Coming into this class I knew nothing about the
Hulk. I didn’t know anything about how he got his powers, let alone his origin
story about the abuse he went through as a child. All I knew was when he became mad, he turned
into a giant green superhuman thingy and could smash everything. As discussed
in one of the articles we read for class, the Hulk really isn’t that much of a
superhero. The good things that come out
of the Hulk are just a result of him getting angry. He doesn’t set out to save
people or the world. It just happens. I’m glad that I was able to learn how he
got his superhuman strength and where all his anger came from. I feel like the Hulk can relate to a lot of
people including myself. I can
definitely relate to the Hulk’s blind rage.
Sometimes I just get so mad and freak out so hard I don’t even know what
I’m really doing. And then I feel disappointed in myself and angry that I let
myself get to that state. The Hulk let
me know that some of the psychological things that go on in my head are not my
fault. They are a result of passed down behaviors and learned behaviors that I
have no control over.
I didn’t really have any preconceived ideas about any
of the superheroes because I have never studied or pay attention to superheroes
before this class. I guess a preconceived idea I had was that I always thought
that Batman was a dark person. I’ve only seen The Dark Knight Rises so all my
ideas about Batman were based off of that movie. It wasn’t until we started
studying the camp-y Batman that I realized that all not all of his days were
dark ones. He has been a goofy and
ridiculous character at one point so I thought that was pretty cool.
Hero
helped
me confirm my beliefs and feelings about gay people. I really felt bad for Thom
when he had to hide who he really was from the world. I don’t feel like ANYONE should have to hide
who they really are from anybody.
Nothing pisses me off more than when someone uses homophobic slurs when
talking about a homosexual. The
ignorance and immaturity is sickening.
I think we could’ve talked about Hero a little more. I think the
relationships that the league shared with each other was important and
different. Maybe we could of looked at
each of the characters from a psychological standpoint? I just really liked Hero so I would’ve loved to talk about
the book more.
The first few readings we did for this class
have especially helped me to better understand the role of a good citizen. Superhero moral duties and codes and what
they stand for are guidelines that the human race should strive for. The real life superheroes have showed me that
we can take superheroes moral duties and codes and act them out in real life.
Not to the same extremes of course, but we can still use the behaviors of
superheroes to help real people in our communities. I’d have to say that Superman is the best
model for citizen. I mean he does stand for truth, justice, and the American
way. He was the original superhero and
the first one to show us these moral codes that we have been studying. He fights
for what he believes him and he will always be around to save us.