Monday, May 5, 2014

Marvel's Impact on Pop Culture

                      


                   Captain America, Iron-man, the Incredible Hulk, and Thor; these are all name that mostly everyone has heard of. Whether you are a fan or not, these names have probably been heard of on several occasions. This is because of the huge and continuously growing popularity of the Marvel Universe. With movies such as spider-man and all the Avengers movies being produced, the fan base is growing and these names have become very common household names. Every time you turn around you see some Marvel movie being released into theaters or on to DVD. All of the names are ones that kids and adults alike have come to know and love.
                                         
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           The Marvel writers wanted to create heroes that readers and viewers could relate to, characters that people could look up. But they also created them with meaning. In the Marvel film Captain America, the First Avenger, The most pure hearted young man named Steve Rogers was selected to become the first American super soldier. He was created and written to be not only a strong soldier or a good man, rather he was created to be a symbol of hope. Captain America was created during WWII as a symbol of patriotism and hope to show that the people were strong.

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                 The Marvel Universe has come a long way since their beginning in 1939. The impact of the marvel universe on pop culture has been impeccable and is continuing to grow in the current Marvel Cinematic Revolution.

Technology and Social Skills

   It seems that in pop culture today, life revolves around technology. We use our phones every second of everyday, or we are constantly glued to the television or video games. In all honesty, the use of technology is started to become a dangerous habit. This is leading to several issues. One of these being lack of social skills.


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                    Because of technology, a person doesn't even have to leave there house to have a full on in depth conversation with someone. Now why is this a bad thing? Well because without having an up close and personal conversation with a person face to face, one begins to forget how they are supposed to act in front of others. This could easily lead to lack of social skill and other social habits.
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In other words, although television and the next Iphone are pretty cool and useful, just try putting them down for a little while and remember what its like to talk to a human being and refresh your true, nontechnological social skills.