What Mortals Want
Gods and celebrities alike are held on a pedestal [untouchable] my mortal men. Some mortals even have shrines to commemorate these higher beings, but as stories and history has shown these higher beings have very human qualities and emotions… So what sets [them] apart? Clay Routledge, a social Psychologist researching how people view themselves has an impact on their lives, writes an article To Feel meaningful is to Feel Immortal. Scott Barry Kaufman, is a psychologist who’s field of study is on positive psychology, and has done an essay on Why do you Want to be Famous? These two articles explain why people want to be like [gods], and by doing so, explained the question above, what sets [them] apart? To put it simply: Power, …show more content…
This is the last reason why humans are so fixated on becoming gods or famous-because they achieve immortality in some shape or form. Look at Elvis, although he is dead, he made his mark on earth, and that 's what Humans want. And as Routledge put so perfectly in his article, To Feel Meaningful is to Feel Immortal, “People want to be more than mere mortal beings who die and disappear forever.” All live on Earth fight to survive, day-to-day, but as Humans we are aware of our inevitable demise. We question our meaning in life, we want to be remembered, we want to know that somehow we will make a mark in history. The gods are immortal by default, and celebrities are made immortal by their work such as Michael Jackson, Prince, or Elvis. Icarus became immortalized by having “...the land where he lies is known as Icária.” (book 8, line 235) Arachne, for standing up to Minerva was immortalized by being turned into a spider, as evident of the stories told of the foolish Arachne. And poor Phaethon! He basically got a ‘gold star’ that says “you tried” when the Hesperian naiads discovered his body and buried him and “also inscribed the stone of his grave with the following epitaph: Here lies Phaethon, Charioteer of his father’s horses. They bolted and brought him low; but high were his spirit and daring.” (book 2 line 325) The Great Achilles as well will forever be remembered from The Trojan war, though he died, the story of the mighty hero is
Gods and celebrities alike are held on a pedestal [untouchable] my mortal men. Some mortals even have shrines to commemorate these higher beings, but as stories and history has shown these higher beings have very human qualities and emotions… So what sets [them] apart? Clay Routledge, a social Psychologist researching how people view themselves has an impact on their lives, writes an article To Feel meaningful is to Feel Immortal. Scott Barry Kaufman, is a psychologist who’s field of study is on positive psychology, and has done an essay on Why do you Want to be Famous? These two articles explain why people want to be like [gods], and by doing so, explained the question above, what sets [them] apart? To put it simply: Power, …show more content…
This is the last reason why humans are so fixated on becoming gods or famous-because they achieve immortality in some shape or form. Look at Elvis, although he is dead, he made his mark on earth, and that 's what Humans want. And as Routledge put so perfectly in his article, To Feel Meaningful is to Feel Immortal, “People want to be more than mere mortal beings who die and disappear forever.” All live on Earth fight to survive, day-to-day, but as Humans we are aware of our inevitable demise. We question our meaning in life, we want to be remembered, we want to know that somehow we will make a mark in history. The gods are immortal by default, and celebrities are made immortal by their work such as Michael Jackson, Prince, or Elvis. Icarus became immortalized by having “...the land where he lies is known as Icária.” (book 8, line 235) Arachne, for standing up to Minerva was immortalized by being turned into a spider, as evident of the stories told of the foolish Arachne. And poor Phaethon! He basically got a ‘gold star’ that says “you tried” when the Hesperian naiads discovered his body and buried him and “also inscribed the stone of his grave with the following epitaph: Here lies Phaethon, Charioteer of his father’s horses. They bolted and brought him low; but high were his spirit and daring.” (book 2 line 325) The Great Achilles as well will forever be remembered from The Trojan war, though he died, the story of the mighty hero is