In the movie Donnie Darko, i believe Donnie could portray the role of a superhero. The first instance where this is seen in the film is when Gretchen says, “Donnie Darko, what the hell kind of name is that its like some kind of superhero or something,” and Donnie answers, “what makes you think I’m not.” This conversation occurs right before Donnie is commanded via his "hallucinations" to bust the schools water main, which he does with a simple axe. This may be a sort of stretch, but doing that requires great strength (superhero) however, not impossible. As the investigation into the water main break undergoes, Donnie enters a bathroom only to find that another of his classmates accusing Donnie of blaming him for the vandalism. His classmate proceeds to pull a knife on Donnie, yet Donnie doesn’t even flinch and is completely unaffected by the incident. To me, this means that Donnie is crazy or simply not afraid because he knew he would not be harmed kind of like a superhero. Additionally, Donnie has the ability to see the future, which is power that mere humans can not do also reenforcing the point of Donnie being a super hero. Furthermore, when Donnie burns down Jim’s house it is not shown what he uses to ignite the blaze, could it be that Donnie can create fire in some fashion? All these are examples of why Donnie Darko could portray the role of a superhero.
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