How many people's imaginations and perceptions of the new world have been shaped by such publicists?

In fact, people's perception may have been influenced and affected by publicists, because in general people tend to believe everything that publicists say, so in that sense it is normal to say so. Usually they have evidence of some facts even though these facts are often not real and much less the evidence, but it makes people believe them

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glass wants to live in a world of super heroes and villains. he have lived all his life trying to be responsible for the creating the origin story of a super hero; he schemed and caused many incidents (many of them fatal) hoping that someday someone with superpowers would show up and save the day.

he knew himself very much. he saw himself as a villain of a real-life super hero story. he was aware of his strengths (more than smart enough for being manipulative and scheming) and weaknesses (having fragile bones and having to rely on his mind to succeed).