Annotated Bibliography

Evans, Luke. “Superheroes Are Misunderstood”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/sep/09/superheroes-batman-misunderstood. February 10, 2011.

            Luke Evans begins his article by addressing an already made assumption that superheroes in the media today are not good role models for today’s youth. Evans states that the superhero is “chronically misunderstood”.  Evans concedes that in some cases, such as Batman and Ironman, the heroes are significantly wealthy and show some sort of morality that some may or may not find to be the best, but he argues that these heroes also deal with normal issues like any other person. Evans states that these heroes can cause harm in their worlds but that they must come to terms with their responsibility as superheroes to take on these challenges and fight against wrong, despite its setbacks.  Evans also says that these movies can be a gateway to comics (which is seen to be bad by some), but Evans believes that this is good for youth to check out these comic books for views into other hardships that these all-to-real fictional characters must face.  Evans argues that these hardships make superheroes relatable to today’s youth and could be a resource in learning to deal with the hardships in life.