The time period of my novel is set in about somewhat of the near future like in a year or so.  This can be determined because of the clothes that the people are wearing and the technology is very similar to modern day knowledge and it's even a little advanced for our time.  Also the novel shows worldly affairs such as the starving people in Africa and other Latin American countries and there are a lot of modern day weapons and skyscrapers.  The pictures in the novel show the transitions between day and night by the colors in the pictures.  If it is nighttime then the pictures have a lot of dark blues and blacks in the pictures and the characters becomes darker.  There is a lot of street lights, so many of the characters show on them the yellow reflections of the street lights or a dark red for other types of light.  Also the more sinister and evil events usually take place during the night.  If it is daytime then the pictures are more bright and colorful with yellows, blues, and oranges.  Also there is more shadowing from the sun and many of the more happy scenes take place in the daytime.  This novel take place in the summer because its always sunny and hot (characters are sweaty) and the sunglasses are worn a lot.  The passing of time throughout the novels seems to be taking about a month not even.  Well, the protagonists in the story are really different from everyone else because they are superheroes.  So, in the novel they do represent ideals set for a superhero, but the do not follow the "normal" ideals for this time because they are not considered normal and their actions would not be for the normal people at that time period.  Also these superheroes are somewhat expected by the normal people to help save everyone when it takes power that no normal human being would be able to do.  So yes in a way they are representing the ideals of "their kind".  The time period works within the novel because it give the reader a feeling of futuristic idea without having to explain what will happen in the future.  In kind of sets the time just far ahead that it could be considered the future.  This time period drives the plot because it places the story in an action based time where anything could happen and certain elements can be brought to the story without having to be explained by the author because it futuristic.  If this novel was set too far in the future the the author would have to come up with all of this new technology and knowledge about the future and it would seem less realistic.  If the novel were set to far back then the readers would have a hard time relating to the novel because this things might not have happened the way things happened in the novel.  The reader would already be knowledgeable about the time period and expect something different and the author would have to stick to facts and would be able to use superheroes because no one has seen them and apparently this should have already happened.  The setting in this novel is fictional.  The author chose this setting because the novel is about superheroes and superheroes are fictional so any other setting would be unrealistic.  If the setting was changed then the story-line would have to be rewritten because in any other setting the novel would not make mush sense.  

Character Anaylsis

In my graphic novel "The Justice League" the protagonists are all of the members of the Justice League, such as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Flash, and Martian Manhunter.  The antagonists are Gorilla Grodd, Black Manta, Luthor, Riddler, Brainiac, Bizarro, Solomon Grundy, Metallo, Parasite, Priscilla, Joker, Two -Face, and Poison Ivy.  The strengths of the "superheroes" are their superpowers and their willing to fight for justice and for the safety of others.  They want to do want is right even if it is hurting themselves.  The "villains" strengths are their powers or weapons that give them so sort of control over others and their way of life(there is no real compassion for anyone but themselves and their power status).  The "superheroes" weaknesses are the ones the love and care for, for they are vulnerable to the power of the "villains" attacks the seek revenge on the "superheroes".  Also their strive to help others and to make the world a better place.  The "villains" weaknesses are the longing for more power and control and their greed sometimes.  They are only concerned with their own well-being.  These characters draw the reader in because its a classic hero vs. villains graphic novel and many people enjoy the fight for justice where good always seems to prevail.  Many believe that the action and suspense and the good vs. evil is thrilling and adventurous.  I think this story is more aimed at teenagers and young adults because of some of the content and the reader must have some deeper thinking processes and they must be able to understand the plot of the story.  Many of the "villains" are more graphic and some of the scenes take a higher level of thinking to process what is going on in the story.  You have to be able to understand the characters thoughts and feelings about events in the story.  The situation that these characters are in is familiar because it is showing that good vs. evil in the world and it gives people hope that someday all the good in the world will help to diminish the evil that has sort of taken over.  It also gives people a sense of adventure and it shows people that there are many different ways to go about"saving the world". Sometimes all it takes is one person to stand up and show the world what good can do.