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= The Three In Pop-Culture =

The Culture of Transcendental Shania The book, Divergent was published in 2011, was written by Veronica Roth, she has truly expresses ¨Don't be a Follower - Conformity.¨ Divergent take place in the future version of Chicago, where there are 5 factions they are Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, and lastly Erudite. This book is about a girl name Beatrice Prior, aka, Tris. She is from the faction Abnegation she have to choose between 3 of the factions by the result of her aptitude test she got the aptitude of Abnegation, Dauntless, and Erudite which mean, she is divergent, but what she is can be extremely dangerous. Tris has choose the Dauntless the brave she will have to try to make it through initiation to become part of the her new faction family. Also she have to find balance between Dauntless and Abnegation in order to find herself. Four tell Tris “Because you’re from Abnegation,” he says, “and it’s when you’re acting selflessly that you are at your bravest.” What Four is trying to tell Tris is that you don’t have to act just like Dauntless or just like Abnegation because you don’t have one faction in you their are two factions they are Abnegation and Dauntless.

I See Fire, was made in 2013, and truly expresses ¨ the Respect the Nature .¨ The song was written by Ed Sheeran. This song is mostly about if the world end today or another time then we should are burn as one as the world go out in fire. “And if the night is burning, I will cover my eyes/ For if the dark returns/Then my brothers will die /And as the sky is falling down /It crashed into this lonely town /And with that shadow upon the ground/ I hear my people screaming out.” What Ed is trying to say is if we don’t try to respect nature then one day it going to be too late to care about nature. Maybe today, tomorrow or even in a couples of year the world and everyone that is on Earth might end in flame. ¨Calling out father oh Stand by and we will Watch the flames burn auburn on The mountain side.¨ What Ed is trying to say about this line is if the person believe in whatever then beware of what might happen to person and watch what can happen to nature.

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The Transcendental thought of ¨To Trust One’s Instinct¨ has revealed itself in the movies Big Hero 6, made in 2014, which is about a 14 year old boy named Hiro with a gift for robotics. He turns a huggable healthcare robot that his deceased brother made to help people into a fighting machine and enlists the help of four friends to help him fight a terrible guy that go a little too far. He is blinded by angry for the person who is responsible for his brother death. But, he realized to trust himself and the one who is trying to look out for him like his friends and family. Hiro said “to use your brain of yours” what he mean is to trust the person instinct to help you look for another way to get out of a messy situation by thinking outside of the box.

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Transcendentalism in Movies Today By. Zander Rhode

The movie Turbo from 2013 showed to us how even something as tiny as a snail can rebel against “conformity”. He’s not like the rest of the snails following their everyday routine picking and cleaning the tomatoes he is obsessed with speed. It’s his dream to become the greatest racer to exist. One day he gets his chance to leave his slow paced life behind when a freak accident gives him the power of superspeed and embarks on a quest to win the Indianapolis 500.  Turbo starts off with this slow life following the rules of his society, and gets himself away from that life trying to achieve his own dreams watching Indy nascar looking at these cars race and practicing. He would get enough from this lifestyle and goes out to achieve his goal with this freak accident that happens to give him super speed. Non Conformity means to get away from this dull normal life and following the rules of this society and go out in the world and achieve your own dreams and Turbo inspires us that “No dream is to big and no dreamer is too small”.

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Astro Boy (2009), from human to robot, reveals to us how technology can be a curse to us and everyone around us. In the futuristic Metro City, a brilliant scientist named Tenma builds Astro Boy, his son, after a horrible accident, and provides him with super strength, x-ray vision and the ability to fly. He sets out to explore the world and find acceptance, learning what being human is all about in the process. After Professor Tenma’s experiment with these two new elements that is supposed to change the world, his son is caught inside the containment field where the robot that had consumed the dark element known as negative energy vaporizes him. Tenma turns to depression but being apart of the movement of technology and the main scientist in proceeding with robots he recreates his son to be better than what he was and gives him his DNA to place his memories and his past to insure that he is every bit as how his son was. Astro is rejected by everyone even his own father and by the world around him and sets off to find his true self. He goes out into the world but wherever he goes he brings with him destruction either to himself or the people around him. This technology, Tenma's creation of this negative energy corrupts a new robot that was made for the protection of the city and starts to destroy the entire city. Astro Boy gives us the feel of how we could so easily let technology and our creation controls us or change things around us.

