Wonder Woman Research Paper

The concept of a hero has been around for many generations, and the meaning of a hero is defined in ways people grasp its idea. A hero can be a person who has a superpower and is willing to make a personal sacrifice for the benefit of others or can be an ordinary everyday person who just wants to help people out of his or her own heart. Linda Seger’s article, “Creating the Myth,” tackles the idea of a “Hero 's Myth,” and shows the ten steps of how heroes are transformed from an ordinary person to the Savior. On the other hand, Robert B. Ray piece titled, “The Thematic Paradigm,” emphasizes that in modern films, it is either having an “Outlaw Hero or an Official Hero,” which he uses three stages to demonstrates how they are different each other in the way they perform in the society. Further, the article, “Out of Character: Wonder Woman’s Strength Is Her Compassion - What Happened?” by Stevie St. John, explains how Wonder Woman was viewed as a compassionate woman in the 1940s and 1950s, and in the 2000s she changes into a more violent person. In this essay, I argue that a hero is subjective, and is defined by the villain or event that they had to adapt to suddenly.

The representation of diverse people and experiences in comics is important to expand the thoughts and minds of readers. Yang and Wilson, the minds behind American Born Chinese and Ms. Marvel, use the medium of comic books and graphic novels to help bring a new sense of belonging and acceptance to marginalized people. They do this by applying a “millennial mindset” to their respective stories. What this means is that the characters they have created, whether they are based off real people or are fiction, address the problems of race, religion, or sexuality that we are facing today. These characters also act to threaten the current atmosphere of the comic book industry. Typical comic book characters and superheroes, before now, were mostly white and from a typical American background. Heroes that were women were generally over-sexualized and unrealistic. These two authors hope to challenge the current status quo of the comic book industry by creating characters whose background is much different than previous superheroes.

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.

December 7th, 1941 marked the entrance of the United States into the Second World War, an international conflict fought with technologically advanced battleships, submarines, airplanes, and other modern weaponry. World War II would be an extended four-year-long battle fought on two fronts, and the manufacturing needs to supply the war machine would be great. Unfortunately, the United States entered the conflict ill-prepared for war, whereas the enemy nations of Germany and Japan had been amassing wartime equipment for nearly a decade (Streitmatter). After the bombing of Pearl Harbor catapulted America into the war, the United States immediately initiated two campaigns: one to build a formidable militia and

The reason why I am enjoying on it because I love action and adventure movie, and the whole picture is extremely lively and brilliant, which impress me. From the poster, I think that the film will be interesting with many powerful senses between the woman and cruel gods, between the woman and monsters. Moreover, because of the view that “Wonder Woman” is exceptional in vanquishing the enemy, and her status as a very good warrior is known very well. This relates to culture because throughout human history, many wars have happened, and warriors in the past were glorified, and people enjoy seeing the enemy destroyed and losing. The poster also relates to that people will fight wars to protect the piece and some people believe that a female hero woman in Star War, and a quality between men and women. The appeal presented is that it is awesome to be a very good warrior to fight in a consistent manner, to allow people to have success at doing away with the enemy, and finally abstaining peace. And everyone in the world should act and protect our world; woman should be equal to the men. The escape offered are love and violence, physical strength and gender, and war and

To assure men that war would not make women too masculine, some factories gave female employees lessons in how to apply makeup, and cosmetics were never rationed during the war. Keeping American women looking their best was important to the average citizen in the 1940’s. However everything changed with a fictitious character that was a voice for every woman in the workforce. The strong yet feminine Rosie became one of the most successful recruitment poster in American history, and the most iconic image of working women. In movies, newspapers, posters, photographs and Saturday Evening Post cover, Rosie the Riveter showed the patriotic need for women to enter the workforce—and they did, in huge numbers.This drawing helped women feel more confident and strong enough to do whatever men can do. A cartoonist Paul S. Snyder also had a cartoon that emphasized and ridiculed women saying how one worker did not know it was a lady working. Cartoons like this made ladies feel weak and inferior, but the “rosie the Riveter” help empower women. This simple picture which was not expected to become such an important part of propaganda and women’s right inspired and motivated woman all over America to step up and believe they can do anything. This simple picture of a lady raising her arm is still an impact in the world today as it was in World War

Owen James The indigenous worldview was very holistic. They believed that everything was in balance, including male and female power, and everything was sacred. These views are reflected in the creation stories “When Jesus came, the corn maidens left” and “the sacred pipe”. In the corn maiden’s story, everything is in perfect balance and society is functioning until a priest inappropriately touches one of the maiden’s.

