  This is another one of those long rambling entries so for those of you that hate ramblings, please feel free to close your browser window. It's funny how a comic inspired movie like Spider-man is able to touch on so many issues that we can relate to. Peter Parker was basically an average teen before he became a superhero. He too struggles with his studies and with his financial needs just like everyone of us. Yet, it has never come across his mind that he does not need to study or that he can use his super-powers to get him some cash. Maybe because that's the way the story goes and he is supposed to be a hero afterall. Well, the two issues high-lighted by Spider-man 2 is perhaps the tension between self-sacrificial acts of heroism and the need for personal self-fulfilment.
Peter emerges from the movie as a person who initially struggles but then finally gives up his own dreams and needs in order to serve the public good. Yet I am sure that many of us know of a certain school of thought that advocates the endless striving towards the achievement of one's dreams and goals, no matter what it takes. So the question is, which of these paths should we take? We may not be superheroes but certain choices in life will require us to make sacrifices for the ones that we love, and sometimes these sacrifices may entail forgoing certain ambitions and dreams.
Whoa... because suddenly from an angle, our superhero movie might seem very much to be a tool of government propaganda - to put the needs of the society before the aspirations of the self! Well, I believe that most of us have done what Peter has done at one point of time or another. So the many questions that remain are: When do we pursue our dreams?
How far should we soar if there were no limits? Do we still give our aspirations the priority that they deserve? Do we always have to be held back by the people around us? With these thoughts I leave you. I do not have any answers myself, but I believe that within these answers lies the key to living a happy life. 
