hyperrrrREALity

Hyperreality has had very subtle but significant effects on our society today. One way I am commonly pulled into these effects is advertising. For instance, “Make every shot a powershot”. In this commercial for canon cameras, Maria Sharapova represents the brand and through her fame, she is a way to earn sales. Who knows if canon powershot is even the best camera out there, or what you were looking for, but we are lead to believe since she uses the camera and her pictures turn out well, we should make all our shots “powershots” too. Another way modern culture as well as myself has fallen victim to hyperreality is through television and video games. As stated in an article, “…television is a passive medium……Video games, in contrast, represent an active medium. Television does not require the viewer to pay constant attention. Video games require total concentration”. This proves that we are constantly bombarded with the ideas of real things, but the reality doesn’t exist in the fashion in which they are presented. Violence is looked upon as just a way to get to the top [score] and win, it is an accomplishment of great importance. When in reality, violence is looked down upon and considered to be a criminal offense. Just because there is a celebrity endorsing a product, or a screen in front of the crimes, hardly is what I would consider reality.





Maria Sharapova movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FA3TpYUHFw&feature=related

Video games:
http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/conf2001/papers/provenzo.html

the crisis of postmodernity

As christians, the topic of postmodernism is quite controversial. Chrsitians have moral standards of what is right and what it wrong. For postmodernists, you can make up your own rules and ethics, call yourself whatever you want, and do whatever you please. This is because words dont have any meaning until you give them one. So in the end, everything that you experience in your life is all relative to the way you enterpret it. All of this goes completely against what Christians stand for. Life is given order and value by God. He is the ruler and gives purpose to life; meaning to the joyful events as well as the horrible tragedies that occur throughout the course of ones life. As Christians, what we do is stay true to our faith, and not let the disorganization of postmodernism ruin our lives. All we have to do is stay true to the one man who saved us from ourselves, Jesus Christ.

metafiction in "happy endings"

The last stanza in section "F" is metafictional because it draws our attention to the reality and fiction in our lives. the reality is that there is endings and beginnings, and the part inbetween; however, it isnt always the way it is described.....stimulating and challenging, or fun and happy. this brings the idea that we create our own meaning to it. Since life is described to be a series of events, some fun some not so fun, it is just a constant cycle. Then we have the last line, "now try how and why". This brings the whole part of the metafiction and postmodern themes...because we personally customize the meaning of the story to shape our opinion.

captain jack.

there are several ways that captain jack is a pomo. his character is percieved differently by many other characters in the story as well as the readers/viewers. to some he is a great hero, and others think he is a slimy crook, then there are those that see a little bit of both in him. so here we have the postmodern application; jack's character can be interpreted differently to every individual, its all up to you and how you want to view him.

break your ant life

so today i was leaving target with kate (my australian exchange student). we were going to meet up with some people and i was a bit pre-occupied trying to find my keys and juggling my phone. we walked through the doors, and saw an older woman who had a full cart and items on the bottom. her cart eased down the small ramp, but the bins on the bottom of the cart slide off and flew into the middle of the cross walk. she was darting between the cars breaking hard and starting fast. i stood at her cart and yelled "ma'am, let me help you" she walked out of the crosswalk. she was one of those women who were somewhat of a feminist, she could do everything herself and didn't need ANYONES help....even mine. I was taken back by her slight glare. i waited for traffic to stop and quickly collected all her oversized rubbermaid containers from the crossing. i helped her move her cart off the ramp and secure the bins in a good place. I asked if she needed help to her car. she shot me one of the "how-dare-you-underestimate-me-selfish-brat" stare downs, so i thought i wouldnt expend my welcome. she just stood and stared; and i briskly strolled away with a "have a wonderful rest of your day". even though my helpful deed went rejected and not accepted, i still felt good about what i did and left the ant kingdom.

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"go to it"

When Horatio says the phrase "go to it" in line 56, he says it with a satisfied tone. I think he is proud in what is going to happen to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. It doensnt phase him that they are being sent to their death becuase they had a pointless role in the play the whole time. Like Hamlet said, all they were was sponges. I couldnt have said it better myself. Horatio feels the same way, and in that he is satisfied and may even find pleasure in sending the 2 of them off to their death.