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With great power comes great responsibility
Spider Man
Kiho s English teacher assigns her students a paper to research one aspect of American popular culture as part of the curriculum Kiho selects American superheroes as his topic He got the inspiration to choose American superheroes while going through the archive of comic books at his house
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Hi everybody Welcome to my online discussion board I m working on my research paper which is about American popular culture I decided to write about superheroes as symbols of American popular culture because they show much about modern American pop culture and I think they are awesome I need to compile some examples
Kiho
Becky Most stories of American superhero movies are depicted in graphic novels* or comic books They have been loved by American people of all ages for decades
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Many American comics superheroes have appeared as a result of specific historic events For example Captain America was one of the most popular comic book characters during World War II He was designed as a super soldier who fought against the Nazis with brute force and his shield
Mark
Jared My favorite comic book series is the X men The X Men are mutants They are born with superhuman abilities In this compelling story the X Men are feared and hated by normal people for no other reason than that they are different The X Men fight for peace and equality between normal humans and mutants The X men series shows the changing moral standard towards racism and multiculturalism in American society in the 1970s and 1980s
Mark Many mutants are explicitly described as multicultural people Wolverine Canada Storm Kenya Sunspot Brazil Magneto Poland and many more
It seems to me that 9 11 shifted the issues dealt with by American superheroes towards antiterrorism
Becky
Look at Iron Man He fights against evil terrorists As far as I know however the original version of Iron Man was created during the Vietnam War to fight the Vietcong
Mark
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Let s move on to the next issue I have also wondered why people love superheroes Do you guys have any thoughts
Kiho
Mark The most obvious reason is that you can t fly but Superman can and that s cool
Becky People also might think They re like us That could be me because the heroes are going through the same problems that many people face
That s a good point Every superhero has an origin story that shows this humanity One such elaborate story is about Tony Stark in Iron Man Tony is imprisoned with the engineer Yinsen another hostage in Afghanistan by rebels who make Tony build a weapon for them Yinsen helps Tony build the first version of the Iron Man suit intending to help them both escape imprisonment Ultimately Yinsen sacrifices himself so that Tony can escape the compound Dying of fatal wounds in the cave he said to Tony Don t waste your life Upon his return to the United States Tony announces that Stark Industries will no longer be producing weapons of destruction
Kiho
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You know America s most loved superhero is Superman In Man of Steel Superman is the only one of his kind on the planet which makes him constantly lonely He spends much of his life trying to figure out who he really is where he belongs and coping with the fact that he is different from everyone else
Jared
Kiho Superman has a wicked curse though His real weakness is that he loses his superpowers when exposed to kryptonite*
but your analysis sounds more humanistic
Becky Hey I am not a comic book person but I ll tell you this Just look at young children s superhero shirts or superhero lunchboxes Look at the movie theaters Half the movies are based on one superhero or another These superheroes are inherent in American society
Becky s right Americans spend millions of dollars on movies toys and costumes of their favorite heroes In my point of view superheroes have a major impact on TV shows movies and the culture of America Superheroes generate such a buzz I think that the watchers of those movies today are mainly drawn to them by the successful incorporation of the commercialization and marketing of the heroes
Mark
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Kiho I think your topic is interesting and can be a fun way for your readers to explore American culture But I would say you should be careful not to undermine your readers intelligence by presuming there is only ONE meaning to comics or superheroes or that that meaning is shared by ONE
America Jared
Becky Jared s got a good point And I don t want you to limit American people s interests to superheroes as a hook
Kiho Okay I ve got all of your points You guys gave me a bunch of good ideas for my research paper and some food for thought I don t think it s possible to fully understand all aspects of the culture Thank you all for your help
Hey I just came up with a title for your paper American Culture It s Confusing
Jared
Mark Becky
lol How about American Culture It s a Strange Journey American Culture More Exceptions Than Rules
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Kiho I think your topic is interesting and can be a fun way for your readers to explore American culture But I would say you should be careful not to undermine your readers intelligence by presuming there is only ONE meaning to comics or superheroes or that that meaning is shared by ONE
America Jared
Becky Jared s got a good point And I don t want you to limit American people s interests to superheroes as a hook
Kiho Okay I ve got all of your points You guys gave me a bunch of good ideas for my research paper and some food for thought I don t think it s possible to fully understand all aspects of the culture Thank you all for your help
Hey I just came up with a title for your paper American Culture It s Confusing
Jared
Mark Becky
lol How about American Culture It s a Strange Journey American Culture More Exceptions Than Rules
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Why Do British Youth Use Social Media
What is the biggest motivation behind the use of social media among British youngsters As the statistics in 2015 below show those aged 16 24 are more likely to use social media to find out what friends are doing exchange messages with friends keep in touch with relatives and share their photos and videos
I am using social media to find out what my friends are doing 65%
I am using social media to send messages directly to my friends 53%
I am using social media to keep in touch with relatives 29%
I am using social media to post my photos & videos 20%
Understand Our Chat Words
Ben Jane where RU
Jane I m coming
Ben Get here ASAP the movie starts in 5
Jane Wait I ll be right there Ben
Grab me a cola and popcorn Plz
Jane K
Ben Thx C U Later
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Hip Hop Emcees vs Shakespeare
Rapping is known to have begun with some Jamaican DJs living in the Bronx neighborhood of New York in the 1970s These DJs would get up on stage and rally the crowd with encouragements in a spectacle known as toasting Over time the toast formula became longer and more complex similar to spoken word poetry and this evolved into rap
The language used by hip hop emcees and the ways it is used have developed into a sophisticated art form Modern rappers are being compared to William Shakespeare one of the most renowned artists of language in history The Oxford English Dictionary suggests Shakespeare coined up to 2 000 words we use today But linguists from Manchester University have found that rappers such as Snoop Dogg and Eminem are actually more adept at creating lyrics and prose than the 16th century poet By studying rap verses the experts say that traditional and complex verbal rhyming expertise comes so easily to hip hop artists that the skill is almost second nature to them
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