Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Capun' Jack: A Postmodern Character?

Like we have been discussing in class, Postmodernism is big on personal preferencs as well as tiny narratives instead of more grand narratives. Jack Sparrow, the Keith Richards (guitarist from the Rolling Stones) inspired character of Pirates of the Carribean, illustrates Postmodernism in the following ways. As you pirate loving fans know, Jack is always looking out for the most important thing that is of concern to him, other than the Black Pearl, and thats himself! Jack is motivated by his personal preferences to be the pirate above all pirates, and of course gain mass amounts of wealth for himself. He always has a personal agenda that he is seeking to achieve, an almost little narrative that he creates for himself, based on what he thinks is right for him. This why he such a postmodern character. He is constantly doing things on the basis of what feels right to him, a sort of relativism.

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