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"Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest" -Mark Twain

American Pie

The song American Pie is a secular humanist world view....

God and the Universe:

what is in control?

music is God and music died so therefor so did God, leaving humans sad and without anyone to control them.

Humanity and Identity:

Humans wnat something belive in (music or God), they are sad, hopeless

Humans are material "with no time left to start again"

They have no power

They are innocent, it is the musics' fault..it died and left them

Conflict and Suffering:

Humans are lonely and have no hope

The Universe is flawed because the music died

The flaws are sad and unlucky

Hope and Redemption:

The answer to the human struggle is to leave and get away from your struggles

They find there hope for tomorrow no where..."we all cried"

Values/Morals:

They find value in life through materialistic things

They fear death and prize music and happiness

Truth and Reality:

No God is true because the music died

No supernatural explanation needed

Chronicles of Narnia and Oz

In The Chronicles of Narnia, a Christian worldview is presented by the author. He has a Christian background. He uses the Lion as a character of God. Just as Jesus died and came back so did the lion. And the crucifying of Jesus was the same as the Lion. In the Wizard of Oz whether a post modern or cosmic humanist worldview is portrayed, it is opposite of The Chronicles of Narnia. The Wizard of Oz, everyone is their own god and they find what they need within themselves, while in The Chronicles of Narnia they depend on the Lion.

Mamon

Mammon, in Paradise Lost, is a demon. he's the leader of the demons and always has been. He was the last to fall from Heaven and all of his time spent there he lusts for gold. He's a very greedy demon and everything is does is concerning gold.

Wizard of Oz

The worldview of The Wizard of Oz is either Postmodernism or Cosmic Humanism.



Postmodernism is a aetheistic, so therefore having no god, so maybe the wizard is the closest thing to god. It describes a state of being, and this has to do with the scarecrow, the lion and the tin man because they are all missing something and are searching for it. It also has to do with changing to certain conditions, and once again the condtions of the three characters.



Cosmic Humanism relates to Eastern mysticism, like the nice which of the East. Another part of Cosmic Humanism is unity with the divine, and the divine being the Wizard, and everyone is on a journey to be with him and be healed by him. There is no ultimate universal authority, so the closest thing to that is the Wizard. Nations should work to unite and form a community that encourages togetherness of all humankind, and maybe Dorthy is how the nations should be because she helps everyone get to the wizard.