Sérgio Rodrigues de Souza
Philosopher. Sociologist. Post-Doctorate in Psychology. Email:
srgrodriguesdesouza@gmail.com.
ABSTRACT
This
article takes a psychoanalytic approach to Lois Lane's article about Superman's
disappearance, five years after the incident, in which, after being reluctant
to write it, she does so, but not before delving into a deep reflection on her
life and her career alongside the most powerful Super Hero in the Universe. All
her memories are marked by the few moments they were together, trying to hide
that the professional she had become in the local and international
journalistic scene was not entirely due to Azulão but rather to her friend and
editorial colleague, for her infantilized, Clark Kent . The article reveals
itself, in the end, to be an enigma, which she herself cannot decipher, since
she ended up closed in a domestic life, in which there was nothing or no one to
compete with and, the idea of thinking that, one day, Superman would return
and, together with his best competitor, Clark could make all the longing for
the freedom he once experienced return to lash his rebellious spirit, now
tamed, a fortiori. Lois's work induces the reader to think of Kal as an idol;
However, public and critical interpretation takes it as having a motivating
bias and she ends up winning the Oscar for journalism. This is another blow to
her ego, because she expected to be punished for destroying the immaculate
image that Superman had built as a god and that, in a cowardly way, left her in
longing and loneliness, taking her best friend with her, which made she
abandons her a successful career to become a devoted wife and mother. Her
hatred was not at the loss of love and friend; but, what she had become, because
of Superman's abandonment.
Keywords: Lois Lane. Clark Kent. Super man. DailyPlanet.
Reviewed by Current Scientific Journal
on
fevereiro 15, 2024
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