1. SCHOOL Of ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN
THE DESIGN SCHOOL
FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILD ENVIRONMENT
NAME: THUN SHAO XUN
STUDENT ID NO: 0315919
FILMS SELECTED: CAPTAIN AMERICAAND IRONMAN
WORD COUNT: 931
ENGLISH 2 (ENGL 0205)
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1: COMPARE – CONTRAST ESSAY
LECTURER: CASSANDRA WIJESURIA
SUBMISSION DATE: 18th
APRIL 2014

2. Captain America vs Ironman
Nowadays the movies we see especially superhero ones are now more advanced than
those ancestors have experienced. In those day the movie they launch is mostly in black and
white colour where as now the movie is more advance with motion picture, 3d effect,
graphic and the quality of the colour has been improve. The costume and the weapon of the
superheroes are well design and equip with highly sophicasted machineries. Beside that, the
action of the superheroes are more cool and realistic from what I experienced from watching
a numerous of them. My favourite superhero are Ironman and Captain America. They were
all my idol since when I was young. However they were both different and unique in my
views which are their personalities, weapons, ability and villain.
First, both of this superheroes are born in normal human but through under suffering
and hardwork that become what they now. In Steve Rogers as a main character in Captain
America, he displayed endless bound of determination and the will of “never die attitude”
just for the sake of getting into the military. All this is due to his willingness to fight for his
country against the nazis lead by the evil Red Skull when all hope is lost. One fine example
is when he willingly accepted to be part of Dr Abraham Erskine's super soldier experiment
eventhough there are some side -effects. As for Tony Stark, he displayed an act of
overconfidence that his plan will go as usual like when he ignored the pleas of his secretary
to have more protection while he is in Afghanistan for a weapon presentation. 141
Second, both of this superheroes have different kind of weapon. As for Captain
America, he have a shield. Don't ever look down on Captain America shield. This shield is
2.5 feet in diameter and weighing 12 pound. The shield is made up of vibranium alloy steel.
It is the world strongest steel ever which could resist any kind of weapon. Beside that,The
shield has great aerodynamic properties: it is able to slice through the air with minimal wind
resistance and deflection of path. Its great overall resilience, combined with its natural
concentric stiffness, enables it to rebound from objects with minimal loss of angular

3. momentum. It is virtually indestructible: it is resistant to penetration, temperature extremes,
and the entire electromagnetic spectrum of radiation. As for his costume, his costume are
made of fire retardant material and he wears a lightweight, buletproof “duralumin” scale
minor beneath his uniform for extra protection. Beside that, captain america has his own
motor vehicle that shown in where he attack the Nazi base. Wherelse Tony Stark is a lot
different from Captain America. He built an ironman suit for himself to possesses powered
armor that give him superhuman strength and durability, fly, and different kind of laser
energy weapons. In that movie, ironman have shown different kind of power when he attack
his enemy ironmonger. The most famous and common weapon that he used was the repulsor
ray and uni projection gun. The repulsor ray which located on the palm and this weapon is
energy based weapon that can repel physical or energy based attacks. For the uni projection
gun which located in the chest plate, which is to fire a beam of destructive force.
Both of this superheroes have different ability. Captain America use more on his own
ability compare to ironman. Ironman more relly on machine and technology. Steve Roger
which is captain america use to be hand to hand combat. He had different martial arts skills
example like judo, kickboxing and many more. Captain America also considered as one of
the finest martial arts in the earth. Moreover, Captain America can run 73 second in 1.6
kilometre. On the other hand, Captain America can form different strategies without failing
any mission and battle. On the other side, Tony Stark have different kind of ability. He is an
genius and expert engineer. He could fix anything eventhough how hard is the mechanism,
he can manage to repair it. He also can plan his battle strategies well by control his own
suit weapon. His suit can aim mutiple of enemy in one shot accurately.
In the winter soldier, Captain America fought his old friend Bucky that was
brainwash by a secret team that has been abolish called hydra. Hydra work secretly with
Shield between the year Captain America have been frozen. After Captain America has been
awoken, he join Shield back again. Until one day, secretary pierce set up to trap the director

4. of Shield, Nick Fury, and Steve Roger which is Captain America. Secretary Pierce order
winter soldier which is Bucky to kill Nick Fury when he is in Roger house. Then secretary
Pierce make up a story about the dead of Nick Fury and start to plan his helicarrier to
destroy the whole city. In there, Steve Roger manage climb to the Helicarrier to destroy it.
Bucky fight with steve but steve refuse to fight with him. In the end, Bucky realise start gain
back his memory and save him from the crash. On the other hand, ironman fought with
ironmonger in ironman one. The reason that Obadiah Stane attack Tony Stark is because
he wanted full control of Stark Industries. After he suspect that Stark has build new arc
reactor powered weapons. Stane suit up the Mark 1 armor and attack Stark.
In conclusion, both of this superheroes have different perspective and their lifestyle.
Captain America have a high determination wherelse ironman have a highly technological.
CITATION
1) http://marvel.com/universe/Iron_Man_(Anthony_Stark)
2) http://marvel.com/universe/Captain_America_(Steve_Rogers)