Puppeteer

The Puppeteering of Media Do people follow the pathway to their stereotypes? A stereotype can be defined as, “a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing” (Definition). Multiple individuals are defined by their racial or social stereotype (For instance, African Americans are widely known for violence, untrustworthiness, addiction, and anger). The discouraging dilemma is the fact that many groups of people are discriminated and targeted…

A theory written by Plato, ‘The Allegory of The Cave’ explains the concern of human perception. Plato differentiates between people who mistake sensory knowledge for the truth and people who really do see the truth. The material world is just partial pictures of true images. Relying on physical senses alone, makes you “effectively blind”, according to Socrates. The world we see is a reflection of what the world represents, not a very accurate representation. Plato claimed that, “Knowledge…

In our current times, a growing trend in entertainment is a work of art’s ability to be “Meta”. Meta is an adjective referring to a work of art’s ability to be self-referential; in other words, to be aware of itself and its genre. This has also be described as “Hanging a Lampshade” or “Breaking the Fourth Wall”. A few notable examples of Meta works in modern art include television series such as 30 Rock (2006), Family Guy (1999) and Community (2009), or movies such as Scream (1996) or Cabin in…

undermining, overlooking and underestimating the experience and knowledge that teachers already had. This, as a result, left little room for teacher growth, change and development with teachers being the direct object of the often non teaching researcher puppeteers. This new shift however, into a post method approach affords teachers a certain amount of creative control and autonomy and allows them to analyse, reflect and make decisions based on strategic research, tried and tested in the…

vision to empower the people, to protect themselves from a tyranical government. This vision had slowly disipated since the inaugeration of Washington. The power laid between a few wealthy individuals, the bank controlled the nation’s funds with a puppeteer like intention, and the common man had very few inlets of influnce for the government. Andrew Jackson, coming from a background of mild wealth, hard work, and military service sought to fix how far the nation had fallen. His vision was that…

other. In Plato’s allegory, prisoners are trapped in the cave and forced to stare at shadows on a wall. When one of the prisoners is freed and exposed to the truth behind the shadows, which is that they are simply objects being manipulated by puppeteers. The freed prisoner is also also introduced to the outdoors, allowing for him to be enlightened. The advertisement is aimed at selling the product but it also uses a similar concept, as the gamers are now permitted to take the device…

whether free will exists or not is a thorny subject, particularly in the health field, since the days of Freud. Does an individual have complete autonomy over their health choices or do environmental and situational factors collectively act as a grand puppeteer in manipulating our choices? The arguments for both sides are met with personal baggage because to declare one side over the other is to state we as individuals are responsible for our health mistakes or admit that we are simply products…

Biomedical science has made great advances in the past few decades and improved mortality rates for individuals suffering from severe organ failure with the amelioration of organ transplantation. Through these advancements come anew process of donating and harvesting healthy organs, including prolonging withdrawal measures in order to maintain organ viability. While the conversation of organ donation appears to be a little more light hearted, especially if had in a healthier stage of life,…

The Killers wrote a song called “Human” in 2008. It peaked at number thirty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the week of October 18, 2008. This song has an intriguing lyric,” Are we human, or are we dancers”, that coincides with bioethics. The lyric can transcribe as are we human, are we actual people living out normal lives, not controlled by anyone, or are we dancer, are we puppets controlled by someone else for someone else’s entertainment. I believe that we are not puppets controlled by a…

Spookley the Square Pumpkin is a musical about accepting each other’s differences. On Halloween one day on Holiday Hill Farm, Jack the scarecrow finds a pumpkin in the patch- only unlike the other pumpkins- Spookley is square. Much to the dislike of the others, the Toms, BoBo, and the Honeydoos, Spookley is bullied for being square. It’s only until Spookley saves the day with support from his new best friend spiders- Edgar, Allan, and Poe that the pumpkins realize being different is great after…