Sunday, June 6, 2010
Examples In Popular Culture! Pt 2
This film originally aired in 1963.
It's a really awesome video, and if you read the book as a child I doubt you'll have to watch the whole video to get a message. It is an awesome example of popular culture though because this is been perpetuated in society for a long time, most of us can actually probably recall this video or book at one point in our life. However in the video, we can obviously see that the engine of the "train that could" had broken down, which probably implies some mechanical and technical errors. Merely thinking you can, probably won't fix a train with just positive feedback. Not to mention that because of the steam shutting off, there is probably an engine problem in and of itself. To further disprove this, a small train probably does not have the strength a train PLUS its load of various things.
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I like that you included The Little Engine That Could because it is the first thing that came to mind when I stumbled upon your page. I had actually never thought about all the mechanical problems that he had. I just thought that he got tired going up the hill and wanted a break. But you're right, just thinking the problem away definitely would not work in this situation. This is a perfect example of when just telling yourself you can do something really would not work.
ReplyDeleteGood job on picking an example just about everyone one knows!