SENIOR QUOTE!

"what lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."- Emerson

American Pie- worldview

Worldview: Secular Humanism

1. God and Universe
>there is no God
>Universe was not created
"the father, son, and the holy ghost,
the caught the last train for the coast"

2. Humanity and Identity
>we are material
>music is essential to life
"this will be the day that i die"

3. Conflict and Suffering
>conflict begins when the music dies
>flawed because the music has died
" the day the music died...this will be the day that i die"

4. Hope and Redemption
>music is saved
"music save your mortal soul"

5. Values
>there are no true values
>part until the end
"and them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye"

6. Truth and Reality
>the world is horrible without music and satan rejoices in that
" i saw satan laughing with delight,
the day the music died"

How is reality treated in aforementioned films?

i thought it would easiest to compare the Chronicles of Narmia with the Wizard of Oz. these two movies differ in their worldview. in class yeaterday we disscussed the possiblity if the wizard of oz was a postmodern or a cosmic humanist worldview. and i think we concluded that either wasy it contains some characteristics of each. i believe this is different from the Narnias worldview. Narnias worldview is christian. there are a ton of symbols representing this worldview. for example, the Lion is christ. and i think we are able to come to this conclusion because we know the worldview of C.S. Lewis who was a christian.
although they are different in that sense, they are also very similar. they both take place in a fantasy. they almost create these places with their minds. and ultimately they have the power to retuen home if they wish. for Dorothy it is through the red shoes and for the children it is through the closet door.

Mammon in Paradise Lost

Milton describes Mammon as the lowest or worst of all angels. And that even in heaven he had bad thoughts and looked bad as well. he admired the beauty of a heaven a little too much. He is the cause of men seeking better treasures on earth.

World View of Wizard of Oz

This story mostly portrays a postmodern worldview. for example, dorothy and her friends that she meets along the way, go on a long journey to seek out this wizard (or god). At the end of the movie they finally reach him and are dissappointed because he turns out to be just a man. this is the same as postmodernism in the sense that they think that god does not exist and that the idea of a god is gone. another big part of postmodernism is that throughout the entire movie she is dreaming and its all an illusion until the end when she returns home. i dont really get the point of the story because really its like nothing ever happened. it was all a dream. thats really dumb.