Chapter 1
Bader-Saye begins to speak about the concept of fear and how it is a natural reaction to the world in today’s society. On page 11, he quotes “We find it hard to quell the fear long enough to analyze how it is being produced.” Pop culture, like Bono shows how fear influences people’s lives, and how being vulnerable to God is what’s important, even when we think fear can manipulate us. Bono states, “The path out of fear is not power but trust, not strength but vulnerability before God. (12)” Soon, the speaker realizes that his own fears are present when he is going to be a new parent. He realized that there is both fear in getting information about how to take care of a baby from professionals and also his own family who have raised
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Thus, “The only sure way to avoid fear, then, is to love less or not at all. (39-40)” But people have to be careful and not let fear control every aspect of their lives. The speaker is saying some people try to give up loving because they don’t want to fear being hurt by someone they love. “Sometimes it is when our loves are most threatened that we see them most clearly. (41)” Showing what it takes people to realize their priorities. Throughout time people have used “the fear of the Lord” to scare people into becoming religious, which is not accurate. There are many Bible verses that say not to fear the Lord, but then there are also some that do. The author summarizes this by saying, “It would seem that God promises to calm our fears of worldly dangers, while at the same time urging us to fear God. (43)” God doesn’t want us to fear the world because the world is not the right representation of fear because God wants to show us his power and things that are outside of the physical world. Aquinas suggests that the fear of God is like a child fearing their parents. The child is more scared of ruining their relationship than getting into trouble. People also do not fear by not acknowledging danger, which is unsafe because people purposefully look for danger to feel a thrill. Throughout the whole Star Wars saga, Anakin is said to be the “chosen one” but the whole time is overcome by fear. The whole time Anakin is tempted by fear and causes him to loose his love for others, especially his
The addition of fear is sometimes too much for people to handle. As if they didn’t have enough already” (Baker 1).
When it comes to films most people think that the filmmakers just draft up the script, hires some actors, films and edits some scenes, then releases the next number one movie in America to the world (or select theaters near you). In actuality, there are a lot more details that go into film than that. Filmmakers are constantly making decisions in regards to a films narrative and cinematic style and making sure a film comes out as well as it can. One of those decisions fall under cinematic style and is called mise-en-scene. Mise-en-scene has four elements: lighting, costume/makeup, sets/props, and figure expression and movement. The three that will be focused on when analyzing the film Modern Times are costume/makeup, sets/props, and figure expression
Fear is one of the most powerful emotions, therefore by using fear as a rhetorical strategy it makes Edwards’s argument more memorable and more likely to be taken to heart due to the audience’s dreading eternity in a “lake of burning brimstone,” (2) and a “pit of glowing flames of the wrath of god” (2). Fear turns the imagined into something tangible and because the audience has no way of actually discovering heaven or hell until they die, they are more likely to accept his argument and accept god into their lives in order to avoid hell.
“Fear becomes easier to master when the patient’s mind is diverted from the thing feared to the fear itself, considered as a present and undesirable state of his own mind; and when he regards the fear as his appointed cross he will inevitably think of it as a state of mind.” (9) Once the patient has figured out the states of fear, then they can conquer it. They immediately transfer paths so they do not get pulled into the dark forces. 1 John4:18 says “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love”
Fear is an everyday emotion that the human race must face, and it can bring out the best and worst of us, but its how we choose to deal with it that truly defines us.
Since she was fearful of her father, she then thought she passed that fear down to her daughter by some of the same actions her daughter had done that she had done herself. She stated, “Is that possible, that children can inherit fear” (46). This causes the woman to have problems with herself and think that she was the reason for her daughter to turn out the way she did. She also didn’t think about having another child to risk passing the fear on again. Her childhood and how her father wasn’t always a part of her life resulted in her future to be how it turned
Although we have taken monumental strides in the past fifty years towards racial equality and diversity, it is still commonly argued that popular culture lacks some sort of racial representation. In the United States, the people who live here are vastly diverse when it comes to race and culture, yet in the media people of color get marginalized and stereotyped everyday in film, music, and etc.
As defined in Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, culture is “the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group.” These customary beliefs could also be described as a set of morals or values commonly practiced by a group. Social forms are understood as being the institutions in which interaction and socialization between people take place, such as at school, church, or work. The material traits within a culture would include clothing, food, and art to name a few. Music is a distinct, diverse culture in itself, a subculture. Each musical era had its own code of values, social forms, and material traits.
