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What is a trope?
A trope is a predictable storyline. An example would be a boy falling in love with a neighbor, the girl next store. Its also an action that someone would do that would be a sterotype. So it would be this - A man lives in his normal world, something happens he becomes enlightend, he wants a change, there is a nemisis who doesn't want this change a fight begins, the good guy wins.
You want another one I see. Well, how about the "Happily ever after"
There is a girl who is unfortunate, either unfortunate looking or has an unfortunate circumstance (i.e. "the evil step-mother (which is also a trope)), she meets a man (i.e. prince charming (which is also a trope)) but she is too unfortunate to talk to him, then she meets a savior (i.e. the fairy godmother (which is also a trope)) who helps her to win this man over by changing her unfortunate circumstance and they then live happily ever after. So yeah - that's a trope.


Where we have found them so far, examples from Morrie, matrix etc.
See the first trope I explained for examples from the matrix. From tuesdays with Morrie I would just say a common one that I've noticed is just someone who's not living the way they should be or think they should be and then becomes inspired by someone who is wiser and shows them the light.

Insights
So, some insights on tropes. Although it is easy to find them in real life,as a lot of people really live up to their sterotype it is also very rare that everything is wrapped up in a pretty bow as many examples of tropes in entertainment and art make it seem. I just wonder what it is about humans that we enjoy watching something wrapped up when we all know that life isn't like that. I guess it's just that we enjoy stepping out of real life. Sometimes people will live up to their stereotypes therefore making it easier for tropes to be created. Because of tropes, in most cases I feel like say I am watching the same movie over and over again, or reading the same book. Maybe that's why I seem to like books or movies that don't have an "ending".

Some expanding on insights:
So, some insights on tropes. Although it is easy to find them in real life,as a lot of people really live up to their sterotype it is also very rare that everything is wrapped up in a pretty bow as many examples of tropes in entertainment and art make it seem. I just wonder what it is about humans that we enjoy watching something wrapped up when we all know that life isn't like that. I guess it's just that we enjoy stepping out of real life. Sometimes people will live up to their stereotypes therefore making it easier for tropes to be created. Because of tropes, in most cases I feel like say I am watching the same movie over and over again, or reading the same book. Maybe that's why I seem to like books or movies that don't have an "ending", that just makes it feel so much more real. I feel like there is never an ending to your life because someone always feels like there should have been more or they miss you.

I feel that people fight against revelation because it is the easy way
out. Also because some people don't have that much access to reality.
There is too much distracting you with the media and the life that the
capiltalists created for you that some people don't understand the
bigger picture.
If I had the chance to offer a revelation message it would be for
people to stop caring about dumb shit and wake the fuck up. I don't know how
else to put it. It would be that the world is so much bigger then you
and there's so much fucked up shit happening that we can just prevent,
if we stopped being so greedy and made ourselves not so ignorant to
what's happening. Perfect example - elliot spitzer... why the fuck is
it
such a big story that he slept with a prostitute? George bush is
killing
thousands of people a day and here it is, the biggest story of the
year,
my man fucks a prostitue. I mean do I think that's wrong? Yes... but
he's no fuckin george w. Blowing mine with shit.


Today in class Andy offered us some revelations he has been thinking about and wanted to share with the class. They have been recreated here with the main ideas explained.........

Revelation 1: Most men in our society are circumcised and this should be stopped. It is a traumatic experience for the baby and, because that is their first experience with their penis, it should not be a traumatic one because that can cause permanent damage.

