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BATMAN
It started so simply in the spring of 1939 when National Comics wanted a new super
hero. An 18-year-old cartoonist named Bob Kane had an idea: "a vigilante
within the law"; the Bat-man made his first appearance. How could Kane have
known that 50 years later a Bat-fever would grip the land ?
The story of
Batmania is a story about the struggle for the soul of a great American hero.
It is also a story about canny promotion, the tectonic movements of popular taste
and the nostalgia of self-obsessed generation for its own fading youth.
Batman goes into the deep currents, and the possibilities he offers are more enticing
ones imaginable: justice in a world that is unjust and autonomy in a world that
people feel powerless to control. People lead mundane lives and everybody in their
fantasies would like to be like their hero. "Batman", the movie, is
only the chapter in what seems to be an enduring American myth.
COMPREHENSION
1.
How was Batman born ?
2. What does Batman offer this world ?
3. Why do
people like this superhero ?
VOCABULARY
1.
Explain the meaning of justice ?
2. Find a word in the text for this
definition:
"a traditional story of historical content whose origin has
been lost".
3.
Match each of the following words with a synonym:
CONCEPTION; INTELLIGENT;
LASTING
4.Match these words with an antonyn:
LITTLE; UNKNOWN; ETERNAL
GRAMMAR
Write sentences
similar in meaning beginnig with the word/s given:
1.Why doesn't she
just listen to me ?
I wish ...
2.You should hurry or you'll miss
the bus.
If ...
COMPOSITION
Write a short composition (100-120 words) on:
A) The importance of superheroes
in our society. OR
B) Your favourite superhero.
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