Gerardo Berlanga

March 10, 2012

Assignment 1-4-4

Written Analysis

Analysis 3

The theories that seem to apply to my popular culture topic is that Heroes and the Cult of Celebrities can both be important to society especially nowadays. Heroes can be our troops that are out fighting for our freedom. Our celebrities can be anyone from popular T.V. shows, soap opera’s, or a singer. In essence, they are all important because, they all play an important role in the public eye. These theories describe and analyze the topic that I have selected because the cult of celebrity is an inner desire of worship to any celebrity whether it is because people look up to them or because they are considered people’s heroes. Our heroes as described before can very well be our troops and we appreciate all of their hard work and courage to defend our nation. I analyze these theories also because the cult of celebrity is apparent to the public audience whether its media, representation, or fame. The insights that I gain from applying these theories to my popular culture topic is that we can all choose to have a hero and or a celebrity if we choose to and admire their popularity and their good example to the public. In addition, with so much pressure and stress, and everything being fast paced. It would be good to look up to someone to be able to escape for a moment from the real world and focus on our heroes and celebrities. We may not all be able to get to where they are at, but at least we can learn a lot from them. In the sense that we know that we are all human and no matter whom the hero or celebrity may be, we all still go through life situations that we may not want to go through but that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. At the end of the day, we eventually went through life just like our heroes and celebrities did.