Wednesday, October 15, 2008

The W of Oz can relate to The Matrix, The Chronicles of Narnia and Fight Club in several ways. The W of Oz has Dorthy wake up at the end, similar to The Matix's other universe, the different world in Narnia, and how Fight Club had a duel life. Reality is not real in any of these films. Dorthy has a dream, Neo gets plugged in to the Matrix, The C of Narnia is in an alternate universe and Fight Club is a made up in one man's head. The point of these similarities is maybe not that reality is relative, but that reality isn't real... whatever that means...

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Mammon in Paradise Lost

Mammon is the demonic equivalent of wealth and gold and riches and is the least of the demonic population mentioned in book one. He seems to be the lower of the demons by personality as well. Even in heaven he wasn't described with much respect. It seems that even in heaven he was corrupt. Greed seems to describe him rather well. Mammon never really seemed to be all that holy. Paradise lost seems to imply that Satan wasn't the only one with corrupt thoughts in heaven... that's a thought i've never had before...

Monday, October 13, 2008

The Worldview of The Wizard of Oz

The worldview of the Wizard of Oz has much to with postmodernism. Atleast, that's what i believe... Every main character has something close to them, the courage for the lion, the heart for the tinman, home for dorthy and so one. The thing is, all of the main characters are after the 'Wizard', or 'God'. And 'God' means something different to each of them. However, like postmodernism, 'God' turns out to be nothing, a fake, a shame, not real. And after that's discovered, the whole idea of the journey turns out to be a dream. The 'unrealality', if that's a work, of this makes the Wizard of Oz closest to the postmodern view.