Myths and heroes « Captain America».

Myths and heroes

« Captain America».

Introduction .

I am going to talk about  myths and heroes

First of all I would like to give a definition of the notion of Myths and heroes.

A Heroe  is a person who is admired for their courage, good actions , or noble qualities. It can be the main character in a book or a film or a person with superhuman qualities .

A Myths is a wonderful narration  starring characters with divine or heroic qualities. It can be a fictional story or a literary or artistic personnage that embodies some universal aspect of the human condition.

To what extent could we say that superheroes embody the American values and patriotism ?

First, I am going to  talk about a fictional hero, Captain America and the reason of this  creation .

Secondly i'm going to explain why captain america is a superhero based on American values and  used as a figure of  american patriotism.

Finally, I will develop the fact  that captain america is use as  an object of propaganda.

I) The creation of Captain America

II) Captain America and the embodiement of american values

III) Object of propaganda ?

I) The creation of Captain America

Captain America is a fictional character from the comic strips by Marvel Comic who was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby .This man is an American soldier , indeed he wears a mask and a shield . His outfit is a costume with the colours of the american flag , blue white and red. Morever we can identify stars in the costume , so they are the symbol of the sucess of america and the colours can mean that this man  could be seen as a guardian of the United states .

The comic strips was first published  in March 1941 during the second World war .

The date of its publication is symbolic because at the time ,   America was at war against Germany and  nazism , therefore  the publication of comics had several purposes .

On the one hand , the purpose of the publication was to unite people behind the war effort .

They were united through  the figure of Captain America because he was a symbol of the strenght of the Us Army.

The purpose was also to highlight the power and the grandeur of the united states , because CA.  represented the model of the American soldier , so brave and strong  .

On the other hand, the publication of this comic allowed  to portray the enemy as immoral and brutal , and consequently , to assure the population that the Allies were figting for a just cause .

II) Captain America the embodiement of american values

Captain America is  the embodiement of the American values .

Indeed,  he was created to symbolize american patriotism because he protected the united states as a guardian of his nation .

 Captain America was ready to die to  protect his nation ,and was  therefore  an example to the american who should be patriot . As  such , He was  invented during the second world war to highlight the strength of America and to intimidate the ennemies .

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