... is only there to attempt to take him off track as the fear of suffering is worse than the action itself, which never happens when one pursues their dreams anyways. Therefore, the fear of the suffering in the future should be conquered as it is nothing but a burden to one’s life. Thus, the fear of the future must be conquered because people do not know if what they are afraid of will actually happen.
I agree with this as I have personal experience with this situation. When things in life get hard and stressed out I try to get out of it by entertaining myself by watching a funny program on television, so that I will forget the problem. Yet, this peace is short-lived as one day we will have to face the problem. He goes on to say that man has two types of fear the fear of life and the fear of death. I agree with this statement. Even when humans are living on earth they are surrounded by fear of every kind of natural calamities, accidents, disease outbreaks, responsibilities, and finally the fear of death. This is true for people who worry all the time about things. A person who is in Texas could sit worrying and fearing about a disease outbreak in China. However, the truth is that most of the time the things we fear never actually come true. He says an interesting fact said by Perls about the four layers of the neurotic structure. “The first two layers are the getting along in society layer, the third layer is our inner feeling of emptiness and being lost, and the fourth layer is the fear of death” (57). I also liked the statement said by Traherne that “the totality of the human condition is the thing that is so hard for a man to recapture. He wants his world safe for delight, wants to blame others for his fate” (65), which is absolutely true. Every human being wants happiness and safety in the world. Humans also have the tendency to put the blame on others for their own actions. I also like and agree with the statement Kirkegaard said that people get afraid when things are not arranged in the same order they know it to be. He gives the perfect example of a math problem. “When it is changed in any form than it was taught to us we perceive it as a new problem altogether and get frightened” (71). I also like his idea about how to encourage a child to grow up on
In order to study and understand pop culture we must first and foremost confront the
The Effects of Popular Culture on Society Popular Culture is music, dance, theatre, film,T.V., poetry and Art which is enjoyed by a wide group of people. Some people would argue that popular culture in the 1960's cause harm. Other people however argued that other factors brought harm and change to society. Some people would argue that music would cause harm because of the lyrics in pop songs. Lyrics like 'Lets spend the night together' by The Rolling Stones, influenced young people to have casual sex.
There are many ways to define popular culture. Many individuals have grappled with the question what is popular culture? And how to critically analyze and deconstruct the meanings. Looking at the root words of popular culture is where to begin. Raymond Williams states ‘popular’ means: “well liked by many people" or “culture actually made for the people themselves (Storey, p.5). This is part with the word ‘culture’ combine to look at how the two words have been connect by theoretical work within social and historical context. John Storey approaches popular culture in six categories, they are as followed: “Popular culture is simply culture that is widely favoured or well liked by many people”, Popular culture is “the culture that is left over after we have decided what is high culture”, Popular culture is “mass culture”, “Popular culture is the culture that originates from ‘the people.” and “Popular culture as a site of struggle
In the contemporary society, popular culture represents the emerging lifestyles, fashions, values, as well as customs that the mainstream population follows without hesitation and with loyalty. It embraces a blend of philosophies, opinions, beliefs, viewpoints, and imageries, besides various forms of events that specific groups of individuals adopt in the society. Popular culture plays a significant role in shaping the way people think or perceive things by offering them a unique interpretation of something that they may eventually like. In this digital age, some of the popular culture known today takes account of television programs watched by many people, the numbers of individuals who currently use the internet constantly as the best means
Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change” (John Podhoretz). It encompasses the advertisements we see on T.V, the clothes we wear, the music we listen too, and it’s the reason Leonardo DiCaprio has not won an Oscar yet. It defines and dictates the desires and fears of the mainstream members of society; and it is so ingrained into our lives that it has become as natural as breathing. Moreover, adults never even bat an eyelash at all the pop culture and advertising that surrounds them since it has become just another part of everyday life. Pop culture is still somewhat seen as entertainment enjoyed by the lower class members of society; but pop culture standards change over time. A notable example of this is the sixteenth century author, William Shakespeare, since his works were considered pop culture, entertainment that could be enjoyed by everyone, but now they are considered literary classics. While pop culture encompasses most aspects of our lives, its influence is most obvious through each generations reaction to media,