folk messages
there are many different folk messages in life and how they are portrayed in the Internet, Andy showed us the different messages that we see like how to be the "perfect" boy friend or girlfriend, or how to do this in your life so you don't fail. Different things come from the different people around us like how to get "good" grades in school, things that others see as important and plants it in to our mind like its a necessity of life.
i looked at two videos, on YouTube and there were contradictory messages helps some messages also, one video showed how to cheat on your exam and it was telling you to get good grades in school but not to work hard so there are some folk messages people are sending out that go against the main fold messages and is more marginal.
there were also a couple other videos that show message to people in their average life giving thoughts about how to do this but only in a certain way and not in any other way. this shows how people are trying to tell you how to live your life in steps and how to do something good and not take the bad route.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Inauguration Day
In Obama's speech today shows how much he thinks we can change in America and how we can mark history with a new beginning. Many people waited for this moment in time, and many though it wouldn't happen in this life time, but this new hope is not going through the layers of walls built of dominate corporate and folk messages that goes against what he is trying to prove. By telling people that "WE" will fix these problems at the end and he will follow through on his plans shows how much America will depend on him to fix these messages. He talked about slavery of all the different non white cultures, and how they were put in slavery to earn easy money, and now how we as people have changed and we as America has changed to fit a better nation.
He is giving us a message that we as a "world" or as the human race can join together and fix this problem. He is building up the hopes and will of many to fuel his plan and is manipulating their emotions to get his "ideas" going. To tell people this is the land of the free and we can do anything if we work together. How many others before him tried use this same method and shape others mind to fit the leaders views.
The different bands that was playing for him before he spoke shows the slow sappy beginning then loud ending, to show the America people and how to act, from sad to happy, depressing times to happy times.
This is what today showed me and how things might not really be looking up for the better but i might be wrong.
He is giving us a message that we as a "world" or as the human race can join together and fix this problem. He is building up the hopes and will of many to fuel his plan and is manipulating their emotions to get his "ideas" going. To tell people this is the land of the free and we can do anything if we work together. How many others before him tried use this same method and shape others mind to fit the leaders views.
The different bands that was playing for him before he spoke shows the slow sappy beginning then loud ending, to show the America people and how to act, from sad to happy, depressing times to happy times.
This is what today showed me and how things might not really be looking up for the better but i might be wrong.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Essay draft 4
Thesis: Society today is intertwined with messages of how to live a meaningful life from different cultures.
Humans today want to tell others how to make their live more meaningful, or how to make their lives more meaningless. Stories are passes down to tell morals of how to live your life, and others are telling you to do "this" to express how to make a better life by gathering some other junk, but our lives aren't meaningful because we think it is out of our own willpower, it is meaningful because of the corruption from the fold and corporate messages around us. By filtering the difference between the messages, we can see how the dominate, sub themes are different and can analysis how to live our lives as told by others.
Humans today want to tell others how to make their live more meaningful, or how to make their lives more meaningless. Stories are passes down to tell morals of how to live your life, and others are telling you to do "this" to express how to make a better life by gathering some other junk, but our lives aren't meaningful because we think it is out of our own willpower, it is meaningful because of the corruption from the fold and corporate messages around us. By filtering the difference between the messages, we can see how the dominate, sub themes are different and can analysis how to live our lives as told by others.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Folk Culture Holiday Analysis
1. Pick a holiday that you find particularly interesting that is practiced by the majority of people in the U.S.
Independence day
2. Analyze the messages of the holiday in regards to the valuable and meaningful aspects of life.
To enjoy the freedom our founding fathers wanted us to have
To spend money in order to enjoy this time of peace
3. Consider dress codes, participants, music, activities, food, etc to offer a deeper analysis than merely the "official message" of the holiday.
Country color's "red, white and blue"
Watch the firework show, eat hot dogs or fired food (barbecue's)
this shows how we are suppose to spend money on this day of peace and how we as America should consume more than an average person should on this day with fatty foods. To celebrate the freedom of the while people and not all of us and to draw away their freedom with cheaper products on "sale" and flashy fireworks. Spend time with your family and enjoy the freedom which we have today.
4. Explore contradictory messages within the holiday.
All people are "free" in America from this day on, but it was only attended for white males by the fathers of America, not every race or gender only a small group of people.
Go against oppression but people every day is being oppressed by others in America and we can't fight back against it.
