EffectS Of Batman on society
What would you say that Batman has done for America? What has he done for the world? We know little kids run around and act like him and his counterpart, Robin, so his character must be doing something. Even as adults, superheroes have an effect on us even if we don’t realize it.
The attitude that we have about right and wrong, justice and injustice, good and evil, comes from the superheroes we grew up with, including Batman. Sure, our parents told us when we did something bad, but the principle of what was bad got pounded into our heads when we sat down and watched superhero TV shows and superhero movies. And what principles did we learn? One, that evil never wins and good reigns over it, and that we can be whatever we want to be.
This last principle is especially apparent in Batman; he has no real super powers, he’s just an ordinary guy trying to do some good for his city and prevent crime. He was just like us, so we look at that and say; “If that guy can be a bat and fight crime, then I can . . .” fill in the blank. And in this way, Batman personifies the American dream that we can believe in what we want to and become what we want to.
Sure, the people born before Batman was created also knew that they could become what they wanted too, but our superhero loving generation has taken it to the next level. We are creative, innovative, and we do things that 100 years ago would have been said to be impossible by our own people. Superheroes, especially Batman have changed each of us to independent, dreaming, and unique generation.
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The attitude that we have about right and wrong, justice and injustice, good and evil, comes from the superheroes we grew up with, including Batman. Sure, our parents told us when we did something bad, but the principle of what was bad got pounded into our heads when we sat down and watched superhero TV shows and superhero movies. And what principles did we learn? One, that evil never wins and good reigns over it, and that we can be whatever we want to be.
This last principle is especially apparent in Batman; he has no real super powers, he’s just an ordinary guy trying to do some good for his city and prevent crime. He was just like us, so we look at that and say; “If that guy can be a bat and fight crime, then I can . . .” fill in the blank. And in this way, Batman personifies the American dream that we can believe in what we want to and become what we want to.
Sure, the people born before Batman was created also knew that they could become what they wanted too, but our superhero loving generation has taken it to the next level. We are creative, innovative, and we do things that 100 years ago would have been said to be impossible by our own people. Superheroes, especially Batman have changed each of us to independent, dreaming, and unique generation.
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