The movie starts of in Krypton where we get to know that the planet is nearing it’s catastrophic end. The only ones who are aware of this threat is the leaders, General Zod the military leader and the scientist Jor-El, Kal-El’s father. These characters portray emotions, General Zod stand for greediness, he wants to find another habitable planet create a new Krypton at any cost, Jor-el represents hope. We get to know that Kal-El is Kryptons first ’‘natural’’ born child in centuries, people on Krypton are genetically engineered with a pre cogitated intellect. The whole story of ’’Man of Steel’’ can be associated with the Christian religion, where Superman serve the same purpose as Jesus in the bible. Kal-El is translated to ’‘voice of god’’ in Hebrew and Jor-El is translated to ’‘god will lift up’’. …show more content…
As we see Jor-El and Lara-El launching the cauldron containing Kal-El towards Earth, the launching sequence itself turns into an emotional moment whereas Kryptons last seed of hope is sent to Earth. After the scene where planet Krypton is imploding, It immediately cuts to a scene where a grown Kal-El works on a fishing vessel. A nearby oil rig explodes, leaving Kal-El with no other choices than to save the people on the rig. After saving all the people on the rig, Kal-El is shown floating in the ocean which is a reference to