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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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
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.
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 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
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 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).
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,”
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
In conclusion my expectations were met because we all want to be a certain hero in our everyday lives but sometimes don’t know which one is actually the better and more positive one. Strength, power, intelligence, and authority are the most important things the outlaw hero and official hero will bring even if they are above a certain rule or really beneath it. Outlaws are not always the bad guys, but are not always the good guys either. In this case Batman is the good guy disguised as the bad guy. Official heroes are always the good guys no matter the circumstance. Superman in this case is the good guy disguised as the actual good guy. Being above the law or against it, official heroes and outlaw heroes will always paint the picture that you can be strong, powerful, intelligent, and have the authority you deserve.
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…)
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.
“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.
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...