At first glance, the answer seems incredibly obvious; heroes are the good guys, villains are the bad guys. However, if you take a deeper look into the context, they each share the same purpose. Both heroes and villains are used in literature to show the specific characteristics that differentiate what we as a society view as “good” and “bad”. For example, the classic American opposites, Superman and Lex Luthor. Superman is used to show the importance of strength, courage, and honesty. His ultimate goal is to help any citizen in need and essentially “save the world”. Lex Luthor, however, has a completely opposite goal. Luthor represents moral depravity, single-mindedness, and letting power go to your head. His ultimate goal is to use his genius to destroy Superman and eventually, “take over the world”. …show more content…
We use Superman’s character as our hero to represent what we as American citizens should strive to be like, whereas Lex Luthor’s character is used to show what American citizens should shame away
The Hero’s Journey Research Paper Outline Use the following document to organize your research paper. Introduction Paragraph Hook: The antihero journey is very different for many reasons, one of them being that even though they are still a hero they have to make tough decisions that might not always be right but still make them for the greater good of the community and the people around them. Thesis: In my opinion, the journey of an antihero is very crucial in many stories; the role of an antihero is to show that not all things are good and you have to make hard decisions even if you don’t want to. Body Paragraph #1: What is a Body Para Topic Sentence: the antihero journey in most stories is very important. Supporting Details: because
The “Hero’s Journey” as founded by Joseph Campbell, can be detected in numerous works of literature including Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, and even in lives of the authors themselves. Ultimately, everyone’s lives are hero’s journeys, including Hemingway himself. Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey” is a way to categorize similar concepts in literature to help classify parts of the story. There are six main phases of the “Hero’s Journey”: the call to action, the answering of the call, the threshold guardians, the crossing of the threshold, the dragon battle and the master of two worlds. The call to action is the invitation the protagonist receives from someone or something to venture into the unknown. The protagonist likely
From what I have learned about the Hero’s Journey, I could relate it to myself as an example in numerous ways. I believe that the day since a person is born until the day they pass away is a hero’s journey. There are different situations that a person has to deal with during their journey of life. During a person’s life, there is always at least a mentor. For me, my mentors are my parents and teachers. The mentor's job is to help and guide the hero. My parents, who act as a mentor to me, provide guidance, direction, and protection. They motivate and support me to see me reach my goals and be successful in our lives. When I am going on a wrong path, they will assist me to put me back on the right path. They teach me different skills in order
My research paper will be about the hero’s journey. The hero’s journey is the basically the main story and goal of the hero. What I think I will learn is the basic things. The journey will feature dangerous challenges,newly discovered beliefs,treasures,friendships/romantic interests,and changed emotional and spiritual beliefs. But I do think I will find new things in my studies.
Hero Comparison Essay This essay is about the comparison of two different people but they aren’t so different from each other. Winston and Helen are considered hero’s for a few reasons. Tree characteristics of a hero that these two share are brave, selfless and an example to others. Winston Churchill set the example by giving up and the whole country didn’t give up and kept fighting.
Was you born the way you are? Not physically, but mentally, what made you? Did you just wake up and decide on being you? Do heroes?? No, not really.
When he was younger, Arn-Chorn was forced to wake up and work in the rice fields from 1 to 7 in the morning. He wasn’t allowed to sleep, he was only allowed a thirty minute break, with very little food. Arn and other kids his age were forced to work out in the fields under the blazing sun, wearing a black pajama. Working day and night, in order to survive, Arn started to steal food from the kitchen. The extra food allowed him and his “friends” to survive at least one more day. He had many opportunities to run away from his camp to find his family, but he stayed because he knew that he wouldn’t be able to survive a day out in the jungle. There are many other kids and families like Arn who are forced to face this situation. Some families are
Many people think Batman and Superman are heroes because of their bravery and daring personalities but they are not true and honorable heroes. True and honorable heroes have to sacrifice for others, have good intentions to their actions, and make a difference in other’s lives. Others may argue that there is more to a hero than those traits or that you only need one of the traits but you can’t be a hero without all three traits even if you have other good traits to make up for it.
Why do people enjoy making movies and stories based on heroes? They probably think that the viewers might find it intriguing how the hero will face up to the challenges being thrown at him. But that’s not what really makes a hero. Right? According to Joseph Campbell, an American mythologist, that a hero should be someone who sacrifices for something they truly believe would worth more than their own life. There are two kinds of deeds that a hero performs “a physical deed, in which a hero performs a courageous act in battle and saves a life” and “spiritual deed, in which the hero learns to experience the supernormal range of human spiritual life and then comes back with a message” (Campbell). The main purpose of a typical hero adventure means
One of Superman’s enemies is Lex Luthor. Lex Luthor is a billionaire and a scientist of the city of Metropolis. Second, Doomsday is another one of Superman’s enemies. He is a deadly monster born from Krypton. He finds Earth and meets Superman to destroy him.
Comic book characters represent the best and worst parts of society as seen through the eyes of the writers. Heroes emanate what the writers perceive as the ideal human, someone attractive with a strong moral code and a high tolerance for pain. Villains represent what the writers perceive as problematic, people who are overly ambitious, immoral and represent the “other”, both in appearance and beliefs. These characterisations reflect the views of society’s majority, white men, essentially the creators and controllers of pop culture. Captain America was a hero, the epitome of American Patriotism. He was strong, smart and morally sound and he fought American enemies, the Nazis and communism. Magneto, from the same comic universe as Captain America, was a villain aiming for the eradication of all non-mutants. The interesting thing about his evil acts is that they’re almost justified by his previous experiences with oppression, he’s the comic book representation of a victim fighting back and he’s represented as villainous for that.
Tit Elingtin once said, “The line between patriot and terrorist is drawn by the historian.” The same thing can be said about heroes and villains. When I was younger I wished to be a hero like Superman, Spider-Man, and even the Flash – the classics. There were days that I experienced their accidents so that I could gain their powers, but the odds of getting struck by lightning or getting bit by a radioactive spider were pretty slim and I definitely wasn’t from an alien planet. However, as I got older, I started to admire Magneto simply for what he stood for.
Now in these days everyone one likes to read comic books since they became part of our society. What makes them interesting is how entertaining they could get giving us different points of views on different stories of superheroes. Many of us believe that “Classic superheroes stories are wildly fun, suspenseful and exciting” (Tom and Matt Morris) forgetting the idea of what really makes a hero. Different perceptions of superheroes are considered based on their wrong actions and way of thinking. Frank’s Miller Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is one of the comic books that make us “rethink the conception of the superhero and press each of us to reconsider some of the fundamental moral principles
Superman, Wonder Woman, Spiderman—what do all these characters have in common? They are all products of the human aspiration to be saved. The word hero is passed around too much these days. A hero is not a football player that scores the game-winning touchdown or the goaltender who saves his team from a loss. A hero is usually an ordinary person that did extraordinary things. A true hero is really never a hero at all; at least not in their own mind. However, there are various cases today in which we see the exact opposites of these characters, the anti-heroes. The anti-hero is one who cannot be classified as a hero, for that said character lacks natural heroic qualities. However, the anti-hero cannot be described as a villain either.
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself” (Campbell 1). When we think of heroes most of us think of movie stars or professional athletes, but it’s not always about your popularity or talent it can also be about how you help society. What I think make a great hero is someone who is able to overcome his or her obstacles in life, is highly motivated, and has plenty of bravery.