The End Of Admiration: The Media And The Loss Of Heroes
Heros
Everyone has someone or in some cases something that they would consider to be heroic in their eyes; someone or something worth looking up to and there is a reason why that someone or something is admired is such a way. Although finding people to admire and idolize these day could be viewed as scarce and hard to do, everyone should have at least one person they can look up to because heroes nurture us when we’re young, they validate our our preferred worldview, and they give hope when none exists.
It would be safe to assume to say that at a younger age all of us looked up to some kind of heroic figure. For most kids that figure was more than likely but not limited to fictitious beings like that of a comic book superhero whose background, thoughts and life adversities and adventures were produced within the mind of someone else. Batman, Superman, Spiderman, Wolverine, and even Wonder woman for the little girls who weren't too busy with their dolls are just a few that a young child could chose to admire, impersonate and even find ways to relate to …show more content…
From the days of a young child to present the way you view everything has been a influenced by the people and things that fill your life. As it was said in the writing “The End of Admiration: The Media and the Loss of Heros” by Peter H. Gibbon “ As parents, we need to realize that there are dangers that come with too many choices and too few guides...their well-being depend not only on nutrition, sunlight, and exercise; on friendship, work and love; but also on how they see the world” (Gibbons 249). Sometimes you're swayed from the beaten path that you were placed on by the influentials of your past and in doing so you feel lost and sometimes even rejected. It is then when having a someone you admire and idolize who also shares the same view of the world as you do will come into play. It could still be a person of fictitious origins or one based in reality.
Everyone has someone or in some cases something that they would consider to be heroic in their eyes; someone or something worth looking up to and there is a reason why that someone or something is admired is such a way. Although finding people to admire and idolize these day could be viewed as scarce and hard to do, everyone should have at least one person they can look up to because heroes nurture us when we’re young, they validate our our preferred worldview, and they give hope when none exists.
It would be safe to assume to say that at a younger age all of us looked up to some kind of heroic figure. For most kids that figure was more than likely but not limited to fictitious beings like that of a comic book superhero whose background, thoughts and life adversities and adventures were produced within the mind of someone else. Batman, Superman, Spiderman, Wolverine, and even Wonder woman for the little girls who weren't too busy with their dolls are just a few that a young child could chose to admire, impersonate and even find ways to relate to …show more content…
From the days of a young child to present the way you view everything has been a influenced by the people and things that fill your life. As it was said in the writing “The End of Admiration: The Media and the Loss of Heros” by Peter H. Gibbon “ As parents, we need to realize that there are dangers that come with too many choices and too few guides...their well-being depend not only on nutrition, sunlight, and exercise; on friendship, work and love; but also on how they see the world” (Gibbons 249). Sometimes you're swayed from the beaten path that you were placed on by the influentials of your past and in doing so you feel lost and sometimes even rejected. It is then when having a someone you admire and idolize who also shares the same view of the world as you do will come into play. It could still be a person of fictitious origins or one based in reality.