His Motive Rant of being "a little guy stepped on by the rich and powerful" while still justified and true to his experiences over times becomes less of a Freudian Excuse and more of a denial/justification that he's actually Just a Gangster. After years of "business is good", however, he no longer appears to be a "blue collar little guy" anymore given his expensive multi-story house in the suburbs and the Jaguar car he is now driving. He uses this experience to justify his decision to become a Chitauri tech arms dealer. At the beginning of the movie he experiences this first hand when he was financially hurt and treated with a complete lack of respect when the Department of Damage Control took over his contract. Toomes, as part of his Motive Rant, talks about the rich and powerful taking what they want and not caring about the little guy.And in a pivotal moment, this is what motivates him instead of the responsibility theme, though a third interpretation exists where "being a better hero" and "being responsible" are one and the same. Is he doing it just because it's the right thing to do, because of the iconic lesson that the death of his - still unseen and unnamed and only indirectly alluded to - Uncle Ben taught him, or because he really just wants to be like the Avengers whom he idolizes, especially Iron Man? This is muddled by the collateral damage and civilian endangerment he causes, unlike most other versions of Spidey, and while Iron Man calls him out on it, he's only told to become a better hero. While the movie avoids falling into familiar territory by not showing Spidey's origin, it also makes his motivation for being a hero unclear if one sets aside Captain America: Civil War (which alludes to his motivation more or less being the same as it was in the comics), due to lack of explicit follow-up or acknowledgement.
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