Semester Reflection, American Culture

              This semester in American Culture we discussed about many different topics of American community. One of the topics I really enjoyed was the class about superhero. I like Martin Luther King. He was interesting person.  He had supported the freedom and he had talked about the equality. Furthermore, we discussed in the class about American debate between Romney’s team and Obama’s team. It was interesting experience. We learn about the American culture, and we talked about different subjects.
             Moreover, we learned a lot about American society, in that everyone has a little information about American life style. Also, we talk about American holyday, and how the American people celebrate in their holyday.  Likewise, we talked about Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, and we discussed different ideas. Also, it was a new experience to me because I never knew about the same topic.     

Amercan Culture Class: My Hero

               

                Everyone has a superhero in his mind, and everyone wants somebody to help him and to encourage him. However, a hero doesn’t mean someone who has a superpower. In my opinion, heroes are inside in all people’s mind because they have the best qualities, and they help individual to achieve people’s goal.

               First, some of people have a specific quality that can make them a  hero. Those people can make different things by their qualities, and they can create different things or ideas to be like a hero. For example, batman has good quality such as technology, and he uses his quality to help people. Another example, Steve Job had a good quality to speak and he used to speak to support Apple’s company.

               Second, some  individuals support people to achieve their goal. They don’t necessarily have a power to help people, but they want to support people, and they want to encourage them to accomplish their aim. For instance, Martin Luther king helped black people to get their freedom and he didn’t have any superpower.

              In conclusion, everyone has a different hero in his life, and he chooses his hero differently. Also, individuals choose their hero dependence on their qualities and on their accomplishment.

American Culture Class Superhero

            In American culture class, we discussed the American idea of superheroes. There are many famous superheroes in American culture such as Batman, Spiderman, and Superman. We read an excerpt from the book “ Superman and Philosophy" by Joseph and Tom Harris.Most of people think the superheroes that have superpower and are supernatural. However, the writer said the people who create the stories of superheroes believe that these characters embody our deepest hope and fear.

            First, the most important thing  superheroes should have  that everyone of them should pursue justice, help people who cannot help themselves, and fight evil for the force of good. The superheroes typically have superpowers. Furthermore, Plato, the Greek philosopher, believed that good is inherently attractive. The superheroes are depicted as moral forces, or forces for what are good and right.

           Second, not all superheroes have superpower. Some of them are a normal people and they just help people and fight for the right. Also, they have power to protect people. However, most superhero stories are not written to teach us a lesson. Usually, they are just for fun, and the stories of superheroes are so popular because they always talk about a positive impact on the world.  For example, Batman can keep us going even when the going is very tough. It  means people should always try to achieve their goal.