Still Just A Kid Analysis

Still Just a Kid Another thing the author, Bill Watterson chooses to do is remind the reader that contradictory to his high vocabulary and keen observances of the real world Calvin is meant to be a six year old boy. A noticeable way in which Mr. Watterson makes this apparent is by giving Calvin a big imagination. Characters such as Spaceman Spiff and Stupendous man are well oiled reminders of Calvin’s youth. Spaceman Spiff is an intergalactic self-made hero who goes up against evil aliens in the fight to protect the galaxies. Stupendous Man is a character that Calvin attempts to separate from himself but doesn’t truly ever succeed in doing so. That particular alter ego of Stupendous Man is a not so successful superhero. Many of the villains Calvin fights through his alter egos are very real authority figures whom he uses to escape reality in an attempt to avoid personal and social consequences.

Authority Figures Something that is also possibly a political standpoint that Bill took is Calvin’s issues with authority. This perhaps represented Watterson’s own issues with the people who had political power at the time these very comic strips were being published. Between both his parents, Rosalyn his babysitter and lifeguard, and Miss Wormwood his teacher, it seems very clear that Calvin doesn’t get along well with the authoritative

When he started out he wasn’t amazing but he never gave and just kept pushing forward waiting for the call that he knew one day would come. He worked long and hard to get to the place he needed to be without undermining himself or anyone else. When Calvin and Hobbes ended it was also something that he decided because he felt it had reached its natural end. Watterson chose to explore deep into the psyche of a child to bring about his work and in doing so managed to be successful in his dream