2.1 Oversea Research
The author Richard Sparks discussed the relationship between manhood and heroic roles in some popular movies. She researched that movies how to beautify and glorify hero's sufferings and struggles, which reflected the qualities and virtues of man. In addition, there are some positive evaluations about the manhood heroes in the classic movie, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. Because of the attraction of hero’s charming, the audience admire the hero in the movie, but the violent behavior in the movie has bad impacts on human and society. Foreign scholar praised the charm of heroes and also criticized the violent plots that would have negative effects on human and society.
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By analyzing multiple Hollywood movies like Spider-Man, Qi analyzed the individualistic heroism from the perspective of heroic image. The heroes in Hollywood Movies have some common features. They like freedom and they are braver than normal citizens. Moreover, heroes in the movie require the strong enemies or weak women and kids to bring out the power and greatness of heroes. From Qi’s article, it can be found that individualistic heroism is actually derived from the anxious and fear when people need to face with the harsh environment and the social criteria they have to comply with. Human is worried about the unknown world, so they hope that a hero would come out and give them support. It is necessary for individual to invent a hero image to comfort their …show more content…
Liu analyzed the reasons why American Hollywood Movie tended to shape the hero characters from historical and realistic aspects. As is known to us, the United States is a nation of immigration, the majority of settlers are Puritans who have hardworking and diligent spirit. Under the pressure of the unknown environment, they require a wise leader to protect and guide them. Analyzing from realistic reason, the authors, Liu Jieliang and Qi Jing, have the same view on individualistic heroism in Hollywood Movies, they believed that heroic image actually comes from human’s anxiety and
The author Richard Sparks discussed the relationship between manhood and heroic roles in some popular movies. She researched that movies how to beautify and glorify hero's sufferings and struggles, which reflected the qualities and virtues of man. In addition, there are some positive evaluations about the manhood heroes in the classic movie, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. Because of the attraction of hero’s charming, the audience admire the hero in the movie, but the violent behavior in the movie has bad impacts on human and society. Foreign scholar praised the charm of heroes and also criticized the violent plots that would have negative effects on human and society.
The author of Heroism, Catherine …show more content…
By analyzing multiple Hollywood movies like Spider-Man, Qi analyzed the individualistic heroism from the perspective of heroic image. The heroes in Hollywood Movies have some common features. They like freedom and they are braver than normal citizens. Moreover, heroes in the movie require the strong enemies or weak women and kids to bring out the power and greatness of heroes. From Qi’s article, it can be found that individualistic heroism is actually derived from the anxious and fear when people need to face with the harsh environment and the social criteria they have to comply with. Human is worried about the unknown world, so they hope that a hero would come out and give them support. It is necessary for individual to invent a hero image to comfort their …show more content…
Liu analyzed the reasons why American Hollywood Movie tended to shape the hero characters from historical and realistic aspects. As is known to us, the United States is a nation of immigration, the majority of settlers are Puritans who have hardworking and diligent spirit. Under the pressure of the unknown environment, they require a wise leader to protect and guide them. Analyzing from realistic reason, the authors, Liu Jieliang and Qi Jing, have the same view on individualistic heroism in Hollywood Movies, they believed that heroic image actually comes from human’s anxiety and