Superheroes: A Personal Analysis

Superheroes are a representation of our freedoms and their influential attitude towards the government seems to embody positive and negative freedom. Within this positive

Directions: Choose an element from the list and create a superhero profile. On the next page, you will design a superhero and create a tagline that embodies the characteristics of your element, including the atomic number, symbol, and name. On the page following that, you will tell the origin story of your element. Be creative when telling your element’s story, which may be told in any format you wish, such as a myth or cartoon. A superhero sidekick or nemesis may also be included but you must choose an element that either combines well or has a violent reaction with your chosen element. A rubric for this activity is included at the end of this worksheet.

When it comes to superheroes, most of them have costumes, nickname, and certain powers that make them unique. The Google definitions of the term “superhero” is “fictional characters with superhuman powers.” In today’s world, there are superheroes who do not have superhuman abilities but use human materials to fight crime. Are those with natural abilities denied the title of a “superhero?”

Why are Deadpool and Deathstroke so similar? Marvel and DC have both discretely plagiarized character ideas for decades. It seems a writer can not create an original idea for a superhero without copying a trait or personality from some other popular superhero character. When observing a biographical website or article about the newly created superhero “Mouth Rot”, a reader may recognize key features between Mouth Rot and other famous superheroes. Mouth Rot is similar in appearance and ability to Cyborg from the original Teen Titans TV show. He also shares similar backstory features to Bucky Barnes aka “The Winter Soldier” in the Captain America and The Avengers movies. Mouth Rot’s main plot line, personality, and some of his powers are similar to Deadshot in the Suicide Squad movie. However, Mouth Rot is not a completely plagiarized character, and has many unique attributes to his personality and morality.

I love comics, especially superhero comics. I have been in love with them since I was seven, when my uncle introduced me to Superman and Batman. I was just so mesmerized by the plot, even if it was repetitive, I was so intrigued that I couldn’t stop. You know the plot, the one where a victim or victims are distressed and the hero swoops in at the right time to save them from any danger. Growing up though, as life got more complicated, so did comics. It wasn’t the same old plot anymore. More casualties occurred in the stories, heroes developed more weaknesses. It was as if the comic book creators were trying to make the readers realize that superheroes and an regular person are not so far apart. I will never be able to see it that way though. Why you ask? It’s because unlike a regular person, superheroes will never be a reality. No one will swoop in to save you in your time of need. The only person that can protect you, is yourself. If you are able to do that, maybe the next step is to protect people that can’t protect themselves.

Is this modern concept much different than other stories we have grown up watching from an early age? I believe there are many similarities in stories of superheroes and comic many of us grew up reading and watching on Saturday mornings. Batman, a well-known super hero, fought crime in Gotham and was the “Dark Knight” that restored peace in his community. While Batman did not kill the criminals he was chasing after he did bring them to justice!

The portrayal of superheroes in films has changed in terms of their character, appearance, style and strength. Superheroes has been a popular theme in hollywood films since its inception. They are what peoples imagination can only think of. A perfect human being who saves the world .The first time superhero appeared on T.V was “The Adventures of Captain Marvel” in 1941. Superheroes was on the rise within popular comic books in 1930′s to the 1940’s as well in which they were considered the ‘Golden Age of Comic Books’ . Comic books became widespread and popular which translated into making films about them.

Early on in The Incredibles, superheroes are viewed as a negative idea by the public and must become solely their secret identity as an ordinary person, though that does not keep each of them from working undercover, which leads to the government having to intervene with special programs to help. One of the programs mentioned in the movie is one that pays off civilians to keep quiet about certain superhero instances, such as when Mr. Incredible made a scene at his office. This is an act of the government subsidizing the people with payments of money in order to keep them quiet, as represented in Graph (a), where the shift from S1 to S2 is the subsidy. In order for the government to subsidize people as such, they must have a way of getting the

I wasn't sure how I felt about Silk when she first showed up in the Spider-Man comics, but it was when she got her own series – and a narrative no longer intrinsically tied to Peter Parker – that she really came into her own.

Superheroes, Just for Each Other by Peter S. Goodman is another short story that also proves that having hope can lead to a person to make wise decisions. However, without hope a person will do things that are ethically questionable. The short story follows the life of Goodman as he goes through the journey of how he met his wife, his marriage, and a tiny part of his life as a parent. A couple of years after agreeing on where they want to settle down and start a family, the Goodmans have their first child, a son. A year after their first son is born, they have their second child, a daughter. Their daughter arrives three months earlier than expected and ends up weighing two pounds. The Goodmans are informed shortly after the birth of their second

I was trying to fix problems with solutions that had previously proven to be unsuccessful. Struggling to understand concepts in my math class, I fought myself on seeking help. I was stuck in a rut, and found it difficult to see that there was a chance for improvement. This mentality seeped into other parts of my life. It was only after I allowed myself to realize that failure is sometimes necessary to move on that I was able to learn from my mistakes and apply the new knowledge to every aspect of my life. There was no overnight success, but rather a gradual climb. In my senior year I proved that I could be a strong student academically, while also having a presence in multiple extracurricular activities, and, most importantly, that I could do everything while being of sound mind and body. Once I saw that I was able to apply that frame of mind to business, I only saw more opportunities for myself in the

When you think of the phrase “American Superhero,” does it make you think of a machine with gadgets and bolts. Little do you know it a human-being under all of the armer and capes. The way The Urban Dictionary defines the word Superhero is; A being with extraordinary physical or mental powers, far beyond the range of normal human ability. (“www.dictionary.com/browse/.“) In order to be classified as a superhero in America; you need to have three major characteristics.

“The mind controls me”, she says. The hunger is getting worse, the thirst. I just want one more taste, she says. One more injection to get me through the night, she says. This is all I’m good for isn’t it? Another injection after another, it doesn’t hurt anyone but myself, she says. I feel lost, she says. What do I do, she says.

Back towards the beginning of American history we see superheroes arising for the first time in our culture. They were not necessarily able to fly or see through walls. However, they were still extraordinary people. Their stories were passed from father to son and the story grew with every telling. People like Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill were just two of the many tales of the time which spoke of men doing extraordinary things. These tales wouldn’t excite forever, though. As years go by our country and its people become less and less naïve and craved more. A giant man with a blue ox and an axe just could not suffice. People become more and more numb to pain and murder, and needed more than these tall tales.

There are many types of heroes but if you look further into them one might find that, mostly, they can all be put into one of three categories. First there are the Superheroes. They are the ones with larger than life powers. They are often found in comic books and movies. The Superheroes are arguably the most well known type of heroes. Great examples include, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Spiderman. The other type of heroes are the Vigilante. The Vigilante are the heroes that save the day but are wanted by the police. They don’t normally have superpowers but they can. They are normally depicted with a tragic backstory and they fight crimes because of those horrific events. Some well known examples are; The Punisher, Batman, and The Watchmen.