Roman Pargas
English - 2A
April 29, 2015
Superman gives hope to the people. Superman was created by two Jewish immigrant teenagers during the Great Depression, who believed in the American dream. Superman reflects a time of depression.
Superman was created by Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster who were both lower class immigrants that believed in the American dream. Siegal and Shuster both wore glasses and admitted to being shy, insecure, and unsuccessful with girls in highschool , they put most of themselves and their fantasies into the character. In 1934, after several tryouts in their school Siegal and Shuster hit the idea that they suspected a comic strip. Superman debuted in the first issue of DC’s Action comics dated June 1938 (St.James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Superman)
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Superman was the hero who would retreat into the anonymity of society when his spectacular deeds were accomplished. Here was a crucial point of reference for a Depression-era culture that extolled the virtues of common man. Any man or boy who felt anyway inadequate wished he could enhance his human ability as easily as Clark Kent removed his glasses. (St.James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Superman) The Great Depression was a deep economic crisis that began in 1929.
October 29, 1929 the Stock market dropped so severely. The Great Depression, by contrast, lasted for more than a decade and brought long-term unemployment,hunger, and hardship to millions of people. It completely dominated the social and political landscape of American life and dramatically altered the relationship between the nation’s government and the people.(Gale Encyclopedia of US history, 2009)
The Great Blood Purge, June 30, 1934 Adolf Hitler faced a dilemma. The night of November 9, 1938 remembered as Kristallnacht or “The night of broken glass” marked as the first mass pogrom, or anti-semitic riot, since Hitler’s rise to power. Instigated by the jewish shooting of a German ambassador the violence was on a nationwide scale all of it unofficially endorsed by the government. (The Holocaust, Gale encyclopedia of U.S. History 2009)
Superman encourages hope not only to men but to all people around the world. Here was an average American man who transcended his human frailty by just removing his glasses. Superman was an outsider just how the Jews were increasingly portrayed as an outsider race during the
1930’s. The roots of the Holocaust lie in centuries of european anti-semitism, the widespread hatred of and discrimination against members of Jewish faith. Jews were increasingly portrayed as an outsider race that had infiltrated the “pure” European population, diluting its “greatness” in the process. Hitler put it “anti-semitism of reason” To that end, a series of escalating discrimination laws ( The Holocaust, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History 2009) By 1941 Superman was featured in a syndicated newspaper strip, a series of short animated films produced by Paramount pictures and a highly popular radio show that opened with immortal lines “faster than a speeding bullet” More powerful than a locomotive! Superman consistently sold around 900,000 copies DC featured the character in a second title selling 1.3 million copies per most popular and best selling comic book character well into 1960’s.(Superman,st James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture) Superman’s popularity waned in the late 1960’s facing intense competition from Marvel. By the mid-1970’s comic book sales were at an all time low although his image remained the most lucrative comic book. Superman’s popularity in other media continued in the 21st century. There was no shortage of entertainment featuring the comic hero during the 21st century.The long time television series Smallville which formed the life of Clark Kent before he became Superman aired from 2001-2011. Superman today is viewed as not so super because of the fact that people think a little green rock can stop him.(Superman,St James Encyclopedia of popular culture) In 2013 the film Man of Steel was released Superman saves the world from annihilation and becomes the symbol of hope for all mankind. I think Superman is viewed in many different ways but I think he is mostly beloved. Superman is about to be in a new movie coming out in 2016 titled Batman vs Superman Dawn of justice. So obviously people still must love him if they keep making movies of him. (Man of steel,warner bros)
October 29th, 1929 was the day everything changed in the United States. This historical date marked the beginning of the Great Depression. Known for its vast amount of unemployment, destitution, and starvation. With Hoovervilles planting roots all over from Virginia to California during a nationwide devastation, the government decided to intervene. Although there were many solutions to this major problem, the one that affected it the most were the labor reforms. Work relief programs such as the New Deal, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Federal Housing Administration, the National Labor Relations Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act helped America recover from its darkest hour.
The Great Depression was the biggest and longest lasting economic crisis in U.S history. The Great depression hit the united states on October 29, 1929 When the stock market crashed. During 1929, everyone was putting in mass amounts of their income into the stock market. For every ten dollars made, Four dollars was invested into the stock market, thats forty percent of the individual's income (American Experience).