5. Identify aspects of our culture's emphases on "the good and meaningful life" that receive support or challenge from the holiday you've selected.
Be free and don't let the system hold you down. (marginal message) like MLK day to fight against oppression. Like most hoiladays to spend time with your family but to spend it shopping is to spend time away, unless you have family shopping.
Independence day
2. Analyze the messages of the holiday in regards to the valuable and meaningful aspects of life.
To enjoy the freedom our founding fathers wanted us to have
To spend money in order to enjoy this time of peace
3. Consider dress codes, participants, music, activities, food, etc to offer a deeper analysis than merely the "official message" of the holiday.
Country color's "red, white and blue"
Watch the firework show, eat hot dogs or fired food (barbecue's)
this shows how we are suppose to spend money on this day of peace and how we as America should consume more than an average person should on this day with fatty foods. To celebrate the freedom of the while people and not all of us and to draw away their freedom with cheaper products on "sale" and flashy fireworks. Spend time with your family and enjoy the freedom which we have today.
4. Explore contradictory messages within the holiday.
All people are "free" in America from this day on, but it was only attended for white males by the fathers of America, not every race or gender only a small group of people.
Go against oppression but people every day is being oppressed by others in America and we can't fight back against it.
5. Identify aspects of our culture's emphases on "the good and meaningful life" that receive support or challenge from the holiday you've selected.
Be free and don't let the system hold you down. (marginal message) like MLK day to fight against oppression. Like most hoiladays to spend time with your family but to spend it shopping is to spend time away, unless you have family shopping.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Christmas Break
Through out my Christmas break i spent it with my family and "giving" stuff for to each other while enjoying the free time away from school. Looking at all the lazy people in the world and seeing how they can't change their life styles even if they wanted to. i spent a lot of time with my family traveling around and helping out preparing for the new year, talking to my relatives that i haven't seen in a while and learning whats new in their lives and what to expect in the future. By spending time with my friends i also looked at how people changed when they are outside of school, how things will never be different no matter how i looked at it.
This break give me a lot of time to think about what i do and what is coming up int he new year that i never got to finish last year, thinking about people's silly question about what's your new years resolution. I never had one before no matter how much it think of it, for the new years setting a goal for yourself is stupid in my view because of how much things can changed because of one incident. My break was sorta different this year because of all the new things happening and all the little details everyone misses.
By looking at my break i can see how many people don't have the "Christmas spirit" that they tell people to give since they always are missing something. This world has became a giving world to give things to others but you expect things in return and better things then what you gave. This is shown in many shows of how people expect this ""items" from "Santa" then what you gave this "Santa". that's why i wanted to change it because it's not what i get that makes me happy its to make others happy that makes me happy, not caring about what you get is what i think would be meaningful because humans today want more and more but thinking what to get others with no restraints is best for the world.
New years is a little weird because instead in 2009 they want to make history for a new president who people say made history being the first "black" president but he isn't totally black he is half white and that's not really new history. its just a white guy who is half black becoming the new president. I don't get why people want so many new things and the old things aren't good enough, in my family we got a lot of new stuff like beds, sofa's clothes and a lot of new things but the old things were fine too so humans need something "new" to make their lives meaningful like a "new" president.
This break give me a lot of time to think about what i do and what is coming up int he new year that i never got to finish last year, thinking about people's silly question about what's your new years resolution. I never had one before no matter how much it think of it, for the new years setting a goal for yourself is stupid in my view because of how much things can changed because of one incident. My break was sorta different this year because of all the new things happening and all the little details everyone misses.
By looking at my break i can see how many people don't have the "Christmas spirit" that they tell people to give since they always are missing something. This world has became a giving world to give things to others but you expect things in return and better things then what you gave. This is shown in many shows of how people expect this ""items" from "Santa" then what you gave this "Santa". that's why i wanted to change it because it's not what i get that makes me happy its to make others happy that makes me happy, not caring about what you get is what i think would be meaningful because humans today want more and more but thinking what to get others with no restraints is best for the world.
New years is a little weird because instead in 2009 they want to make history for a new president who people say made history being the first "black" president but he isn't totally black he is half white and that's not really new history. its just a white guy who is half black becoming the new president. I don't get why people want so many new things and the old things aren't good enough, in my family we got a lot of new stuff like beds, sofa's clothes and a lot of new things but the old things were fine too so humans need something "new" to make their lives meaningful like a "new" president.
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