The Influence Of LGTB + Characters

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

History has showed society that even though having a white super hero is very much the norm for everybody growing up, but black super heroes aren 't given exposure to society. They are viewed as criminals for doing absolutely nothing to the unjust system. Now more recently African Americans having been targeted more than ever, and for a very long time African Americans have been racial profiled as thugs.

That superhero mindset channeled onto something more realistic, which was helping people by listening and giving advice. From middle school and onwards, I was always the “go-to” person, the trustworthy friend who gave good advice. I did not know anything about psychology then, but when I finally took the class in high school, it all made sense to me. I did not want to be a firefighter or a doctor, I had no interest in saving lives that way, but I wanted to do it in a psychologist’s way. As of today, my career options for psychology are always changing, but my goal always stays the same, which is to help people and make a change. As part of the LGBTQ community, I have always wanted to make a change there, which is something I have done in the past. I participated and volunteered for the Los Angeles LGBTQ Center in Hollywood, and it felt good to be a part of that. As a professional, I want to expand on that someday and keep helping that community. At the workshops, we taught people how to share their stories and helped people with their coming out stories; we taught them that it is okay to come out and that we always have

There are many vital roles superheroes play in people's lives all around the world. Superheroes are iconic, fictional characters that carry superhuman powers and abilities and typically saves the world from evil villains. Society highly values superheroes because they have extraordinary powers and traits, a strong moral code, sense of responsibilities, distinctive costumes, a lair, a large quantity of enemies, and many more interesting characteristics. People admire or idolize superheroes because they obtain feelings that connect to their alter-ego life problems such as financial stress, family losses, and etc. in which relate to the basic, everyday struggles that normal humans face. Superheroes became an eminent part of popular culture as they became role model figures for children, American society became obsessed with fictional characters, and the evolution or how they came to be in the industry of movies, cartoons, and comics.

Some of the biggest comic book houses out there include Marvel, whose characters include, Spiderman, Ironman, the Hulk and Thor. DC, on the other hand are the creators of such characters of Batman and Superman. There is no denying that some of these characters are not only pop culture icons, but characters of high moral standards. These characters were created as heroes for the people. According to Wikipedia, "In modern popular fiction, a superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a type of heroic character possessing extraordinary talents, supernatural phenomena, or superhuman powers and is dedicated to a moral goal or protecting the public."

Opening the interview with elementary school children in Hanoi is the question: "Who is the superhero in your eyes?" Young children have lovely answers with answers such as familiar superhero characters such as Spider-man, Captain American, Batman or Superman, etc.

In Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s “Fantastic Four” issue one, the comic emphasizes the significance of working together in a team, regardless of whatever personal differences or opinions the members may have. They highlight the importance of uniting together to achieve a common goal and being reliable within the team. These moral characteristics were ranked highly among the children, with a significant correlation between the children’s own morals and of the Fantastic Four’s (Martin 246). Young boys tend to identify themselves with superheroes, who share their main values, which include doing what they think is right and to be counted on doing their part in a group (Martin 247): all values that the Fantastic Four demonstrates. Through the immediate

Superman, Batman, and Spider man aren't known for speaking their mind. They are regarded as super heroes because of their brave deeds, their mental strength, and their compassion. Similarly, a hero is so much more than a person who simply says what they think when others are too scared to speak themselves.

Spiderman, Batman, Superman, Wonder woman are all heroes, or what I thought was a hero. As a little kid, I thought a hero was someone with an incredible superpower that always caught and destroyed the villain. I thought a hero was someone that stopped crime to become the Man or Woman of the world. That turned out to be completely false. These “superheroes” were just fictional characters, made up to keep people entertained but I know that now and have a new definition of a hero.

Many children are exposed to stories that fill their imaginations with heroic deeds. Over the past several decades, fictional characters such as Batman, Spider-Man, and Superman have graced the covers of magazines, appeared on television, and filled the toy aisle at department stores. Super heroes help children to cement the idea of bravery, chivalry, and morals. Children can take away from these action figures that a hero is someone who puts others before themselves; a hero personifies selflessness in the name of good. Superheroes expose children to the idea of real world heroes, Batman might save a ship full of people from a bomb on television, but essentially police officers and firemen will save everyday common citizens. All heroes, whether superhuman or an everyday hero, have the same goal which is to empower and protect the

Comic books have been around since 1933;in addition superhero movies have become immensely popular throughout the years. Comics are now a new way for people to escape their reality and look up to superheroes because they might have a deep connection towards them. Superheroes to me are symbols of plenty of things, such as peace, love and justice. Many superheroes are male and some are female however, they are all portrayed in a certain manner that divides the male and the female superheroes; female superheroes are perceived as sex symbols while males are shown as strong, brave, and masculine heroes.

L- Loud: Lots of times I just voice my opinion and step up to be the leader of a group and can get bossy. People don’t always like that someone else is trying to boss them around, but you can’t have a quiet person trying to be a leader of a group and get things done.

When I think of big impacts on my childhood, heroes are definitely near the top. Whether it was Legolas from Lord of the Rings or Lara Croft in Tomb Raider, I wanted to save the world. Maybe that 's why I fell in love with comics early on. I wanted the admiration from my peers that these heroes got from me, and yet, the world doesn 't work that way. I realized pretty quickly that it wasn 't like in the movies and comics. The world didn 't exist to give you a pat on the back whenever you did a good deed.

“Today, images still have the power to elicit a variety of responses.” (Horowitz, pg. 8). This was something I noticed with graphic novels when they mention the usage of genders in the stories. Fictional graphic novels, no matter what their genre is, have unique ways of interpreting the theme of genders into their stories to get a message to the audience about them. However, I feel that one graphic novel I have discovered online, does one of the best jobs of incorporating an LGBTQA+ theme into its story while combining it with a unique setting, lovely character designs, and helping someone understand themselves.

Kids growing up nowadays having superheroes play a big role in their lives. Some kids see their favorite hero as their role model even. Most superhero fans will defend their favorite hero to the best of their abilities, even if it goes against all logic. "Who would win in a fight?" A very common question that kids grew up asking each other about their favorite heroes. Even as adults some of us argue with each other about which comic company has the superior heroes. Even amongst heroes from the same superhero universe arguments about who is better can be found. "With great power comes great responsibility." -Ben Parker