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lesson name:Tintin,the Comic hero
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The image of Tintin—a round-faced[32] young man running with a white fox terrier by his side—is easily one of the most recognisable visual icons of the twentieth century.[33] Hergé created Tintin as a White Belgian who was a native of Brussels, aged 14–15 years old with blonde hair.[34] Assouline deemed Tintin to be middle-class, which he considered one of the few traits that the character had in common with Hergé.[34] In his first appearance, Tintin is dressed in a long travelling coat and hat, a few pages later adopting his familiar plus fours, check suit, black socks, and Eton collar. (Hergé remembers a Canadian student at his college who was teased for wearing plus fours and Argyll socks; certainly an inspiration.)[35] At first, the famous quiff is plastered to Tintin's forehead, but during a particularly vigorous car chase, his quiff is out and remains so.[36] By the time he arrives in Chicago for his third adventure, both Hergé and his readers feel they know Tintin well, and he was to change little in either appearance or dress.[37] Hergé was once asked by interviewer Numa Sadoul how the character Tintin developed; he replied, "He practically did not evolve. Graphically, he remained an outline. Look at his features: his face is a sketch, a formula."[38][d] This view was echoed by Assouline, who commented that graphically, Tintin was "as uncomplicated as the story line".[34]
Hergé never explained why he chose Tintin as the character's name.[citation needed] He had previously made use of alliteration with the name of his previous character, Totor.[citation needed]
Michael Farr speculated that Hergé had adopted it from Rabier's Tintin le lutin,[40] although Hergé insisted that he did not learn of this book until 1970.[41] Farr incorrectly believed that "Tintin" was probably the character's surname because other characters, such as his landlady, occasionally refer to him as Mr. Tintin (as printed on his doorbell),[40] but "monsieur" is sometimes used with only a first name in French even today, especially in certain situations, and was common in the past. More specifically, use of only a person's first name is usually impolite even today and was so especially in the past. Assouline asserted that it could not be his surname because he lacked a family.[41] He thought that Hergé had adopted it because "it sounded heroic, clear, and cheerful" as well as being "easy to remember".[41]
Tintin's age is never specified.[40] Throughout the Adventures, published over 50 years, he remained youthful.[40] In 1970, Hergé commented that "For me, Tintin hasn't aged. What age do I give him? I don't know ... 17? In my judgement, he was 14 or 15 when I created him, Boy Scout, and he has practically not moved on. Suppose he put on 3 or 4 years in 40 years ... Good, work out an average, 15 and 4 equals 19."[42]