Assignment 5-1: Weekly Analysis
David Frantom
HUMN 341-F3 Popular Culture
Professor Schottenstein
March 20, 2008
Where are all the Heroes?
This evening, I was going to make sure that I got this assignment completed. I have been thinking about what popular culture icon to analysis on my blog. I did a hero last week, and wanted to find something or someone else in that category. I was having some difficulty choosing one.
I read a blog for another assignment this week (DeRosa, 2008). In the posting, he got me thinking about the abundance of celebrities in our culture, but the markedly lack of heroes that are prominent in our society. So for this blog posting, I don’t have a specific icon, but that is what I want to analyze.
Where are the heroes in our culture? Our newscasts, print media and internet sites are devoted to the celebrity. How many days did the media cover Paris Hilton going to jail? Or the tortured drama that is Britney Spears’ life? Lindsey Lohan is going back to rehab? That is our front story for tonight!
Anymore, we have to look deep to find the hero. Our culture does not allow for a larger than life hero. We would almost feel compelled to tear that image down out of our culture. Instead, we have the little hero in American society. What about the single mother who picks up a second job to help put their child through college? How about the adults who are approaching retirement age, but take into their home an elderly parent who can no longer care for themselves on their own? The small child who gives a piece of their sandwich to a stray dog, so that it won’t go hungry?
Maybe we don’t have to look deep, but just open our eyes to what is going on all around us. There are heroic acts going on all around us and our culture is benefitting from their sacrifice.
References
DeRosa, C. (2008, March 15). Assignment 5-1: Weekly written analysis. Message posted to a crack at pop culture message board. http://chadspopculture.blogspot.com
3 comments:
I agree with you. In today's society the heroes of pop culture could be our neighbors, friends or family. I would not call the celebrities of todays pop culture heroes. A lot of it has to do with our media beating a dead horse (Spears, Lohan) but they are not someone I would like my child to think of as an idol. Great job on your analysis.
I think you really hit at the heart of what I was trying to say. It really bothers me that we, as a culture, have already forgotten the heroes, big and small, in our world. When tragedy strikes, we celebrate them, but what about the rest of the time? I think you put together a much more eloquent and clear picture than I was able to do. I agree completely.
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