Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Post Secret Extra Credit

In the post secret card with the picture of the tsunami and space there is a pretty significant message conveyed to viewers. Its claim is very apparent in that society is more worried about a Star Wars movie rather than feeling sympathy and trying to help certain tragedies such as the tsunami victims. This author could be someone that is of a younger age most likely. For that fact alone it's apparent that the youth today is worried about the wrong things. The audience for this post secret card is a very broad audience. I think the card is directed at the same kind of people as the creator of the card because it sounds like a wake up call. It's telling people that they need to wake up and see the problem with societies priorities. The visual component of this card is a ying and yang type of picture. On one hand the top part is black and ominous and the bottom is blue. It shows the right and wrong with societies reactions. We know that one is wrong but still it happens throughout the world. In the end, society cares more about the Star Wars movie rather than the tsunami because it's out of sight out of mind. It's sad but this card conveys that ugly truth.

1 comment:

  1. I think you are right about the target of the argument being the younger generation. It makes sense because we have grown up with these fictional characters and have become attached to them. Overall, we wrapped up in a very small-scale perspective of the world, consisting of our own lives and those who we follow in fiction in order to entertain us. We have lost touch with the large-scale reality, which I think is represented by the vast image of space.

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