Prompt 1:
In Chapter 5 of Peter Barry's Beginning Theory, Barry talks about Freudian interpretations and how most Freudian interpretations deal with assigning sexual attributions to objects. Barry proceeds to give an example of Freudian interpretation by imagining a dream about a Roman soldier and what this soldier may represent to the dreamer. What may be an innocent dream about a father-like figure, or a heroic figure, turns into something of a sexual nature when inserting Freud's psychoanalytic interpretation. What are Barry's criticisms regarding Freudian interpretation, and what type of situations does he believe it could be applied to? How much influence has Freudian interpretation had over today's society, and how often do you see it …show more content…
in Barry). In order to explain his theory, he mentions how in a dream, objects may symbolize something greater then what is seen. Freudian believes that “a dream is an escape-hatch or safety-valve through which repressed desires, fears, or memories seek an outlet into the conscious mind” (qtd. in Barry). Peter Barry, author of our textbook, Beginning Theory, uses the example of a Roman soldier in a dream; he goes on by imagining that the person who is having the dream is a young adult that is completely controlled by his dominating father and has been wanting to live life the way he wants. The Roman soldier might be a representation of his father in this dream. After reading and analyzing this chapter, I believe that these attributions are true. I never put much thought into it until now. Barry’s criticism show’s a connection to Freudian’s theory by providing examples that support it. Barry believes that these dreams and associations are connected to the dreamers repressed fears. A great example of this is the infamous “falling” dreams that may signify fear of height or something …show more content…
In the “Bouncing Balls,” “Paint,” and “Play Doh” commercial the advertisers goal was to add as much color to the commercial as possible, in order to promote the vivid high definition quality of their television. In my opinion, the “Play Doh” commercial was the most appealing because it broke the walls of realism by turning the play doh into bunnies. It also appeals to pathos (emotional appeal) because, just like puppies, our reaction to bunnies is to say “aw.” Through the use of pathos it helps to bring our society together through the love of bunnies. However, the paint commercial was not necessarily “fiction,” but still successfully got the viewers attention because it brought a sort of dream like quality to the commercial. Furthermore, this dream like concept is common among children’s products because children do not want to see a bland commercial that states the facts, they are more tranced by lively colors and inanimate objects becoming animated, such as the play doh turning into bunnies. Often, society gets confused with what is the truth and what is fiction. Some believe that when advertisers use fiction in their commercials their promoting a lie, when this is not the case. As Marguerite de Villiers says in her article, “Post Truth: Fact vs fiction in marketing”,“while some are often content to accept what is advertised to them or are even
In Chapter 5 of Peter Barry's Beginning Theory, Barry talks about Freudian interpretations and how most Freudian interpretations deal with assigning sexual attributions to objects. Barry proceeds to give an example of Freudian interpretation by imagining a dream about a Roman soldier and what this soldier may represent to the dreamer. What may be an innocent dream about a father-like figure, or a heroic figure, turns into something of a sexual nature when inserting Freud's psychoanalytic interpretation. What are Barry's criticisms regarding Freudian interpretation, and what type of situations does he believe it could be applied to? How much influence has Freudian interpretation had over today's society, and how often do you see it …show more content…
in Barry). In order to explain his theory, he mentions how in a dream, objects may symbolize something greater then what is seen. Freudian believes that “a dream is an escape-hatch or safety-valve through which repressed desires, fears, or memories seek an outlet into the conscious mind” (qtd. in Barry). Peter Barry, author of our textbook, Beginning Theory, uses the example of a Roman soldier in a dream; he goes on by imagining that the person who is having the dream is a young adult that is completely controlled by his dominating father and has been wanting to live life the way he wants. The Roman soldier might be a representation of his father in this dream. After reading and analyzing this chapter, I believe that these attributions are true. I never put much thought into it until now. Barry’s criticism show’s a connection to Freudian’s theory by providing examples that support it. Barry believes that these dreams and associations are connected to the dreamers repressed fears. A great example of this is the infamous “falling” dreams that may signify fear of height or something …show more content…
In the “Bouncing Balls,” “Paint,” and “Play Doh” commercial the advertisers goal was to add as much color to the commercial as possible, in order to promote the vivid high definition quality of their television. In my opinion, the “Play Doh” commercial was the most appealing because it broke the walls of realism by turning the play doh into bunnies. It also appeals to pathos (emotional appeal) because, just like puppies, our reaction to bunnies is to say “aw.” Through the use of pathos it helps to bring our society together through the love of bunnies. However, the paint commercial was not necessarily “fiction,” but still successfully got the viewers attention because it brought a sort of dream like quality to the commercial. Furthermore, this dream like concept is common among children’s products because children do not want to see a bland commercial that states the facts, they are more tranced by lively colors and inanimate objects becoming animated, such as the play doh turning into bunnies. Often, society gets confused with what is the truth and what is fiction. Some believe that when advertisers use fiction in their commercials their promoting a lie, when this is not the case. As Marguerite de Villiers says in her article, “Post Truth: Fact vs fiction in marketing”,“while some are often content to accept what is advertised to them or are even