Why do you think people have always believed in some kind of superhero?

First of all, the problem with your question is the word "people". There can be all sorts of answers based on that question, but if we narrow down "people" to mean "the average person" then I think answering the question gets a lot easier. Optimists will typically say "because heroes give us hope" and pessimists will say "because we want someone to save us." But they are both lying.

That is because people don't want to confront their inner demons. It can be summed up in one word:

POWER

Believing that someone with that power exists implies that you (somehow, someday) could control that power. Why is that important?

Because there are times we feel powerless. We don't have enough to make ends meet. Our job sucks. Our parents restrict us. We hate being stuck in traffic.

But what if we had the ability to fly away from our troubles? To hurl traffic out of the way? To crush our boss like a roach? We probably never would do it, but it would be comforting to always have it in the back of our minds that we could. Yeah, Peter Parker always takes the raw deal from J. Jonah Jameson, but Spiderman goes out of his way to mess with his boss.

The average person will never admit to it, but to them, impunity is equal to power. The want the power because they think it will make them feel free.

I think that people have always believed in a superhero because they needed someone to be there for them, and to help them along in ways usually not possible. Because life is normally very hard, people believe in these people who can somehow overcome every obstacle put in their way. They think, 'If so and so can get through everything, I should be able to pull through too!'. People become inspired by the deeds of superheroes, and in turn try and make the real world a better place. It's kind of like a chain effect. Through inspiration, a person might help someone else completely out of the blue. The person who was helped would feel gratitude for this random act of kindess, and would perhaps even liken their helper to a superhero. =) and so that person helps someone else, who in turn helps another, and so on.

Now lets take a look at the darker side of things. We all know that everyone models their behavior after some important figure in their lives whom they respect or admire. For some people, they can't seem to find anyone like that, especially if they are usually neglected and/or abused by those close to them. So these people escape into their own fantasy land, and continually wish for a super powerful, all-around good person to rescue them from their lives. And we all know that this would never happen. Shattered wishes lead to shattered dreams, which leads to a broken heart. These people usually grow up to become bitter, and then in turn ruin the lives of others. On this side, we also see a chan effect.

Because there are two sides to everything, we can see that there are both good and bad people. The good people take after superheroes and learn how to become just, generous, and kind. People who feel resentment towards the 'superheroes' who never rescued them from their nightmares learn how to become angry, cold and bitter.

But perhaps, in the long run, the real reason why people believe in superheroes is because they always dream of the impossible.

=) i hope this helped

This is something you should have asked your English teacher, because he or she should have been glad to tell you the answer...or you could have studied English in college, and it would have come through.

The monomyth, it's generally called, in which the hero with a thousand faces is called upon to rise above the other people, get some sort of gift or power, go on an adventure, then eventually save the people from whence he came...it's a universal story found in almost every culture.

I'd try to go into more detail, but I'm not really the best person to do so...still, "monomyth"...you really should have asked your English teacher, because that could probably have been the best person to help you.

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