I was in the Wilk studying for a midterm before heading into work two weeks ago. I noticed all these little kids walking by in their Halloween costumes. At first I didn't know why they were there, but I didn't really care because I'm always up for cute little kids in costume! I later found out they were on their way to the SpookFest in the Wilk Terrace. First I saw a little Batman and then an even smaller Buzz Lightyear. These little guys got me thinking about heroes and why we choose them?
Do we choose them because they are good looking, maybe better so than we view ourselves? Do we choose them because we love what they represent and stand for?
Are we encouraging them to have good, wholesome heroes like the Superman and Batman of cartoons, or are they basing their hero dreams off the Batman of today? I was talking with my Mom about this and telling her how the Superman (Smallville) and Batman (Batman Begins, Dark Night) of today are much more OF the world than they used to be. Yes, the media has changed a lot, but does that mean our heroes should change with it? Children have the gift of being able to inherently see the good in everything, so I am sure they aren't associating their heroes with the ones we know as teenagers and adults, but someday they will see those shows too; what will they think then?
2 comments:
look at that cutie jonah!
(did you get the google reader thing figured out? or the comments box that pops up in its own window? or your comments emailed to you? the latter 2 are in your blog settings somewhere....)
He is cute!
(Yes, I figured out the pop-up comment boxes and how to get comments emailed to me, but I haven't looked at the google reader thing yet.)
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