This is deep stuff for my not-yet-had-enough-coffee brain! Thanks for linking up! I also have had to read this in a transfer level College course and write a reading response to it. I find it interesting that you have your high school students doing the same. Mrs, it really is and thanks! Sorry it took so long for me to respond. Samantha, I think it's how you approach it and how you grade it that makes all the difference.
You there, this is really good post here. Thanks for taking the time to post such valuable information. More precisely, an object that expresses the values, ideologies, hopes, fears of the American culture. A symbol of hope to a struggling nation. A hero who stands for the American Dream. Superman's story reflects the life story of his creators, Jerome Siegel and Joseph Shuster, who were friends since their childhood.
They lived in Cleveland, Ohio. Both were born in Jewish family who immigrated to America to seek a better life, to follow the American Dream.
Eventually, they completely adopted the American way of life. In s, as high-school students, Jerry and Joe were impressed by mythical heroes and their fights against injustice and tyranny.
This inspiration led them to create a character which expresses their belief that such evil could be overcome. As a result, in , The Man of Tomorrow, i. Superman was born who reflected the troubles and challenges facing Americans in that time, especially the Great Depression.
They made an effort to create a character that would not only be admired by children, but also be the leading inspiration when Americans needed hope and a real hero. Superman's original name was Kal-El and was born on the planet Krypton. As an infant was rocketed to Earth by his scientist father, Jor-El. He was found and adopted by Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent. The boy grew up as Clark Kent in Smallville, Kansas.
Later on, as adult he moved to Metropolis and became a mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet newspaper. In spite of the fact that he is an alien immigrant, he exhibits human behaviour who uses his powers to take over the world and turn it into something better. As the story develops Superman becomes the ultimate caped hero as he walks, leaps and flies through the skies protecting people from evil people.
To quote one of the most celebrated academic essays see below on Superman: "his powers--strength, mobility, x-ray vision and the like —are the comic-book equivalents of ethnic characteristics, and they protect and preserve the vitality of the foster community in which he lives in the same way that immigrant ethnicity has sustained American culture linguistically, artistically, economically, politically, and spiritually.
The myth of Superman asserts with total confidence and a childlike innocence the value of the immigrant in American culture.
Superman as immigrant is a leitmotif of the media coverage as in this piece and video clip from the New York Times:. Immigration, of course, is the overwhelming fact in American history.
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