Sam Wilson Character Analysis Essay

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Sam Wilson: the 'New' Cap

Personally, I would like to see a new Cap. Not one that was already someone else before, Steve does let people borrow his suit to try it out or maybe to take the reins for a minute and then he comes back, which is fine. With this, they are attempting to do something but in a wrong instance. There is one reason I say that and that is because of the shoes he has to fill, people are going to compare him to Steve because those are the shoes he is currently filling now. As opposed to if he was his own new character he would not have any shoes to fill because he would be starting fresh and making his own decisions. Sam Wilson is now tied to a Caucasian identity that was before him and that is not always a good thing in
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The background of Sam Wilson is entirely different from Steve Rogers', but you have to understand replacing a Caucasian character with an African-American one does not necessarily show that diversity or struggle. As Falcon, because he was his own character and made for Sam Wilson, you saw that. You adhered to that. There is just something that makes a good thing in this situation, not seem so good. Keeping Falcon as Falcon would have sufficed, especially for the readers.

Sam Wilson as the "New" Cap

The series has started and it's called the "All-New Captain America: Fear Him," it currently has four issues (2015-present). The title itself for the series is something to look at, why are we fearing Captain America all of sudden? And, why is it titled All-New Captain America? This ties into what the general plot about this All-New Captain America is about:

"But it is the use of border militiamen as the first villains confronted by the new “Cap” that has mainstream conservative pundits in an uproar. They appear to continue to believe that armed border-militia “minutemen” who sometimes patrol the U.S.-Mexico border are just ordinary conservatives."