Thursday, September 22, 2011

After reading It's Superman, I found that I enjoyed quite a bit. The writing style and time period reminded me of Hardboiled detective novels that I have read in the past where violence is a constant. I also really enjoyed the clash of personalities between Clark and Lois. Clark's "farmboy sweetness" and Lois' cut throat characteristics amused me throughout the novel. Clark's personality as a whole interested me, because I had never taken into account of the internal struggle that he constantly had- he was a superhero to himself and an average country boy to everyone else. I have always dreamed of having super powers, but I have never really thought of what it must feel like to have to hide a huge part of yourself from the world. Has anyone else ever had thoughts on the repercussions of having a "secret identity"?

1 comment:

  1. I'm interested that the "which super power do you want?" question generated multiple comments, while the "how would you handle a secret identity?" question has generated none (until now). Maybe we all have secret identifies already, and don't want to divulge them through discussion ...

    Is "cutthroat" really the best adjective to describe De Haven's Lois, though? She's certainly not cutthroat to the extent that Lex is.

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