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You are six years old, freshly woken up, haven’t even brushed your teeth yet. You rush downstairs to the basement, quickly cozy into the couch, and turn on the TV. To your amusement, your favorite show is on—The Proud Family. Your attention is captivated by the television. You begin to sing at the top of your lungs, “THE PROUD FAMILY, THEY’LL MAKE YOU SCREAM, MAKE YOU WANNA SING..” and so on. Why is it that you are so infatuated with this show? Is your gratification satisfied by the cultural representation that of course a six year old would not understand, comedic entertainment, or subtle lessons? Whatever the case may be, the show keeps your eyes glued to the television for the next thirty minutes. The six year old child, you are imagining

Kill Bill is the fourth entry film from the writer-director Quentin Tarantino. As for a fan of Anime or any Japanese related chattels, this film illustrates these themes thoroughly. This film is radically popular for its hardcore bloody violence that seems as a disturbance for the foretime but diverts into a huge laughter for it's over the top bloody violence. It's passably aware that this violence aren’t realistic and a positive is, it knows. Not only does this film make for an enjoyable blood ride, it makes up for a distinctive action flick.

The theme of the Book of Job is the perseverance of the human spirit. Job loses everything but he does not lose his faith in God. “Job refuses to curse God” (Book). Job has not done anything to deserve this, but it is a test from God and Satan to see if Job is actually as

“Televised events like the Super Bowl, the Olympics and the World Cup give us a rare opportunity to share a moment in time with the world,” proclaims Tim Leberecht of www.designmind.com (Leberecht). With our busy lives, we almost never take out time to spend with our loved ones, and these televised events are when the majority of people meet up and have fun. “Millie? Does the White Clown love you? Does your ‘family’ love you, love you with all their heart and soul, Millie?” Montag asks Mildred (Bradbury 77). Guy Montag is questioning his wife out of desperation, and is extremely curious to know if she believes that her fake TV family really loves her. From this we can see that he is truly disappointed with life and his wife’s immoral addiction to television. We must keep in mind that our society today is not as dumbed down and obsessed with fake parlor shows that spread real, tangible people apart as Mildred is. TV today is a source of knowledge and learning, and creates the perfect circumstances and settings for the getting together of the people that really matter the most. One of the most important aspects of television is its ability to strengthen democracy and teach the law. “Seventy-two percent (of the US population) learn about elections and candidates from TV news,” states www.designmind.com (Leberecht). TV brings us information that is essential to maintaining our freedom and our guaranteed

O.J. Simpson was a renowned football player for his time he has a troubled past that evidently caught up with him and now he is paying for his crime(s) in prison.

As we have seen, God promises a blessing to those who trust in His word and strive to live by it. Christians do not want to miss out on God’s blessing, especially those waiting for Him to reveal something. Now reading any book of the Bible, even Job, one begins to understand that God will bless you as you strive to study and practice His way of life. The Bible prophetically warns of even more pain in many different forms then what is done here Job, and through this we begin to portray God in a different light (Janzen 2012). However, the book of Job reveals God’s level of intervention during such a violent time. Due to the context and dire situation it would be difficult to imagine anything more then the pain for the members of Job’s family and the community at that time. They needed encouragement and the assurance that the trials Job faced would soon be over. The evil powers of Satan that governed Job’s life for a moment would be destroyed, and a triumphant sense of peace would be reestablished. The message of Job was intended for those in a particular time and circumstances of pain. Christians familiar with other violent writings would understand the book's symbolism, for practically everything Job went through was a test that other biblical figures felt during similar times of persecution. Job’s story was written to all people that may face the same trials, and find peace after their

““There are some who say we are not truly human until we have suffered” 1 as said by Katharine Dell. There is also a though throughout the bible that God makes us suffer for our wrongdoings and past offenses. If this is so, then the protagonist of the Book of Job put both of these thoughts to the test while remaining faithful to God. Similarly to Job in “John” chapter nine, Jesus’ disciples question him in regards to human suffering and punishment from God. The idea of punishing a child for their parents sins is an over arching idea in the bible that acts as an explanation to why human suffer. Throughout the Biblical book of Job, despite Job’s friends’ belief of his wrongdoing, Job remains faithful while searching for a reason for his

Everyone remembers the ones who had a hand in raising them. We fondly remember the aunties who brought the best fireworks that 34 dollars could buy from a fireworks superstore/gas station. We could never forget the great uncles who were unbeatable in bowling, yet somehow shot gutter balls for you. We would not dare to forget our parent’s friends who were always present for a trip to the amusement park. All those who have left a mark on us, we remember. Except we often neglect to acknowledge one of our most frequent and favored influences. In America, you would be hard-pressed to find someone who did not grow up watching TV. We all have been raised by the TV, but the implications of its influence vary greatly. I was lucky enough to have a lenient mother who did not censor what I could watch; not that my mom had much of a choice on what I