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Our fight with ourselves for individuality can take us on some crazy journeys and we can see that in Kung Fu Panda (2008). Po the panda works in his family's noodle shop and dreams of one day to become a Kung Fu Master. It would then become a reality when, unexpectedly, Po is chosen during the annual celebration where they choose a new pupil to train in the art of Kung Fu and work alongside his idols, the Furious Five.  So Po strived to get out of the noodle shop and go out into the world to achieve his ultimate goal. Po reveals to us his individuality by going away from the noodle shop and to go out to the palace that day to be chosen to fulfill his dream. IT may have been an accident but it was the best thing to happen to him. Individuality is projected throughout the movie with Po to find his true meaning, “ Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.”

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Is Technology Really All It's Cracked Up To Be?
Lindsey Faust The article “Teen Gets Carpal Tunnel From Over-texting” from abc news published in 2010 is proof of “technology is corrupting.” This article describes how Annie Levitz, a sixteen was diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Carpal Tunnel is when the nerves in the hand, arm and wrist are pinched causing pain, muscle weakness and numbness. Due the the constant awkward positioning on Levitz’s hands while texting it brought on this syndrome. Furthermore something so simple as texting that’s meant to be convenient has proven a detriment to this young girl. Even though Carpal Tunnel isn’t deadly it does need medication, splinting, or even surgery to correct it. Concluding that technology is truly corrupting.



The article “Texting While Driving now Leading Cause of US Teen Death” from Auto Safety News and expert insight published in 2013 is supporting the fact that “technology is corrupting.” In this article it states that “3,000 teens die each year in crashes caused by texting and driving” it then goes on to say that “more than 50% of teens admit to texting and driving” these shocking facts reveal that teenagers are so glued to their cells phones they won’t even set it down to drive safer. Ultimately, texting in driving especially in teens, is extremely dangerous. Thankfully there are laws against it, but there are some people that are so attached to their phones they will break the law and risk their lives just to reply to a text message. In all exposing the harm of corruption of technology.

The article from Time published in 2015 titled “Man Found Dead in Taiwan After Multi-day Video Game Binge” displays “technology is corrupting.” The 32-year-old man died of cardiac failure. This man reportedly was a regular customer who often played for days on end. Moreover, video games are meant to be enjoyable entertainment. Sadly, this mean’s obsession costed him his life. Instead of playing for a few hours he played for three days straight. In the final analysis, there are beneficial uses for technology, but it’s normally over-used, and causes problems or leads to death.



Works cited

(Lindsey)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Heussner, Ki M. "Teens Gets Carpal Tunnel from Over Texting" ABC News. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">ABC News Network, 19 Mar. 2010. Web. 23 Nov. 2015.

"Texting While Driving Now Leading Cause of US Teen Deaths - Safety.TRW.com." SafetyTRWcom. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Nov. 2015.

"Man Found Dead in Taiwan After Multi-Day Video Game Binge." Time. Time, 19 Jan. 2015. Web. 23 Nov. 2015.

(Zander Works Cited)

“Turbo Fast”. Turbo FAST. N.p, n.d. Web 19 Nov. 2015

“Astroboy”. IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web 19 Nov. 2015

“Kung Fu Panda | Dreamworks Animation”. Kung Fu Panda | Dreamworks Animation. N.p, n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2015.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">(Shania Works Cited)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Roth, Veronica, and Veronica Roth. Divergent. New York: HarperCollins, 2011. Print.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">"Ed Sheeran - I See Fire (Music Video)." YouTube. YouTube, 2013. Web. 21 Nov. 2015.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">"BIG HERO 6 Review." Movieguide The Family Christian Guide to Movie Reviews. N.p., 07 Nov. 2014. Web. 21 Nov. 2015.