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War of the Words

For those that have not traveled extensivelytaught, but blamed the lack of Canadian money
outside the borders of our country, the onlyand the abundance of American. Her vision is
link we have to the outside world is thenot of being conquered by force or by
media. Media can be books, newspapers,religion, but by money. Her claims that the
television, and even internet today. Eachreason Canadians were able to blend into new
medium must be studied carefully beforesocieties better, was simply that no one from
taking the information as the "gospel truth".her country could afford to bring the whole
Who is the author, where did they come from,country with them, unlike the Americans who
and have they themselves traveled outside thetake all of themselves where ever they go.
borders or are they on the writings ofSo is America the giant to blame for their
others? Dr. Paul Harrison, Margaret Atwood,influence on Canada?Postman identifies
and Postman would have you believe that theirentertainment to be the downfall of America.
way of looking at the world is the only way.By providing movies instead of books, a
Before we can examine a certain view on thevacuum that haunted holocaust Germany is
United States of America, we must firstforming. By making life so easy with new
define a basic belief of the world. Each oftechnologies for themselves, Americans have
the three authors has a slightly differentagain begun to be lazy. Television is what
view of how America is tearing itself apartis ruining the country because it is a
and in turn doing the same for the rest ofcommand center for all. Since each American
the world.In the chapter The Westernizationevery night tunes in to the exact same ideas,
of the World by Paul Harrison, he points outthey in turn do not have to think and very
the religious aspects of Pauline Christianityfew disagreements emerge. Debate is the
of Europe was the beginning of creatingbane that forms new ideas and also new books.
sameness throughout the world. Instead ofSo books are not being read and in a hideous
settling in to the new worlds andcircle, books are not being written. Society
assimilating into the culture as the Dutch oris collapsing on itself and taking the rest
Spanish, the Europeans squashed theof the world with it. Postman also points
difference of each people, naming the Bibleout in irony that the very Bible that began
as the reason, and forced a complete new wayall these issues is the same that tells us
of life for the "newly enlightened" tribes.television should not exist. As television
Basically, the missionaries would enter a newbegins to influence the rest of the world
land and in turn, blanket the children with awith satellites, everyone begins to wear blue
new education, give the adults books on theirjeans from the same place, where their hair a
way of life, and start a new government incertain way and all becomes one. If
their likeness. The color of the people'stelevision and movies are destroying America,
skin is the only difference remaining andis it America place to stop the spread of
some began to be ashamed of how he/shethis new mind numbing pandemic?The answers
looked. In turn, they began to want toare simple: no, no and no. Yes Europe is
emulate the Europeans and force was no longerresponsible for pushing their way of life
needed. Harrison believes that racism,onto other cultures, but it is not now
arrogance, military superiority, socialAmerica's responsibility to police the world
climbing and money, not religion is the realnow. America is being to over extend itself
reason for this behavior towards the newas Canada did in the '40s. And yes a vacuum
worlds (third worlds). He states the resultsis forming that needs to be filled with
have become a world of where traditions andsomething besides TV. But it is up to each
differences are a thing of the past. Theindividual to decide for themselves, research
question now before us starts to reason, iftheir own culture and history in innovated
others want to be like the American/Europeansways themselves, and then choose the
template called the European road, are theylifestyle they each want to live. In
to blame?Margret Atwood, a fellow Pantheisthistory, there have always been Mavericks
also has a negative view of the Unitedthat decide that the way things are going now
States. She looks down on the country andis not right; I am going to do things
her nose from Canada. She spends timedifferently. If America takes on the
concentrating on our most recent combinedresponsibility for the rest of the world, it
past of post world war II when she was awill collapse into itself. The writers that
child. Americans before that time werewrote the articles descried above are showing
viewed as clumsy, lazy and ignorant of theothers a several different path, it is up to
land. America's money was welcome at thateach person to turn off the television, open
time in Canada and since there was great needa book by a non English writer, and book a
having over extended themselves in the war,plane ticket to somewhere else.Works
many were happy to have it. Then thingsCitedVerburg, Carol. Ourselves among Others.
changed for both the country and the writer.4th ed. Boston: Bedford/ St. Martins,
She explains that her schooling, her2000.Holly Odom is a freelance writer working
recreation, and her entertainment began to befor - on line Custom Writing/Research
American. Her education was pretty much thecompany. She specializes in Social sciences,
same as American received at the time.Arts, History and English literature. During
Political, military and social leaders were2005, earned became one of 10 best writers at
all from England. Atwood does not blame theessaymart.
Americans outright for they way she was



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