Heros
We have been asked to write a post about heros and the journey they go on. Apparently, all heros have life lessons that prepare them for this journey, whether they planned to go on it or not. These are the heros that i think fit under the category:
Clark Kent (AKA Superman). Clark, after all his hard years of being a teenager (this is portrayed in Smallville.) has learnt some hard lessons in his life. He is destined to be Superman, fighting evil and saving innocent people. His main lessons in life are that not everyone appreciates his superpowers, so as Superman he tends to keep it on a low.
Zorro. I don’t know that much about Zorro, only that he is a master of swords and cuts a funny z shape into a woman’s top. So maybe he hasn’t learned that many lessons, being a total sleaze. Perhaps he grew too swollen headed over his incredible fighting skills and decided that he was God’s gift to woman, however he passes his knowledge on so that the legend of Zorro can be continued and Zorro can continue saving people. Also, Zorro is a remarkable horsemen and has learned from the death of his wife and the kidnapping of his daughter that you can’t always win.
Luke Skywalker. Luke has had a hard life. He grew up not knowing his father or his mother, and when he finally met his mother they spent about two minutes together before she died. As a result, Luke is quiet but confident, knowing that he must defend the Republic. He is extremely eager to be a Jedi, and sometimes makes mistakes, and that is why i like him because most of the Heros are portrayed as perfect, beautiful people with bulging muscles. Luke is scrawny and definetly not perfect, but his flaws make him much more realistic.
Spiderman. Spiderman (I don’t know his real name) must deal with being a freak. Before he was bitten by the radioactive spider (or whatever it was) he was just a normal man, and this makes him a lot easier to relate to as a superhero. He still has to deal with love, as well as hiding the fact that he’s a mutant. I love the fact that he doesn’t believe that every women will come running to him, instead he’s quite nervous and shy with relationships. His “normal” life is also part of his supernatural journey.
Wow, that was a long post 
March 8th, 2006 at 10:47 pm
Superman’s real name is Peter Parker. Mary Jane is a good girlfriend to him, as Lois Lane is to Superman.
I like your choices of Luke and Zorro too. Zorro is a bit of an unusual superhero, he reminds me of Don Juan or Don Quixote (read that story one day).
You didn’t have any women or any Australian heroes. Who do you think are our heroes?
I love your description of their journies; very evocative of the struggles they have to go through and what they learn in the end.
April 5th, 2006 at 3:37 am
Sorry Jess, but Luke met his father (not his mother -she died when he was born). What you said made sense though!
April 19th, 2006 at 1:22 pm
Hey, you have a good post on heroes by the way why are their only male heroes. Why not woman’s heroes?
April 20th, 2006 at 7:37 am
Another feminist I see!
Well, Dorothea McKellar (one of our poets) could be a female hero.
What do you think, Jess?
I’d be interested to see your My Country poem when you have time!
May 8th, 2006 at 8:26 am
I really liked your comments about heroes - some very insightful and deep comments. I did laugh at one thing - the comment that Luke Skywalker was scrawny. There were a whole lot of girls and women when Star Wars first came out that thought Luke Skywalker (or perhaps more specifically Mark Hammill) was anything but scrawny! Mind you, I wasn’t into Star Wars back then but I do remember friends “in love” with Mark Hammill. (Okay that makes me sound really old doesn’t it!)
Zorro was an interesting, but appropriate, choice - I just love the soundtrack to the movie! Zorro is that typical damsel-in-distress-rescuing type of guy. The type of hero found in any good fairytale. Does that make Shrek a hero too? Hmmm ….
May 18th, 2006 at 2:05 am
Lovely site jess, i love the colour scheme. But agreeing with some of the other comment-ers, there are no women. Maybe the girlfriends to the “heroes” (Spider-Man, Superman, etc.) are heroes unto themselves. they put up with the “superhero” going off, and not knowing if they will come home that night. And sometimes, the women are left to pick up the pieces.
Nice site though!