Modern Manifestations Essay Research Paper The modern

Modern Manifestations Essay, Research Paper

The modern world consists of many different forms of entertainment in which certain ideas and

philosophies can be portrayed. They can manifest into literature, painting, sculpture, television and cinema. It is in

the last two that I find myself most attracted to as I have always been a big fan of cinematography and, in short,

moving pictures. It is said that a picture tells a thousand words, and television and film work on about twenty-five

frames a second, thus in a second one experiences about eight different pictures (about 3 frames per shot) which

works out via this theory about eight-thousand words a second, not including the dialogue and music on top of this.

There are hundreds of films and programs which use the idea of an individual breaking from the normal to save

the day, and in this subtitle I hope to relate the most potent examples I have encountered and judge the significance

of Jung to every one.

Probably one of the most successful sagas of all time is George Lucas Star Wars (in fact in a poll to

find the movie of the millennium the first film in the trilogy came top place as Britains favorite film). At first

glance the film just seems to follow a young boy Luke Skywalker as he trains to become a Jedi, fight the bad guys

and eventually save the universe, but if explored more closely one can find numerous parallels to the ideas behind

Jung s theory of individuation. Firstly as Luke is growing up he is restless but still does not seem to be something

special. Finally after meeting a friend of his Fathers his guardians are killed and Luke has to think for himself,

immediately choosing to escape and persue training as a Jedi. Jung insisted that the major development only

occurred in adult life and one must choose to develop before one can become a successful personality, just as Luke

decided. The main opposition to good in the universe is named the Empire and is a collective of planets and

citizens who are run by the evil Emperor and governed by storm troopers and martials, who all look the same in

their respective uniforms. This would represent society as a whole, with the aim according to individuation to

break free, just as the good rebels have done. In fact the only members of the empire who do not wear a uniform

making them look like everyone else in the same roll are the emperor (the most evil presence of the universe) and

Darth Vader, Lukes father who was evil but turned good when the personality of Luke believed he could make up

his own mind. Thus we can see once again that it is one who is individual who can turn the tide and make them

good. On the other hand we can consider the Emperor to be an individual, as he has come up with his own ideas,

even if evil, and used them to start a collective in which he is the most powerful. Yet he is defeated even though he

started a new idea (individualized and decided by himself as we find in Episodes II and III only in adult life)of the

dark side. The Final comparison that I have made is that of the process one must go through to become a Jedi. Jung

believed one must free there mind to become a personality, and this is exactly what Yoda needs Luke to do to

unleash his jedi powers. On the other hand Jedi s are supposed to start their training very young and we are told

that Luke (and in the newest addition, Episode I even a 10 year old Anakin) are to old, even though Jung thought

the transition to personality can only happen in adulthood, so this is adopting more of the ideas of Freud.

Another revolutionary science fiction saga was that of Arthur P. Jacobs Planet of the Apes in which

many controversial political and philosophical matters are addressed but the idea of individuation was not really

addressed until the forth out of five movie Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. In this story we are introduced to

an evolved ape who is a result of two other evolved apes coming back in time and giving birth before being

persecuted (the whole saga has to be seen to be understood). Talking and thinking apes are feared by society as

they are different and also as these apes are predicted to take over the planet from humans one day (thus the

persecution). We see here an example of how individuals may be persecuted due to their difference, the motivation

according to Jung behind the avoidance of individuation, however in this example the ideas live on. So our hero,

named Caesar, is hidden from authority and raised by a lonely circus man who does not like the way the rest of the

world is run (Jungian) as monkeys have now evolved into nearly human stance only with less intelligence, and

treated as slaves. Thus we see the mistreating of the primates until Caesar loses his temper and Alfonso his master

must cover for him. Unfortunately they guess Caesar must be the evolved ape s child and Alfonso dies trying to

keep the secret. With the death of the only good human in Caesars eyes it prompts him to take revolutionary action

and organize the apes into an overt

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