Research Paper On Peter Parker
If I could be any superhero, I would have to choose Spider-man/Peter Parker. I can see a lot of myself in Peter Parker before he gets his superpowers. I could also see myself making similar choices once I get my powers. I think that I would use them to help the general population. I would however probably also use the powers to help make money by competing in sports of some sort.
Peter Parker has a similar social life to me. He is very smart, but antisocial. He has only one real friend, and is terrified of talking to his dream girl, Mary Jane. He is very shy and acts nerdy. I am very similar in these areas to Peter. I am smart, have always had good grades, and think about everything logically. I am very cautious though and can often overthink …show more content…
things that I should do and end up not doing them. I have a lot of trouble making friends as I am very shy in public and don’t say much around people I don’t know. When I get in a group of people that I know well, I am a completely different person. I am very outgoing and loud, but if I don’t know the people that I’m around I just sit there and don’t say anything to anyone. I only have two close friends, and the rest of the people that I know are merely acquaintances that don’t really know much about me because I never talk to them more than just chit chat. Both my friends have gone into the military and moved away so I don’t get to see them much anymore. So both Peter Parker and I have trouble making friends and are shy. When Peter Parker gets bitten by the genetically altered spider, it changes his appearance and he starts to notice his powers. As he grows into his role as Spider-man, he gains a lot of confidence and boldness. He suddenly looks much better and is in great shape. He is very fast and strong and has extremely fast reflexes (due to “spider sense”). He discovers that he can shoot webs out of his wrists and at first he just has fun with it. He gradually realizes how much good he can do with his powers and starts fighting crime. If I were to suddenly have these powers, I think that I would also gain confidence and gradually start to come out of my shell. I would probably still be pretty shy as myself but when I put on the Spider-man costume and used my powers I’d be very confident and brave. This would gradually start to go into my regular life and I would begin to be more outgoing and talk more often to people I don’t know. Similar to Peter, I have a strong sense of right and wrong.
I have grown up in a Christian home and both my parents have been strong influences on me. I went to a Christian school from kindergarten through eighth grade, and they instilled on me a strong sense of what is right. They also had me memorize a lot of scripture which helps a lot as well. My mother shared a story during my interview with her which illustrates this point. It is, “When Billy was about 5 yrs old, he had overheard me on different occasions telling his dad that he should have stopped at that light, that he had almost run a red light. His dad Fred would usually respond with something like ‘It was okay, the light was still yellow when I went into the intersection.’ And I would respond ‘Well, maybe, but just barely.’ Then one night we were driving home very late and he was so quiet in the back seat we assumed he had fallen asleep. Fred had just gone through a very questionable light when we heard this little voice say from the back seat, ‘Dad, don’t even try to tell me that one was yellow!’”. I think that I would handle the responsibility of having superpowers well because of this fact and because I am smart enough to know the negative effect I could have on society if I used them for my own gain instead of for the betterment of
society. In the end, I think that Spider-man/Peter Parker is definitely the superhero I relate with the closest and he is the superhero I would most like to be. I like the fact that he is juts an ordinary guy who gets extraordinary powers for no real reason other than just that a genetically altered spider happens to bite him. I also think that the way he handles the powers is similar to what I’d do in that situation.
Peter Parker has a similar social life to me. He is very smart, but antisocial. He has only one real friend, and is terrified of talking to his dream girl, Mary Jane. He is very shy and acts nerdy. I am very similar in these areas to Peter. I am smart, have always had good grades, and think about everything logically. I am very cautious though and can often overthink …show more content…
things that I should do and end up not doing them. I have a lot of trouble making friends as I am very shy in public and don’t say much around people I don’t know. When I get in a group of people that I know well, I am a completely different person. I am very outgoing and loud, but if I don’t know the people that I’m around I just sit there and don’t say anything to anyone. I only have two close friends, and the rest of the people that I know are merely acquaintances that don’t really know much about me because I never talk to them more than just chit chat. Both my friends have gone into the military and moved away so I don’t get to see them much anymore. So both Peter Parker and I have trouble making friends and are shy. When Peter Parker gets bitten by the genetically altered spider, it changes his appearance and he starts to notice his powers. As he grows into his role as Spider-man, he gains a lot of confidence and boldness. He suddenly looks much better and is in great shape. He is very fast and strong and has extremely fast reflexes (due to “spider sense”). He discovers that he can shoot webs out of his wrists and at first he just has fun with it. He gradually realizes how much good he can do with his powers and starts fighting crime. If I were to suddenly have these powers, I think that I would also gain confidence and gradually start to come out of my shell. I would probably still be pretty shy as myself but when I put on the Spider-man costume and used my powers I’d be very confident and brave. This would gradually start to go into my regular life and I would begin to be more outgoing and talk more often to people I don’t know. Similar to Peter, I have a strong sense of right and wrong.
I have grown up in a Christian home and both my parents have been strong influences on me. I went to a Christian school from kindergarten through eighth grade, and they instilled on me a strong sense of what is right. They also had me memorize a lot of scripture which helps a lot as well. My mother shared a story during my interview with her which illustrates this point. It is, “When Billy was about 5 yrs old, he had overheard me on different occasions telling his dad that he should have stopped at that light, that he had almost run a red light. His dad Fred would usually respond with something like ‘It was okay, the light was still yellow when I went into the intersection.’ And I would respond ‘Well, maybe, but just barely.’ Then one night we were driving home very late and he was so quiet in the back seat we assumed he had fallen asleep. Fred had just gone through a very questionable light when we heard this little voice say from the back seat, ‘Dad, don’t even try to tell me that one was yellow!’”. I think that I would handle the responsibility of having superpowers well because of this fact and because I am smart enough to know the negative effect I could have on society if I used them for my own gain instead of for the betterment of
society. In the end, I think that Spider-man/Peter Parker is definitely the superhero I relate with the closest and he is the superhero I would most like to be. I like the fact that he is juts an ordinary guy who gets extraordinary powers for no real reason other than just that a genetically altered spider happens to bite him. I also think that the way he handles the powers is similar to what I’d do in that situation.