Super Powereds Research Paper

The Super Powereds series by Drew Hayes is about a world with Supers, and Powereds, and humans. Supers are people with superhuman abilities and can control these abilities. Powereds also have superpowers except they cannot control these powers. Powereds are considered second class citizens and a burden to everyone else. Heroes are Supers that are government-approved responders to criminal Supers or natural disasters. To become a certified Hero, a Super was attend a University that participates in the Hero Certification Program (HCP) and graduate. While in the HCP, students go through rigorous physical training and have fight each other for their combat ranking in the class. Each year a certain number of students are cut based on their combat
So, Nick manipulated another student into using their power on Vince, putting Vince in a dreamlike state where the other students where monsters and where trying to attack a loved one. This allowed Vince to get over the humanity of his opponents and use his abilities to their full protentional. This was a very traumatic experience for Vince once he realized what he had done. Vince saw himself as a monster (Year 2 189) because in the dreamlike state Vince did not care if he killed his classmates or not. Nick showed he was willing to sacrifice his future at Lander to help Vince, which is something he would not have been willing to do that the beginning of the year. If Nick did not truly see Vince as a friend he would never have been willing to do that for Vince. Vince broke through the con-man exterior and got to the real
Intra has the power of absolute control over his body, down to the chemical reactions in his body. Charles wanted Intra die in an explainable way so that Charles could use Intra’s brain matter to help save his wife. Charles’ wife was going insane from not being able to control her power of visions of the future. Charles made it is life’s goal to become powerful and strong enough to be able to save his wife. Charles succeeds in this aspect because he has “more money and political influence than some countries” (Super Powereds 1 68). Charles actions and determination came from needing to save his wife. However, he decided to accomplish this by deceiving and manipulating his friends, his family, and the public. Charles is runs the company behind the operation that turned the Melbrook students into Supers. Charles uses his own daughter as a guinea pig, to make sure the operation would be successful on his wife and have no lasting