The End Of Admiration: The Media And The Loss Of Heroes
Heros
Everyone has someone or in some cases something that they would consider to be heroic in their eyes; someone or something worth looking up to and there is a reason why that someone or something is admired is such a way. Although finding people to admire and idolize these day could be viewed as scarce and hard to do, everyone should have at least one person they can look up to because heroes nurture us when we’re young, they validate our our preferred worldview, and they give hope when none exists.
It would be safe to assume to say that at a younger age all of us looked up to some kind of heroic figure. For most kids that figure was more than likely but not limited to fictitious beings like that of a comic book superhero whose background, thoughts and life adversities and adventures were produced within the mind of someone else. Batman, Superman, Spiderman, Wolverine, and even Wonder woman for the little girls who weren't too busy with their dolls are just a few that a young child could chose to admire, impersonate and even find ways to relate to …show more content…
as far as experiences. A traumatic and life changing event as a child can do a sever amount of damage to the future of that child but possibly with the nurturing of a hero with time a positive change can come from that event As stated in “A Pedagogical Response to the Aurora Shootings” by Henry Jenkins “ The superhero genre tend to suggest that we have choice how we respond to trauma and loss. For some we emerge stronger and more ethically committed..” (Jenkins 244). As life goes on and we grow older our heros may change from the world of fiction to one based in reality like a family member, sport star, a musician or even a politician, but without that initial nurturing that may not be possible.
You are a product of the world that’s fed to you.
From the days of a young child to present the way you view everything has been a influenced by the people and things that fill your life. As it was said in the writing “The End of Admiration: The Media and the Loss of Heros” by Peter H. Gibbon “ As parents, we need to realize that there are dangers that come with too many choices and too few guides...their well-being depend not only on nutrition, sunlight, and exercise; on friendship, work and love; but also on how they see the world” (Gibbons 249). Sometimes you're swayed from the beaten path that you were placed on by the influentials of your past and in doing so you feel lost and sometimes even rejected. It is then when having a someone you admire and idolize who also shares the same view of the world as you do will come into play. It could still be a person of fictitious origins or one based in reality.
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Lastly, in any situation where things go wrong and the absence of hope exists having someone you can rely on can restore the lack of hope thus pulling you out of despair. For those who prefer the following of Jesus Christ a common expression is constantly used to guide their decision making, What Would Jesus Do? Or also referred to as W.W.J.D. Whoever you source of hope may be everyone has one that they tap into during a time of need.
Inescapably hero and other people worth admiring and idolizing are still in exists despite the the naysayers who dismiss them in stating “ they are Nil Admirari or nothing admire….nothing is sacred, no one is noble and there are no heros” (Gibbon 248). If you are still of the fence thing back when you were a child, envision the times when you would run around in a homemade cape constructed out of a towel and clothes pin, or when need reassurance in your way of thinking and comprehension of this confusing world and that time in need when you fell and couldn't get back up. Who did you look too? I bet it was a someone who you might consider to be a hero.
Work Cited
Ackley, Katherine Anne, ed. Perspective on Contemporary Issues: Reading Across the Disciplines. 7th ed. Stamford: Cengage Learning. 2015. Print.
Jenkins, Henry. “A Pedagogical Response to the Aurora Shootings.” Ackley 235-246.
Gibbons, Peter. “The End of Admiration:The Media and the Loss of Heros.” Ackley 247-252.
Everyone has someone or in some cases something that they would consider to be heroic in their eyes; someone or something worth looking up to and there is a reason why that someone or something is admired is such a way. Although finding people to admire and idolize these day could be viewed as scarce and hard to do, everyone should have at least one person they can look up to because heroes nurture us when we’re young, they validate our our preferred worldview, and they give hope when none exists.
It would be safe to assume to say that at a younger age all of us looked up to some kind of heroic figure. For most kids that figure was more than likely but not limited to fictitious beings like that of a comic book superhero whose background, thoughts and life adversities and adventures were produced within the mind of someone else. Batman, Superman, Spiderman, Wolverine, and even Wonder woman for the little girls who weren't too busy with their dolls are just a few that a young child could chose to admire, impersonate and even find ways to relate to …show more content…
as far as experiences. A traumatic and life changing event as a child can do a sever amount of damage to the future of that child but possibly with the nurturing of a hero with time a positive change can come from that event As stated in “A Pedagogical Response to the Aurora Shootings” by Henry Jenkins “ The superhero genre tend to suggest that we have choice how we respond to trauma and loss. For some we emerge stronger and more ethically committed..” (Jenkins 244). As life goes on and we grow older our heros may change from the world of fiction to one based in reality like a family member, sport star, a musician or even a politician, but without that initial nurturing that may not be possible.
You are a product of the world that’s fed to you.
From the days of a young child to present the way you view everything has been a influenced by the people and things that fill your life. As it was said in the writing “The End of Admiration: The Media and the Loss of Heros” by Peter H. Gibbon “ As parents, we need to realize that there are dangers that come with too many choices and too few guides...their well-being depend not only on nutrition, sunlight, and exercise; on friendship, work and love; but also on how they see the world” (Gibbons 249). Sometimes you're swayed from the beaten path that you were placed on by the influentials of your past and in doing so you feel lost and sometimes even rejected. It is then when having a someone you admire and idolize who also shares the same view of the world as you do will come into play. It could still be a person of fictitious origins or one based in reality.
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Lastly, in any situation where things go wrong and the absence of hope exists having someone you can rely on can restore the lack of hope thus pulling you out of despair. For those who prefer the following of Jesus Christ a common expression is constantly used to guide their decision making, What Would Jesus Do? Or also referred to as W.W.J.D. Whoever you source of hope may be everyone has one that they tap into during a time of need.
Inescapably hero and other people worth admiring and idolizing are still in exists despite the the naysayers who dismiss them in stating “ they are Nil Admirari or nothing admire….nothing is sacred, no one is noble and there are no heros” (Gibbon 248). If you are still of the fence thing back when you were a child, envision the times when you would run around in a homemade cape constructed out of a towel and clothes pin, or when need reassurance in your way of thinking and comprehension of this confusing world and that time in need when you fell and couldn't get back up. Who did you look too? I bet it was a someone who you might consider to be a hero.
Work Cited
Ackley, Katherine Anne, ed. Perspective on Contemporary Issues: Reading Across the Disciplines. 7th ed. Stamford: Cengage Learning. 2015. Print.
Jenkins, Henry. “A Pedagogical Response to the Aurora Shootings.” Ackley 235-246.
Gibbons, Peter. “The End of Admiration:The Media and the Loss of Heros.” Ackley 247-252.