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Thesis: Spiderman has an even balance of human qualities as well as super-human qualities. This balance makes him a better superhero than batman and superman.
Reason 1. Spiderman was not born with his powers. He is first and foremost a regular guy, trying to deal with his new abilities as well as lead a normal life. This makes him easy to relate to.
Even in Stan Lee's very first sentence he states why Spiderman is such a great hero, and so worthy to be looked up to. Spiderman's ability to relate to an audience comes from the fact that he has problems, just like everyone else. Peter Parker's home life and personal problems make the comic books and movies more intriguing and interesting because audiences aren't just watching or reading fight scene after fight scene.
Reason 2. He actually has powers. Unlike Batman, he has elevated senses, the ability to climb walls like a spider, and the ability to spin strong webs. On the other hand, his weaknesses, like the fact that he can be killed, make his fight scenes more exciting.
Spiderman may not be able to 'fly' but he can get around just as fast and easily as if he could. He can stealthily climb up walls in order to sneak up on his enemies. If his only means of getting around were to either walk or fly, then he would be less able to defeat his enemies.
Reason 3. Spiderman is never more powerful than his enemies, but he always finds ways to outsmart them, this makes him more honorable that Superman because Superman uses brute force to defeat his enemies.
One of the reasons that Spiderman's enemies are harder to beat than other villains is because they are just as human as he is. He is able to see that, more often than not, his enemies are victims themselves and are therefor harder to fight. They play into the fact that he will feel sorry for them. His ability to be compassionate as well as see through their lies, makes him an excellent and well balanced superhero.
Reason 1. Spiderman was not born with his powers. He is first and foremost a regular guy, trying to deal with his new abilities as well as lead a normal life. This makes him easy to relate to.
Even in Stan Lee's very first sentence he states why Spiderman is such a great hero, and so worthy to be looked up to. Spiderman's ability to relate to an audience comes from the fact that he has problems, just like everyone else. Peter Parker's home life and personal problems make the comic books and movies more intriguing and interesting because audiences aren't just watching or reading fight scene after fight scene.
Reason 2. He actually has powers. Unlike Batman, he has elevated senses, the ability to climb walls like a spider, and the ability to spin strong webs. On the other hand, his weaknesses, like the fact that he can be killed, make his fight scenes more exciting.
Spiderman may not be able to 'fly' but he can get around just as fast and easily as if he could. He can stealthily climb up walls in order to sneak up on his enemies. If his only means of getting around were to either walk or fly, then he would be less able to defeat his enemies.
Reason 3. Spiderman is never more powerful than his enemies, but he always finds ways to outsmart them, this makes him more honorable that Superman because Superman uses brute force to defeat his enemies.
One of the reasons that Spiderman's enemies are harder to beat than other villains is because they are just as human as he is. He is able to see that, more often than not, his enemies are victims themselves and are therefor harder to fight. They play into the fact that he will feel sorry for them. His ability to be compassionate as well as see through their lies, makes him an excellent and well balanced superhero.
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Ashby
2 comments:
Spiderman is too immature to be the greatest superhero, he gets too caught up in his relationship with mary jane and neglects his responsiblity to use his powers to protect the city. Although he may not be as powerful as his enemies think about him fighting them without any superpowers like batman has to do.
Should be "foremost." Watch using "this" without a noun after it.
In reason 3, you should have a comma-splice. Either use a semicolon or make two sentences out of it. Make into two sentences.
Ok, better. But do you have any specific examples of how he fulfills your criteria for the "best superhero"? I need more (written) evidence to support your thesis. Also make sure you are editing. Try not to end your sentences with prepositions (to, of, etc.) or "is". The first sentence of your last paragraph does not make any sense to me: "One of the reasons that Spiderman's enemies are more powerful than he is is that they are just as human as he is." If they are human like he, then how does that make them more powerful?
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