Heroes (postmodernist text)

Heroes is a postmodernist text firstly, because it is hyperreal with the use of superhuman abilities which i reality no-one possesses. It is also quite quite self referential as it shows the negatives of having these abilities where a lot of the audience wishes that they had a superpower and wanted to be a hero. Heroes sometimes works on the borderline of reality and hyperreality, because those with the powers are normal individuals who live normal lives and display the human side of their 'identity'. This differs from normal superhero texts where they display the extraordinary side of their personality a lot more often than their normal human side as they try to escape their normal lives and use their powers in order to be someone special. It also plays on the fear factor as one of the characters (called Sylar) begins killing other people with abilities in order to steal their powers. This is evidence of the importance of possessions and the crime that usually is committed is to steal other people's possessions, such as wallets or handbags but in Heroes, Sylar wishes to possess powers and it represents our sometimes hunger for our possessions like our computer and mobile phones and it can be ahunger that we may not be able to control if push came to shove.