They have to write a response essay to it and for the most part because it's such an interesting subject, full of allusions most of them get or are easy to research it makes for an interesting bellwether of things to come. I love this essay assignment, just as I love this essay. Carrie K. August 21, at PM. Unknown August 24, at PM. Mrs September 25, at AM. Anonymous October 31, at AM.
Unknown November 12, at AM. Mental health Centennial July 5, at AM. Not many comic-book hero can boast about having such a long history as Superman can. However, he went through a lot of changes during his life due to social changes on one hand, and the perception of American Dream on the other hand.
The first appearance of Superman dates back to That time he dealt with social issues prevalent in the s when the Great Depression was on the increase. T he Great Depression generated a big gap between the rich and poor, and the policies of the New Deal attempted to close that gap. Superman comics reflected the hard times of the Depression and the aspirations of the New Deal. This is the main reason why he fought for truth and justice during the s. The physical marvel that had sworn to devote his existence to helping those in need!
In this premier issue Superman saved an accused woman from death row, but not physically. Instead, he stood up against the system and convinced the governor to pardon her. According to this, Superman tried to work on the government system and promote some changes. He fought for the justice in the government and encourage people to be honest and care about each other, otherwise the government wouldn't have worked effectively.
This theme of the moral and social problems of the American government are also present in the character of Superman, and that we can find concerns over national safety, private property, and social order throughout Superman comics. This theme appeared almost in every issues and reflected Siegel and Shuster's faith in Franklin D.
Roosevelt's New Deal. Superman's never-ending fight against corruption and injustice was often carried out by his alter ego, Clark Kent. For instance, in Action Comics 4, a football coach wanted to engage thugs as extra players, but Clark tipped him off so he prevented the coach from hiring them.
He interviewed a man losing his circus and he stepped up to help him. Superheroes, like our mythologies and imaginations, are worthy of exploration because they inspire in us to be our better selves, to achieve great things, and believe in a better world. Comic books, particularly as scholarship, are as a reflection of the multiplicity of humanity. Superheroes are an exploration of the human condition. For as humanity is itself a complex systems of values and ideas, so to, as Henry Jenkins points out:.
Superhero comics are able to draw upon, to appropriate, whatever is needed — genre, form, idea, etc. They are the new mythology of the modern age. The ideals that are found in comic books and comic book superheroes are most often American ideals. However, to what shape those ideals are portrayed are sometimes called into questions. Two articles, one actually from a book, tackle this idea from two different approaches. The first, a chapter from a book entitled Introducing Comics and Ideology by Matthew McAllister, Edward Sewell, and Ian Gordon, looks at how the portrayal of ideology in comic books has been misinterpreted or viewed as a threat to American ideology and beliefs.
This, in some cases, was not untrue. Wertham missed out on the fact that comic books both challenge and reinforce, through hegemony, the ideologies in which they are created. This article discusses just how powerful a semiotic icon figures, like Superman in particular, really are and how they embody American ideology.
Superheroes are also allegories, metaphors, and representations of ideas and conflicts that persist in the world around us today — as in the past and probably the future too. To say that superheroes are not worthy of study is to say Homer, Shakespeare, Dante, and Hemingway are of dubious nature as well because their stories had superheroes of their own. Superheroes are part of an expression of the human experience.
There is always a place for stories in the human experience; to say otherwise is a kin to denying human nature — though we do it all the time.
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