I agree with this revelation that circumcision is probably very painful and traumatic experience




Open to Revelations:
How open am I to the idea Revelation? I feel at this point in my life i really want to know as many revelations as possible. Love




personal revelations

"Ignorance is bliss."
This quote has been around me a lot lately in different situations.
So far in my life I feel I have been ignorant about a lot of things. Especially about what really matters in life. Now, I don't think that by any means I have mastered the knowlegde of everything that really matters and everything that doesn't, but I have figured out mostly the type of issues that I would like to worry about and try to change. To me the quote ignorance is bliss is a very sarcastic, therefore I agree with it. You could live your life with no knowlegde of the important issues that society has, and be happy - everything is fine the way it is, nothing needs to change, besides the fact that I don't have the car and the clothes that I want...etc. Or you might be blessed with some kind of experience to take you out of your little world, letting you know that your issues that you think matter actually do not. What really matters is all the terrible atrosities that happen in the world and how we need to live to change it. I guess that ignorance could only be bliss because if you don't know something, it can't hurt you. That's true, but that is when you have to control your emotions, and not let something hurt you. If the quote was not being sarcastic, it might go something like, "ignorance is jail."


conclusion

As you can see, there are thousands, if not millions of revelation messages out there. They're in books, movies, songs even in your daily life. That one thing that you thought was wrong but tried not to think twice about because no one wants to be an outcast. People have all this access to so many messages basically screaming at them to wake up and fight the power, the "norm" and make a change. But most just sit by and do nothing. My theory about why is that their could be a few excuses (sorry, reasons) that people do this. Speaking for myself I can say one of the reasons that I wouldn't even consider myself "awake" is because I wouldn't even know where to start, let alone what to start with to try to change the world. So many things offer this revelation that we need to change and yes I understand that, and I also understand that there are not just one but many problems in the world that need to be adressed, most beginning right here in our personal lives, but they do not deliver the full message which is where do we go from here? How do I make this change? This generation, unlike the major movements that were happening in the 60's and 70's (i.e. vietnam, civil rights movement, etc.) this generation does not have a leader. Where is our Martin Luther King jr.? Our Malcolm X? Since people really do lead our lives mostly like a heard of sheep, we need a leader. And while our "profits" and "renegades" keep getting killed and thrown in jail we really won't have one. - Another reason why no one has woken up is because our generation has lost its drive to try to make a change. For example, the other day my math class decided to have a "sit out" where we sat outside of the math room because we did not like our teacher. We were all outside, until the teacher came out about five minutes later...
Something that could happen is that we would have not one, but many people leading so there would be a group effort and not so much focus on one person to be the "prophet."

Revelation Trope

What is a trope?
A trope is a predictable storyline. An example would be a boy falling in love with a neighbor, the girl next store. Its also an action that someone would do that would be a sterotype. So it would be this - A man lives in his normal world, something happens he becomes enlightend, he wants a change, there is a nemisis who doesn't want this change a fight begins, the good guy wins.
You want another one I see. Well, how about the "Happily ever after"
There is a girl who is unfortunate, either unfortunate looking or has an unfortunate circumstance (i.e. "the evil step-mother (which is also a trope)), she meets a man (i.e. prince charming (which is also a trope)) but she is too unfortunate to talk to him, then she meets a savior (i.e. the fairy godmother (which is also a trope)) who helps her to win this man over by changing her unfortunate circumstance and they then live happily ever after. So yeah - that's a trope.


Where we have found them so far, examples from Morrie, matrix etc.
See the first trope I explained for examples from the matrix. From tuesdays with Morrie I would just say a common one that I've noticed is just someone who's not living the way they should be or think they should be and then becomes inspired by someone who is wiser and shows them the light.

Insights
So, some insights on tropes. Although it is easy to find them in real life,as a lot of people really live up to their sterotype it is also very rare that everything is wrapped up in a pretty bow as many examples of tropes in entertainment and art make it seem. I just wonder what it is about humans that we enjoy watching something wrapped up when we all know that life isn't like that. I guess it's just that we enjoy stepping out of real life. Sometimes people will live up to their stereotypes therefore making it easier for tropes to be created. Because of tropes, in most cases I feel like say I am watching the same movie over and over again, or reading the same book. Maybe that's why I seem to like books or movies that don't have an "ending".

Outline: Revelation Trope

1 - What is a revelation trope? explain trope then revelation ...
2 - Where we have found them so far, examples from Morrie, matrix etc.
3- Insights