Dear Jenks,
I thought your analysis of father-son relationships was very insightful and it made me think about other father-son relationships i have seen in literature, entertainment, or real life. They all seem to have one thing in common, the father and the son each have a similar trait that they share, whether they want to admit it or not, and the son is trying to do anything he can to gain his father's approval.
Another thing i noticed was that all three of your examples used the winning of some kind of competition to prove that the son was "good" enough or "manly" enough in the eyes of his father. I found this to be very interesting and it made me wonder if maybe the relationship between a father and a son becomes oversimplified in fictional stories to be only about how talented the son is. After all, there has to be a deeper relationship lying beneath the superficial acceptance of the son due to his ability to throw a ball or fly a kite.
I thought your analysis of father-son relationships was very insightful and it made me think about other father-son relationships i have seen in literature, entertainment, or real life. They all seem to have one thing in common, the father and the son each have a similar trait that they share, whether they want to admit it or not, and the son is trying to do anything he can to gain his father's approval.
Another thing i noticed was that all three of your examples used the winning of some kind of competition to prove that the son was "good" enough or "manly" enough in the eyes of his father. I found this to be very interesting and it made me wonder if maybe the relationship between a father and a son becomes oversimplified in fictional stories to be only about how talented the son is. After all, there has to be a deeper relationship lying beneath the superficial acceptance of the son due to his ability to throw a ball or fly a kite.
Then I read Jordan's post about Post-modernism and Stephen Colbert
Dear JoJo,
After reading your blog and watching the video attached to it, I must say that I agree with you in this case. Combining the many different tasks that Colbert was performing seemed to have worked in his favor this time. His speech was informative, yet easy to watch and understand, which let's face it is a pretty necessary thing when dealing with Americans.
I think that this just goes to show that there are many ways post-modernism can be viewed and there is so much more of that philosophy that we have yet to discover. The fact that it is a philosophy means that it can be interpreted in different ways, and even denied in some ways as well, and after watching this video i believe that i have a much more clear knowledge of some examples of post-modernism. As always though, there is more to learn.
After reading your blog and watching the video attached to it, I must say that I agree with you in this case. Combining the many different tasks that Colbert was performing seemed to have worked in his favor this time. His speech was informative, yet easy to watch and understand, which let's face it is a pretty necessary thing when dealing with Americans.
I think that this just goes to show that there are many ways post-modernism can be viewed and there is so much more of that philosophy that we have yet to discover. The fact that it is a philosophy means that it can be interpreted in different ways, and even denied in some ways as well, and after watching this video i believe that i have a much more clear knowledge of some examples of post-modernism. As always though, there is more to learn.
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