daughter Sarah, Joel most closely embodies the nurturing version of the New Man and correspondingly, the New
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journal which provides substantial analysis of Joel. A sample quote: "The impossible, imperiled position of whiteness is embodied in Joel, the bedraggled protagonist and primary playable character of The Last of Us. He is self-consciously normal and "everyman" in his manifestation, possessing
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This duo's journey starts with a simple transaction. In exchange for a cache of weapons, Joel and his partner Tess are tasked with delivering Ellie to a group of revolutionary survivalists who believe she holds the key to a possible cure for the disease. It ends with one of the most complex
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masculinity must be witnessed and tried in the court of public opinion. True, gender is not explicitly evoked in Joels condemnation, but its more than naïve to think that Joel's excoriation just coincidentally occurs along the lines of his violation of gender norms."
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self-interest and the common good, reminding us of the constant, "dualist" tendencies in human nature. By saving Ellie's life, Joel is also saving himself. True to his mantra, "No matter what, you keep finding something to fight for," he hangs on to Ellie as his
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witnessed and tried in the court of public opinion. True, gender is not explicitly evoked in Joels condemnation, but its more than naïve to think that Joel's excoriation just coincidentally occurs along the lines of his violation of gender norms.
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simply mention him by name, that's it. The fifth seems to have one useful sentence—"This is another video game by men, for men and about men"—but ultimately (and explicitly) shows why Joel is significantly less notable than
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after losing all else precious to him. In the end, Joel's defiance of the commodification of Ellie, wanted and prized for her brain, is his ultimate act of heroism and redemption.
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make his shots. Joel needs time to heal himself. Joel must hide and creep. Joel says little but bears the weight of those he has killed, the terrible things he has seen and done.
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