Job is among the few people in the Bible who depict pure righteousness. According to Job, God is the determiner of pious, what is right or wrong. However, when he is asked why he suffers so much, yet he is very religious. In verbatim, he states that “Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?” (King James Version, Job 22:4). Conversely, Job answers this by stating that what humans find in this world they will die and leave behind. From these contentions, Job seems to imply that people will depart the earth with

Throughout religious texts and within different cultures, there is a continuously expanding list of lessons for people to learn from and live by. Too general, be more specific. The Bible, for instance, has stood as a pedestal for ethics and wisdom for centuries and is still studied by theologians and taught in various schools nationwide today. Both the Old and New Testaments are known for containing inspiring stories of triumph, love, and new understandings within people, but they also include cautionary narratives of difficulty, loss, evil, and hatred. A prominent tale that demonstrates the brutality with which some lessons are learned is the story of Job in the Bible. This is well written, but unnecessary. Try to get immediately to your argument. In the Book of Job, the idea of sin and suffering are correlated. According to many stories in the Old Testament, without sin there is no suffering. The account of Adam and Eve is an quintessential example of how a sinful action, which in their story was eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, can lead to great suffering, such as how they were exiled from the Garden of Eden, their descendants struggled for survival, and women bearing the pain of childbirth. Interesting This example is one of many that conclude suffering is a punishment for sinning, however in the Book of Job, that moral is proven to be erroneous. Excellent Within this book of the Bible, the protagonist of the story is faced with

The Book of Job has been praised but also neglected all at the same time. Its literary work is written in a poetry sense with a prose format and considered one of the greatest pieces of literature of all time. The Book of Job is one of first book of five generally called "The Books of Poetry", which contain Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon. The Book of Job is written in the Old Testament of the Hebrew Bible and the main theme that is seeks out is "Why does God allow the righteous to suffer?" First of all I will be talking about the origins and history of the book, and then I will give a brief summary on the story and theme of what the Book of Job is addressing. I will then be breaking down, in

Love is considered the ultimate achievement and dream of society, in ways that it represents the essence of what makes humanity. Popular culture such as television shows, movies, music, and art cannot express this need in human nature enough. Representations of romantic relationships across mediums such as television is almost inevitable to come across because it is deeply embedded within our humanistic nature to need and want an intimate relationship. According to Hetsroni’s (2012) journal article about television’s influence on various love styles, 94% of American teenagers retrieve their information and preconceptions about dating, romance, and love from watching television, while only 17% got advice from their fathers and 33% from their mothers (p. 39). Hetsroni argues that only a few of these studies have attempted to measure the actual effects on viewer’s romantic relationships. One reasons how distorted conceptions of relationships are conceived from television might have something to do with relationship maintenance behaviors, which are crucial in interpersonal relationships, most importantly in romantic ones. Psychological studies have been conducted to prove the influence of televisions as a use of behavioral guides about relationship matters, even producing two possible theories that have relevance to television influence; the cultivation theory (Gerbner, 1966) and social cognitive theory

Alas, poor Job is left to ponder why such misfortunes were heaped upon him, for God never really answers this question. Moreover, throughout history, people have been pondering the very same question. Many books and essays have been written on "The Book of Job" in an attempt to try to explain the cause of suffering, but the theories that have been extracted have had primarily western theological overtones.

In Textual Poachers, Henry Jenkins (2013 [1992], 9) writes of a Saturday Night Live skit in which William Shatner, or Captain Kirk, tells a group of nerdy, yet devout “Trekkies,” to “Get a Life!” This skit plays on popular perceptions we have of fans as being so enamoured with the fan object they lose touch with reality. In coverage of fans in the media, whether of celebrities, a television series or sports, we are often on the receiving end of fanatical, sensationalist, or even deviant portrayals. The reality, as fan scholars previously demonstrate, is these types of fans are stereotypes (Jenkins 2013 [1992]; Jensen 1992). Certainly, some fans spend excessive amounts of time devoted to their fan object, but rarely does it become a pathological obsession, as is the case with celebrity stalkers (see Duffett 2014 ; Ferris 2001; Meloy, Sheridan and Hoffmann 2008). For example, Mark David Chapman was most definitely an obsessed fan of John Lennon, but Chapman divorced himself from fan status through deviant pathological action, in killing Lennon, something not shared with the vast majority of fans. Chapman was more likely severely ill, than a fan, when he shot Lennon. The relegation of fans to pathological deviants mischaracterizes fans in a broader societal understanding, but as Jensen (1992) points out in her now classic essay, “Fandom as Pathology: the Consequences of Characterization,” skewed academic perceptions of fans as well. Set apart from deviance,

In The Book of Job found in the Hebrew Bible, the character Job suffers when the Lord and Adversary are involved in a bet. The Adversary causes Job severe pain and kills his children and cattle to see if Job would curse the Lord. Though Job does not curse the Lord, he cries out to Him demanding a reason for his suffering. Job’s friends tell him that his suffering will end once he repents his sins, but Job believes otherwise for he knows he is blameless. The Lord proclaims his power over Job and seems to use his power as a reason for letting Job suffer. Although Job has always lived righteously, God acts without reason when he allows the Adversary to make Job suffer.