The Life of Spock: A Tale of Two Ideals Star Trek has always had a massive cult following and the reboot is no different. The character of Spock has some traits from Epictetus’s theory of stoicism. Spock has always had an internal struggle between his human side and his Vulcan side. Growing up, Spock has had difficulty preventing others from affecting his emotions and accepting his role in life. While the old Spock is mostly stoic, he still has trouble not blaming himself and accepting loss.
Dr. Benjamin McLane Spock was born on May 2, 1903. Dr. Spock was an American pediatrician and author of The Common Sense Book on Baby and Child Care. His book has been sold around the world and translated into 42 languages. Dr. Spock wanted parents everywhere to just go with their common sense, because he believed that it was the right and proper way to care for children. Dr. Spock made a lasting impact on mothers everywhere. Many say that Dr. Spock’s book is second best to the Bible in popularity
Initially published in 1845 by Dr. Benjamin Spock, The Common Sense Guide to Baby and Child Care revolutionized parenting, and thus, the upbringing of an entire generation and those following. As society changed, new editions of the original handbook emerged to fit the lifestyle of the current population. Dr. Spock wrote seven editions of The Common Sense Guide to Baby and Child Care alongside a prestigious pediatrician, Steven Parker, before his death in 1998. I read the ninth addition of the manual
The film I’m discussing is Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The film, which takes place in the 23rd century, is about the newly appointed Admiral Kirk and his crew taking back the Enterprise in order to stop a force that is threatening Earth. Although problematic with regards to gender issues, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, along with the original television show and the other movies, used aliens and the futuristic as a tool to examine race and sexuality issues in a way that hadn’t really been explored
After the opening scene the movie cuts twenty-five years into the future depicting James as a young troublemaker. “Challenged by a Captain Christopher Pike to realize his potential in Starfleet, he enlists to annoy instructors like young Commander Spock” (Chrisholm). When a distress signal is received from Vulcan (an allied planet) the newly commissioned USS Enterprise is filled with young cadets who will soon find out that Vulcan is under a surprise attack. Together, James and his fellow cadets must
The movie starts out by the team and the USS Enterprise exploring planet Nibiru. The mission goes awry, and the first officer, Spock, is almost killed. Captain Jim Kirk gets in trouble by Admiral Pike, his authority and Kirk get his ship and position taken away from him. During this time, John Harrison, or better known as Khan, has a diabolical plan to take over Starfleet and the
Actress Jane Wyatt dies on October 20, 2006 at the age of 96. Reports say she passed away in her Bel-Air home in her sleep due to natural causes. Upon news of her passing, hundreds of websites and message boards mourn and exchange stories as to how this woman has affected their lives. An online guest book was immediately created in order for Jane Wyatt fans to congregate and write down their memories of her through television and film. The fans, although never meeting her in person, connect with
of the first science fiction shows directed at adults instead of children, Roddenberry hoped to combine adventure and morality, modeling the show’s format on traditional mythological storytelling, which is most obviously seen in the trio of Kirk, Spock and McCoy. To fully appreciate Star Trek’s influence, you have to understand its enormous scope. Although the first series only ran for three years, the show gained popularity in syndication. It would go on to spawn five new series with a total of
“Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.” This was quoted by Benjamin Spock. He believes that you should show your child love and care instead of being so strict all the time. A lot of parents today follow this theory because loving your children is just the normal and natural thing to do. But a majority of parents expect a lot from their child; maybe even too much. For example, some parents will push their child to be someone they don’t want to be, and never realize how they actually
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Benjamin Spock: Baby and Child Care Dr. Benjamin Spock, was a political activist and pediatrician. Mostly known for his publishing story in 1946, called “Baby and Child care.” As his ideas came in the following decades, many started to follow them, although he also had many people who dismissed his ideas. His message to parents was to not be afraid of using common sense, in which he stated "Don’t be afraid.…Take it easy, trust your own instincts…” With his book, Spock changed the attitudes
complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school... the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK. Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said
James Tiberius Kirk is a name that reigns throughout the entities of space; a fearless leader traveling throughout the galaxies on a mission of peace and conquest. Kirk battles countless species of aliens and encounters numerous walks of life in the Milky Way. While Captain Kirk is a very pragmatic leader, he is, at times, very boisterous and boastful; one could say that he is a modern day Narcissus. After reading this description, it occurs to me that James Tiberius Kirk is not a modern day Narcissus;
In the article “The Monomyth in Star Trek (2009): Kirk & Spock Together Again for the First Time” by Donald Palumbo, he shows how Kirk and Spock have the same monomyth. A monomyth is another word for a hero’s journey or the basic outline of a hero’s life. Palumbo goes into detail on the three basic parts of the hero’s journey. The first is the departure stage or separation stage where something happens to the hero that causes him or her to separate and go off into the unknown. The second stage is
YOU DON’T… I am pretty sure many parents have or would tell their children those words. It’s the main threat that almost every child has heard in his or her lifetime. Whether the mom or dad was talking to them or someone else, in Bill Cosby’s “Dr. Spock Never Promised Us a Rose Garden” he explains and breaks down the dynamics of parenting from both the mother and father’s role. As a father of five children, you would think of having the parenting “thing” down packed, but raising children doesn’t get
In the movie, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Spock best exemplifies Aristotelian ethics. A logical alien from the planet Vulcan, Spock displays a perfect balance of the virtues proposed by Aristotle as he seems to have reached the golden mean in all facets of the scales and whose telos is logic and reason and his pursuit of the logical decisions guides his choices. Spock’s ethical mastery is displayed in the opening scenes of the movie as he prepares to risk his life to save the native inhabitants of
In her essay, “Women's Cinema as Counter-Cinema”, Claire Johnston proposed a path to creating Women's cinema to counter the numerous dominant male-oriented mainstream films. In it, she argues that you must first understand the ideology that is found in mainstream movies, and the ways that women are portrayed within it. She determined that there were two principle concepts to understand: how women are visually represented, and the effect that women have upon the creation of meaning within the film
Star Trek: Into Darkness is a film with a multiplicity of moral themes and dilemmas, and it can be argued that each character adheres to a particular ethical theory. For Spock, the ethical theory adhered to is rule-based utilitarianism. Kirk seems to adhere to a care ethic. Khan, on the other hand, seems in many cases to be motivated by a combination of a misled form of retributivism, a form of psychological egoism, and a form of care ethics. In this paper, I will analyze the ramifications of these
Arguably, the most recognizable character from the Star Trek series is Captain James Kirk. However, in the recent revival of the series it was in fact Spock who took over the captain’s chair. While both of the characters both have admiral qualities that suit them for leadership roles, only one is best fit for captain. Due to his ability to think logically, command others, and show humanity, James Kirk is more suited for the role of captain. In the episode of Star Trek entitled “The Naked Time”,
well. Spock is not perfect in the way that he constantly berates people for their illogical behavior while, on occasion, hypocritically subjecting himself to that same behavior. In comparison, the two humans of the trio are brash, judgmental, rebellious at times, and so much more. An issue that Bones brings up with Spock is that he refuses to acknowledge his human side or is possibly in denial that it affects him. To acknowledge your humanity is to also acknowledge your imperfections. Spock used to