The creator who created Wonder Women is William Moulton Marston.William created Wonder women to be apart of the DC Comics. Marston as a secret life which explains why he made Wonder Women. William creates Wonder Women in 1941. Marston was a elogliciast.One of the powers of a defining element of Wonder Women is if a man blinds her in chains she loses all her Amazonian strength (the man behind wonder women,NPR)

In 1938, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created the first ever superhero character to appear in comic books. The two young Jewish boys were from Cleveland, Ohio were they went to school and got bullied. They found that the only way to get revenge was through comics. One night Siegel could not sleep and had a dream. After spending all night writing down everything he could remember, he took his thoughts to his friend Shuster who had a talent in drawing. After telling him the story Shuster began to draw out this character. Since Siegel was a body builder he made this character with muscles and tight clothing to signify their love for body building.

Wonder Woman was dressed in a costume that incorporated the colors of the flag, showing that she is ready to help America defeat the Nazis. During this time, 2 million women poured into the workforce, doing tasks of the men who had gone off to fight in the war. With women running farms and factories Wonder Woman played a huge role in uplifting women. However, when World War II ended, and American men came home, many women began losing their jobs and Wonder Woman lost her power. When Marston died in 1947, the new writers and editors didn’t have the same commitment to symbols of, “strong, free, courageous womanhood”, and made Wonder Woman spend less time fighting the bad guys, and more time as a regular-person persona.

There are several traits that can be used to describe a hero: immense strength (physically and/or mentally), loyalty, honesty, dependability, etc. A hero is somebody who is a role model to many, so it makes sense that traits like the ones above are commonly looked for. When comic books were first introduced, in the early part of the twentieth century, they were not very popular. However, when World War II began, people began reading and enjoying comic books because of the different stories they told. Wonder Woman is a very well-known superhero. Her true name is Diana, with Wonder Woman being her alter-ego. In the book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll, who is the main character, has an evil

For centuries, man has struggled with the concepts of good and evil and have produced astounding works as a reflection of it. This is ideally the foundation of early fables and folklore dating back to ancient civilizations. Stories about famed heroes and the battle of good and evil woven into extravagant tales of danger, destiny, and triumph. These stories were often assimilated into individual societies, told from generation to generation until eventually finding themselves becoming an integral part of the culture. In 1938, a new era began to emerge known as the “golden age” of superheroes. Superman made his first appearance in action comics, forging a unique identity as the first comic book superhero in American culture and quickly

I commend the authors who stick their neck out on the line to express themselves in a creative way. A way in which attracts and pulls the reader in, possess them to enjoy the book. A book that’s not only a comic and is a good read, but as a deep meaning to it. The comic books talks about controversial topics that nobody else dears to talk about or express their own opinion on. The most common superhero that stars in many comic books, Wonder Woman has a secret; and a deeper mean than what is perceived. She’s the iconic image of women’s suffrage and rights. “Wonder Woman is psychological propaganda for the new type of women who, I believe, should rule the world” (Lepore pg 2) Wonder Woman conveys the strength, courage and bravery women had to

Power, strength, courage, wonder. All four are intense words on their own and they all have something in common. Those words were used to market Warner Brothers’ new movie Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman as a character has had very little media made because in our society, when we hear about comics or heroes, we think of men. Due to that fact, companies will produce movies and merchandise for male heroes because they know they sell well due to being well known. That was the case for Wonder Woman until 2017, when she had her own movie released about her, this movie proved that not only did female protagonist movies sell, but they also do astounding in the box office. According to Variety magazine, Wonder Woman made a whopping 103.1 million in the opening weekend box office. The marketing used by Warner Brothers’ as well as Wonder Woman’s history create a strong, progressive, female role model that demonstrates both power and femininity being able to coexist peacefully.

Can one person create or stop the war? Wonder woman, directed by Petty Jenkin is a superhero origin movie where the main character Diana, the princess of Themyscira (Gal Gadot) is conflicted with this question. She believed that killing the God of war, Ares would stop the war. She is naïve and is unaware of the way of the society. The movie is set in the time of World War I which is favorable as it was a changing time of the history. The movie has a clear and simple plot. The performances of the actors were solid, the action scenes are well-constructed and the special effects have shown the different situations in the movie with a beautiful soundtrack giving it a life. The film showed the development of Diana as a person and shedding of her childhood innocence as she witnessed the horror of wars and ultimately learns that evil is not manifested in one single person.