Friday, February 20, 2015
The Medium Is the Metaphor
The chapter I found to be the most interesting was The Medium Is the Metaphor. First starts of with saying "different cities have been the focal point of a radiating American spirit." (p. 3) The chapter talks about how we use to look at things and now how things are today, how things are different. Another thing that is talked about is speech and how it keeps up human going today. With having to have conversations with people. "Today, we must look to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, as a metaphor of our national character and aspiration." (p. 3) This means that today Las Vas is a symbol of slot machines and chorus girl. That is what people remember these days. Most of our big cities in the United States have something that has to do with entertainment.
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I too think that this chapter is important. I like the quotes you used they fit with your topic. I would elaborate a little more on how these have changed between how we used to look at things and how we look at them now. What did you mean by entertainment being the focal point of the united states? It was a good post, and you did a great job.
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