What makes superman a perfect epitome for american dream?

I was wondering; superman is a very renown superhero across the globe. Even in my country, almost everyone knows him. Be it th kids, the adults, or even the elders. But, i think, the uber representation of "american" within the 'man of steel' has somewhat actually represents the idea of "american dream". What say you? is it just me, or he really does epitomize the 'american dream' concept.What makes superman a perfect epitome for american dream?a strong white man...yea that sums up the american dream.What makes superman a perfect epitome for american dream?
no, i dont thnk so... It is just an imagination...you cant compare superman with american dreams... after all v all r just humans... right...I feel they try to compare superman as some supernatural power man, which god has in his kingdom..What makes superman a perfect epitome for american dream?i think he somehow represents the ideal american dream. He's an immigrant in the very first place, he works hard to harness his power, he try hard to achieve his objective (winning lois' love), he fights obstacle (villains), and yeah, he's white. That's pretty much sum him up to represent american dreamWhat makes superman a perfect epitome for american dream?
Uncle Sam represents the American Dream. Superman represents an American Ideal. While both characters basically represent the same concept, Uncle Sam is about spreading peace and harmony throughout the entire US and Superman is about never straying from your own personal values.What makes superman a perfect epitome for american dream?This is the answer I gave a few months back when asked to describe the evolution of the mythology, i think it works here too...



The Man at his very core is always the same. However as each artist, whether it be comic book drawer and writer, A voice actor( in Radio and Animation), or a Live action star and his director, puts their own mark on him.



When Seigel and Schuster created him, he was simply a strong guy, who was confident and had the girls in love with him, which as 1930's teens they were not.



As the concept was adapted to radio and Animated shorts His back story,powers and origins were fleshed out. As they created him, he did not actually fly, but rather jumped really high and far, getting higher and farther until some one simply decided he was flying.



In the old George Reeves series, in at least one episode, His parents were named Sara and Eban Kent, in most others, and as most fans will tell you, their names are Jonathan and Martha, but in the 1987 Superman 4 film, his father was referred to as George, not Jonathan. In varying back stories, Lana Lang was either his best friend/pseudo sister, his girlfriend, or an unrequited object of attraction. What ever that artist felt she was best suited for. As I understand the Comics now(its been a while,forgive me)Lana is/was married to Pete Ross who is/was the Vice president under Lex, who became President when Lex gets removed from office. And the back story between her and Clark is that she was a friend who knew his secrets, they had dated, parted as friends, and she started dating Pete and it led to their marriage and a child named Clark, She eventually realized that she was still in love with Clark, and it lead to marital issues with Pete. Now on Smallville, she started as an object of lust for Clark, eventually they hooked up, and then split up over his secrets. and now she is with Lex, and Pete is totally out of the picture, but Smallville also features Chloe Sullivan who had never appeared prior, filling the role of trusted friend.

So the Mythos of who he and those who shaped him will continue to eveolve with every hand on teh legend.



As to what he means in each age...



In 38, he was a fantasy of gentle perfection and heroism to which one should aspire to.



In 53, he was the surrogate immigrant, and icon of American Ideals.



In 93, it was felt that he was getting to be too much of everything, possibly as part of the America parallel, since we no longer had Communist Russia, Superman was too great for Lex to be a threat, and Doomsday was created to redefine his humanity. Somewhat like Desert Storm 1, and the first attacks on the WTC had done to the US as a nation. It wasn't just the Reds, as it had been in the Cold war, or the Nazi's in WWII, It was an unstoppable, irrational force which to us has no clear target or reason besides our destruction.



In 2006, He is once again a symbol of a strong America, but while he is still the Big Dog in the yard, it is his personal life that is shown as flawed. In the comics, he is married to Lois, but her job, and both of his are putting a strain on it. In the film he has a child with Lois, but is not a part of their lives, except as Clark, and neither Lois nor the child knows this. On Smallville, he is not romanticly involved, all three potential points of involvement are otherwise attached, and in 2 of the 3 were past chances that he messed up. Also he is still trying to see when and where his powers are best used, this too is a good parable to the US in that many feel that the best course for the nation is to do nothing and stay in the shadows and worry about ourselves(Isolationists), others feel that as the strongest we have a duty to help any and all that we can(Darfur supporters), and Others still feel that our best position is to seek out the problems and police the globe(Iraq-war Hawks). A case can be made for all three points, but all three cannot be done at the same time. so we as a nation like young Clark Kent have to make choices, and once made we must live with them, if even in hindsight they may turn out to be the wrong choices.What makes superman a perfect epitome for american dream?
One of the older Superman movies was heavily American in that He seemed to stand in support of Western powers during the Cold War. I would think that in line with much of classic Superman comic literature, he embodied values of honor, courage, selflessness, and honesty.