Week 10- Destruction Myth Sighting

I was scrolling through Netflix's "Watch Instantly" section, and I began to remember all of these movies that talked about the end of the world. I own three of them: The Day After Tomorrow (the world is being destroyed because of the melting polar ice caps that change the currents of the oceans causing huge and deadly storms), Independence Day (the world is being attacked by aliens), and The Mummy: The Dragon Emperor (the world will be taken over be an immortal chinese emperor and his army). There are numerous movies similar to those, such as 2012, Armageddon, The Core, Cloverfield, The Day the Earth Stood Still, I Am Legend, and Transformers.  All of these movies are centered around the world being attacked and/or destroyed by either extraterrestrial/divine/immortal beings, nature, or disease. However, what I did notice is that none of the movies I can think of end up with everyone and everything being completely destroyed. There is always a glimmer of hope that the human race will overcome the odds and survive. Maybe the screenwriters didn't want to depress people. But maybe it shows humans' innate will to survive, the extinct to fight and hopefully win. We don't want to be destroyed, and these movies raise our hopes that we ultimately won't.

Week 8 & 9- My classmates' blogs

I was looking through people's blogs today, and I thought that a lot of them were pretty cool. Some people had a very cool setup of their page, which made it a lot more interesting and fun to look through. I loved how people put up pictures in their blogs. I haven't done that yet, but I am thinking that I might start. It definitely adds a little something extra to each entry.

I liked how diverse everybody's interests and perspectives are. Especially the entries where it's not so much applying a specific analysis to a story or situation, but when it is more of a personal opinion, such as the ages of man in society or how we see mythology in politics or other modern lenses. I also think it is helpful to see what everyone is learning from the class and how they are applying it to the different prompts. I found it educational to read through classmates' entries for applying the Jungian analysis to a fairy tale or comparing a modern movie or story to the hero's journey. It is a good place to find some insight and to get the creative juices flowing for my own prompts.

Week Seven- Creation of USA

The nation of the United State of America was formed in 1776 when the thirteen colonies declared their independence from the British and won their independence after their victory in the Revolutionary War. The former of this new nation and its government was the Continental Congress, a convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies. The president of the Continental Congress was Peyton Randolph of Virginia, and then later John Hancock of Massachusetts.
 I do not think that the United States has yet to have the Golden Age. In large part because of my Christian faith, I don't believe that the Golden Age will come until Jesus comes back and the world is without sin.
The Silver Age I think was more when we first became a nation, declaring our independence and setting up a democratic system of government. It was a new way of living and thinking about how things should be run, just like how in Ovid's creation story he says that "men sought- for the first time- the shelter of a house."
 The Bronze Age could be seen as the Industrial Revolution, when our nation was prospering, which was from 1750 to 1850, but also held the time of Manifest Destiny in the 1840s, where the United States was prone to warfare with the Native Americans.
In all honesty, I think that we are always in the Iron Age. Human nature is greedy, warlike, and impious. Humans lie and are not always loyal. This age is one that we are constantly fighting against but can never quite escape.