In my book, The Storeroom of the Heart, I have a chapter about heroes and what they say about society.
“The original Superman reflected what a hero should be. Someone we lift up and point to, someone we desire to emulate. If we portray them as unrealistically good, then so be it. This provides us with a higher calling to strive for in our society.”
Consider today what you want in a hero. If you prefer for them to be tormented souls with a dark secret in their past, what does that say about you?
Charles W. Short 