"Final Idealogical Criticism"

Introduction

there is a question that i believe everyone will or has at one point asked themselves or asked someone they trust and believe to be of some intelligence; that question is what happens to us when we are gone from here, when the metaphorical candle burns out?

Description

the feeling of this picture is a feeling of despair, a feeling of dreary times.  its pretty colorless and lifeless, everything visible seems to be dead.  the trees look dead, the plants look lifeless and the water in the background just looks grey and lifeless as well.  laying upon the rock is a woman dressed in white who to me appears to be lifeless as well, and standing by the tree, as i see it is, that same girl also wearing white.  

Ideological Analysis

using the semiotics style of ideological criticism "the science of signs" which was developed by Ferdinand de Saussure and Charles Sanders Peirce i am going to attempt to share my analysis of this picture with you.  Semiotics uses techniques such as camera angles, colors, clothing, etc. to study an artifact and those three techniques that i have named are what i am basing much of my interpretation off of.

My Own Analysis

the lack of any color in this picture gives it that feeling of despair and lifelessness.  The dead trees, and ground cover with the grey colorless rocks and water, and the girl lying there on the rock says to me that this is the moment where she has died, and her spirit body is being risen from her.  She has her back turned to the body lying upon the rock and is leaving the body and crossing the very thin veil into the afterlife.  The white dress on the girl who is laying on the rock is looks to be a little bit off white suggesting that through life like everyone does she made mistakes along the path, thus becoming less pure than she was when she entered this earth.  the girl who has risen and has crossed through the veil her dress has become a pure white, she has left the body and become spiritually clean again now that she has passed on and cleared through the veil and into the afterlife.

Improving The Human Condition

Although not all people believe in an after life most do believe in some sort of life after death, and knowing and/or having faith in that there is some sort of life after death is comforting to anyone, and believing that in that world when we pass on has to be a much more beautiful and wonderful place where everyone that has left us in the years past is going to be there to welcome us home.  Its nice to know that once our "candle has burned out" that we do not simply cease to exist, rather we can look forward to a place that is much better than the world we live in now; a paradise some would say.

"ideological criticism"

This picture shows on one side a man with arms covered with tattoos and looks to be like someone who has made poor decisions in life and is most likely just kind of a punk.  Next to him is the same person wearing a doctors jacket that covers the tattoos, you see that he is a doctor and you assume that this guy must be really smart, made good decisions in life and is successful.

What this says to me is that we are way too quick to judge people for some of the decisions they have made in life, without really knowing at all anything about them.  We see one minor thing about them that we deem to be wrong or offensive and then we decide that this person must be a bad person, but if we dug a little dipper we might find ourselves with a new opinion.  The saying don't judge a book by its cover comes to mind when i see this.  

Wall - E

 "Narrative Criticism"

In this movie the world has been so overcome with trash and debris that the people of earth had to leave in to space in a giant space ship.  Wall - E the main character is one of millions of little robots that are supposed to be cleaning up the litter and looking for signs of plant life on earth.  Little Wall - E is not like the rest  of his companion robots, he has developed a personality and a curious one at that.  he ends up on this ship filled with the rest of human life, but every single person on this ship is morbidly obese and they are completely lazy.  no longer does anyone walk, swim, run, or move at that.  they are all mobilized around on these little chairs that hover and take them everywhere they go.  Every person has become so lazy there is not a single human doing any kind of work, all work is done by robots on the ship as well.  this is where Eva comes in she is one of those robots and her and Wall - E become friends on this ship. at a certain point in the movie it shows in the captains cockpit the pictures of all the captains before the captain who is in charge of the ship now, and in these pictures the captains start out skinny and little by little they keep getting bigger and bigger, so we see a timeline presented to us there in that we see how many captains there have been before him so we know they have been on this ship for many many years.  The way i see it is that the director of this movie is making a point in saying that not only have we become dirty and disrespectful people that our mother earth is being destroyed, but also that we are completely lazy in that there are more obese people than ever before.  i think that Wall -E and Eva are kind of a good vs. evil in that they are trying to make a change and get the ship back to earth where people can work and move around and fill the fresh air and see that there are many reasons for them to be mobile on there own.  there are a couple events here "active" being that Wall - E and Eva are trying are fighting against the laziness and the "stative" being the portrayal of earth being overcome with litter.  in the end Wall - E and Eva have accomplished there mission of getting the ship back to earth where the people actually get up off there behinds and start walking around and looking at there surroundings outside of the ship.  They made a change and made it for the better.  the point being that we need to make a change our selves, we need to exercise and teach our children to exercise, we need to recycle and use receptacles for our garbage before we destroy gods beautiful earth.

THE FAMILY

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A PROCLAMATION TO THE WORLD

The First Presidency and Council of the TwelveApostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-DaySaints

WE, THE FIRST PRESIDENCY and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.

ALL HUMAN BEINGS—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.

IN THE PREMORTAL REALM, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshipped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize their divine destiny as heirs of eternal life. The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God’s commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.

WE DECLARE the means by which mortal life is created to be divinely appointed. We affirm the sanctity of life and of its importance in God’s eternal plan.

HUSBAND AND WIFE have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. “Children are an heritage of the Lord” (Psalm 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, and to teach them to love and serve one another, observe the commandments of God, and be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.

THE FAMILY is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed.

WE WARN that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.

WE CALL UPON responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society.

This proclamation was read by President Gordon B. Hinckley as part of his message at the General Relief Society Meeting held September 23, 1995, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Analysis of "The Family Proclamation to the World"

Read by Gordon B. Hinckley the prophet of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints at the relief society meeting on Sept. 23, 1995.  In a time where more and more families are splitting up, and with gay marriages being much more prominent i think that this was done let anyone know who is watching this or who might read it that marriages and families are to be done through marriage and between a man and a woman.  throughout this speech he quotes from the scriptures and reminds us of our jobs as parents and families.  Gordon B. Hinckley was a much loved and spiritual prophet to all those who knew him and, his message was specifically directed to the members of the church, but also to anyone who would hear it or read it.  the speech was delivered at an altar so it is familiar to all those watching since all talks and speeches are given at the altar and it appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos.

this was meant to remind us that families should be raised by a mother and a father and that they should be lawfully wed.  it think this was an important reminder to anyone due to the fact that these days there are many divorces and same sex marriages and families.  we live in a society where rules are being stretched and what we consider to be normal is flying off at the hinges, but we will always have our free will and can make our own decisions.  All choices have outcomes although they can be good or bad.