Society favors the outlaw hero because we relate with that character more. We see ourselves more so in the outlaw hero than in the official hero. The outlaw hero has the child like talents that most of us wish we had as adults. To civilians it may seem that the outlaw hero lives more of a fantasy life that we all wish to have. Superman’s image has remained unchanged over the years. A blue suit accompanied by boots, a belt and cape have always been the Superman style, along with the Superman emblem on his chest. Superman’s real name is Kal-El, a descendant of the Kryptonian family of the house of El, with his father known as Jor-El and mother Lara. Krypton was discovered to be in the last seconds of life due to the coming supernova of its sun by Kal-El’s father. The other members of Krypton did not believe Jor-El could not tell others of his answers and examinations. Jor-El promised that neither he nor his wife would leave and with every last possible choice eliminated, Jor-El would send his newborn son to the planet Earth. Kal-El then crash landed into the care of Jonathan and Martha Kent, two farmers in Kansas. He then adopted the Kent family name,...
On one end of the spectrum lays Superman, an alien who from birth is comparable to god, and on the opposite side lays Lex Luthor, a genius human who comes from nothing and created a financial empire. Superman
Superman's representation of cultural ideology is that of 'the ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas', the Marxist interpretation of material production and mental production (Karl Marx, 1932, pp. 7-8). Superman as title implies that he is "better" than just man; thus providing godlike qualities to a hero allows the edification of an icon that transcends above diversity. Subsequently, Superman embodies a civil religion of American ideals in which all can identity. Fostering qualities of a populist hero, Superman is a ideological symbol of the American ideology against the myth of aristocracy; the principle of moral quality being hereditary. Superman's identification with a lesser ...
In 1929 the United States had entered an economic slump known as the Great Depression. The Great Depression was the longest financial decline in American history. The sudden, devastating collapse of US stock market prices on October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday, was just the beginning of this economic decline. The Great Depression changed society, socially and economically in many ways, including: family life, crime rates, and businesses.
Millar, Mark [w], Johnson, Dave and Plunkett, Kilian [p]. Superman: Red Son. California: DC Comics. 2003. Print
On Tuesday, October 29th, 1929, the crash began. (1929…) Within the first few hours, the price fell so far as to wipe out all gains that had been made the entire previous year. (1929…) This day the Dow Jones Average would close at 230. (1929…) Between October 29th, and November 13 over 30 billion dollars disappeared from the American economy. (1929…) It took nearly 25 years for many of the stocks to recover. (1929…)
Kant: Wow Darwin you either did not read the book, or you completely missed what was going on. Superman had superpowers that consisted of super hearing, super vision, super strength, and flying.
...ow I picture a hero acting based off of others. He has always help others make a better future and to help them stand up for what they believe in.
The black Tuesday, October 29th, 1929 has been identified as the symbol of the Great Depression. Stock holders lost 14 billion dollars on a single day trade, and more than 30 billion lose in that week, which was 10 times more than the annual budget of the Federal government.[ [documentary] 1929 Wall Street Stock Market Crash
Shayne Koyczan’s poem, “For Lois,” contains many clever instances of figurative language that help to express ideas about the impact that love can have on an individual. Perhaps the most important uses of figurative language are the allusions to Superman and Lois Lane, and the irony that exists throughout the poem. The allusion to Superman brings to mind preconceived ideas about strength, masculinity, and perhaps even near invincibility. Superman is traditionally a strong character who is able to “save the day.” However, “For Lois” paints a very different picture of Superman, as in this poem the speaker (presumably Superman) expresses a deep love and vulnerability as he states, “my heart is tied to the fate of yours” and “you are my weakness,”
At first Alan Moore began his career as an artist for a detective story called Roscoe Moscow in 1979. (Camper, 1997-2008) He drew under the name Curt Vile, but eventually gave it up because he thought of himself as poor artist (Camper, 1997-2008). He focused more on writing from there on out. Moore began writing for DC Comics to begin his author career. There he began Marvelman (known as Miracleman in the US) and V for Vendetta. In 1986 the greatest comic book of all time, Watchmen, was created. It was the first graphic novel to receive the Hugo Award, which is a fantastic honor. During his time in DC, he also wrote stories for Batman, The Green Lantern, and redefined the character of Swamp Thing. Soon after the completion of Swamp Thing and the V for Vendetta storyline, Alan Moore left DC because he did like that he did not own the rights to his comic Watchmen.
When one thinks about it, though it may be hard to believe, superheroes stem from God. This began as early back as Greek gods, then leading to Jesus. Jesus was a seemingly normal man who helped everyone, and led people. He was the ultimate superhero of his time. Once he was gone and became no more than a story passed down from father to son, people began to crave what was new, what was ‘in the now.’ That is when tales of knight...
“The precise era of the Golden Age is disputed, though most agree that it was born with the launch of Superman in 1938.” (PBS) The tremendous success that Superman had created many spinoff superheroes such as Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Flash, who had superpowers and secret identities. One of these spinoffs was Captain America. Part of Timely Comics and created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, Captain America ended up being arguably the most popular superhero during the Golden Age.