Peter Parker: recent publications

Learn to live life like a superhero with these Spiderman quotes.

Check out these motivational quotes by Tom Holland on success!1. “I think, for me, I’ve realized the responsibility of being a role model for young kids everywhere.” – Tom Holland2. “I think, from every actor I’ve ever spoken to, they say the biggest thing they regret from life is not finishing school.” – Tom Holland3. “One of the reasons why Spider-Man is my favorite superhero is because we both undergo big changes in our lives.” – Tom Holland4. “I am definitely the same person I was when I finished ‘The Impossible.’ That’s one of the things I really strive to keep.” – Tom Holland5. “The harder you try, the better the impression you set on the people around you.” – Tom Holland6. “I remember watching ‘Avengers 1’ for the first time and thinking, ‘God, one day I want to be in one of those movies.’ I just want to be in the movie.” – Tom Holland7. “Marvel actually sent me to a school in the Bronx where I had a fake name, and I put on an accent, and I went for, like, three days. I basically had to go to this science school and blend in with all the kids, and some of the teachers didn’t even know.” – Tom Holland8. “I was an ordinary student at school and, at the same time, an actor.

Grief and loss has always been a staple of the superhero genre, part of the backstory mentioned in passing that makes a superhero who they are at their core and what prompted them to fight the good fight. Often however in the past, this loss and grief was glossed over without anguishing detail. We all know how Peter Parker lost Uncle Ben, and how Tony Stark lost his dad who was killed by the Winter Soldier. While that grief existed as a cornerstone and building block, it often resided in the past more as a footnote than as a chaotic sea of emotions in the present. In the past year however, loss and grief within the Marvel Cinematic Universe has expanded and taken center stage.

Is social media as “bad for you” as its reputation suggests? Is it possible that it comes with great power and therefore must also come with great responsibility? Peter Parker would probably agree.