Asyouwish 1/18

After viewing the postmodern powerpoint and being informed that postmodernism revolves around an aura rather than an era, I have formed some  various ideas.  First off when asked what we thought was the event or series of events that brought on our postmodern society, I have deemed it almost impossible to pick only one.  Each event over the last few hundred years have added up to bring us to where we are today in society.  I believe the aura of Postmodernism is created by how people and their cultures react to a phenomena such as the taking down of the berlin wall, the atomic bomb, 9/11, MLK Jr., and many more that were not mentioned in the slide show.  A few of these phenomena that came to mind were Pearl Harbor, the JFK assassination, and  John Lennon's assassination.   Speaking of Lennon, I greatly believe the Beatles were a huge part of postmodernism.  The Beatles were, still are and will probably always be the the most famous and most influential band of all time.  People followed them, their style, way of life and some even lived by their words.  If I had to pick which event related to the new postmodern, I would say it would be the historic influence the Beatles had on America and the world.  The Beatles songs discussed what the world outside was like, the fighting, the love, the ignorance, the bliss, the confusion and even the drugs and chaos, all of these still hold true to the aura we see around us today. Their lyrics in their songs encompass it all.

A similar discussion was brought about in another one of my classes, Sociological Theory with Dr. Royce.  While discussing postmodernism we were asked what would classify postmodernism today and the most prominent response was technology.  However, we learned that postmodernism actually started when industry and factories came into play.  And thus began the feeling of being able to count on a machine to do ones work.  Today we still rely on machines and technology and their use has expanded  to the point where almost everywhere in this country relies on communication through mechanical objects.  As a few of my classmates have also discussed briefly, I believe the creation of technology has greatly impacted how people behave and how society works.  In my opinion the aura we live in has been turned into one of dependence, due to the creation and easy assess to machines that can do tasks for us people have become lazy.  It seems the little things that people once considered important are rarely done anymore because their are easier technological ways of doing that task.  For example, my mother has always been big on writing thank you notes, but when she asks me to write them for gifts I have received I tend to always ask her for the person's email address, so that I can quickly shoot them a message without having to go through the trouble of handwriting the message, postmarking it, and stamping it.