Npr is accepting submission for essays on Fictional Characters that inspire.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18491526
I really am not a fan of the example. I don’t watch “24″ so I am clueless about Jack Bauer. I am, however, interested in using pop culture as a doorway to reading and writing. I was pretty bored in English class as a high school student, but the thought of writing about Movie or tv characters would have set me on fire.
However, as we have discussed in class, pop culture is filled with images that promote stereotypes, consumerism and so on. How far should we go to try to create interest? Should we use for example, manga, as a gateway to reading for a student obsessed with anime? Or should we reject it because of it’s gratuitous violence and insist that he or she read Twain?
I find I am of two minds on the subject. I do agree that Pop culture can have a negative effect on impressionable minds. But, canit’s power be used for good?
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