Is Superman an American Super Hero? Yes he is. Superman is one of the most american super heroes i can think of. Always thinking of the right thing to do and saving people at the same time Superman represents a true american. We also need to realize superman was born in America when he was made up by jewish comic book writers. America and their comics have been in love with eachother for the longest time. We need to realize how much bigger comics used to be in this country and how so many children aspired to be superman. I cannot think of any reasons why superman wouldnt be american. Superman is as American as comics get. As a kid i always remember watching Superman and hearing is it a bird is it a plane no its superman. The fact that superman only takes place in america and he is an american charecter makes it obvious that superman is an american charecter.
Ohhh my goodness... When I decided on trying to analyze the mythological origins and references in superhero comics, I had no idea the can of worms I was opening up... On the one hand, it was awesome to see just how many connections there were between superheroes and psychology/mythology/philosophy, but all the information also made it terribly difficult to distinguish what I should be using and how to tie it all together. When I was talking to one of my sorority sisters about it she said, "Oh yeah, well, research essays are kind of like putting together puzzles..." and I think that really sums up what writing this paper was like for me. Fortunately, I was really interested throughout the whole process and I very much enjoyed writing the paper. Being a psychology major, I was especially interested in reading about the Jungian archetypes that had a lot of parallels with major modern comic books superheroes. I was also able to incorporate Joseph Campbell's "hero cycle...
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