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Darius' Section __Transcendentalism __  In 2012 Coca-Cola made a commercial about “being yourself”. The commercial shows a girl getting ready to go out with friends. Sadly, she is trying on different clothes and doing her hair wildly to fit in with the other girls. Eventually, she realizes that none of these styles are for her and changes into something that fits her. After getting dressed, she walks to the door where her friends are there to happily greet her. The characteristic of transcendental thought within this commercial is “Non-conformity”. Non-conformity is being your own person and not allowing others to influence you. The girl in the commercial is at first trying be like everyone else by having the same style but at the end she realizes that she should be her own person and dress the way she likes.

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 Also in 2012 Duracell made a commercial about “trusting your own power”. The commercial begins with a sad little boy, sitting on his bed. Next, the boy is outside and watching the older kids playing football; the ball rolls to him, he picks it up and begins to play. The boy is then seen on the floor in a locker room as a bully stands over him; he stands up and shoves the bully in retaliation. After, Patrick Willis is seen rushing through the line of scrimmage and tackling the quarterback. Lastly, Willis is walking through the tunnel at Levi’s Stadium ready to play a football game. Throughout the commercial Patrick Willis is talking in the background about trusting and believing in yourself. Associated with this commercial is the characteristic of transcendental thought, “Trusting one’s own instinct”. The commercial portrays someone who is faced with many difficulties in life, but believes in oneself to take care of them. All in all, trusting his own instinct pays off for him because he ends up in the NFL.

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Smooth E once made a commercial about “materialism”. A girl sits across the table from a doctor as the doctor asks her questions. The girls says, “I haven't eaten in days because I want a new hand bag”. “Like this one?” the doctor asks as she holds up a bag and the girls face lights up with excitement. Next, the doctor holds up a pair of heels, a cell phone, and a watch. Every time the doctor holds a item up, the girl becomes ecstatic. The doctor says, “Material things are not necessary; they come and go. They're an illusion, like bubbles.” She then pulls out a bubble gun making a purse out of a bubble; which the girl stares at in amazement. Lastly, a message comes on the screen that says “Smooth E baby face wash, teen problems can all be solved.” The transcendental thought that goes with this commercial is “Materialism is corrupting”. The girl states that she has not eaten in days because she wanted a new hand bag. This is extremely unhealthy and morally incorrect. Also, when the doctor held up each item the girl became immensely happy, showing that all she cared about was materialistic items.

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This year, Unilever made a short film about “saving the trees”. The commercial shows a tree uprooting and walking out of a forest. The tree walks from the forest all the way to a city and stops in the middle of a sidewalk. People touch and care for the tree as it sits out of its natural habitat. The tree then says, “I might be safer in the city than in the rain forest.” A message comes upon the screen saying “At Unilever we are committed to making our products sustainable without harming our forests” The transcendental thought of “respecting the natural world” is portrayed in this film. All in all, Unilever makes awareness to the world that we need to stop cutting down trees.

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Work Cited "Coca-Cola Commercial Spot "Be Yourself"" YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2015. "Duracell: Trust Your Power - NFL's Patrick Willis, San Francisco 49ers." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2015. "Farewell To The Forest - a Film by Unilever." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2015. "SMOOTH E, "Materialism"" YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.

Darian's Section

The idea of transcendentalism happened to stumble across my mind when I began to think of Seaworld. Seaworld happens to illustrate “Kinship with nature to find oneself” and sadly many people don’t realize the detrimental effect that it has on the Orca’s. Orca’s, as well as any kind of wild animals do not deserve to be put in any other environment other than they’re natural habitat. Male Orca’s have a maximum life span of 60-70 years old, and females have a maximum life expectancy of 80-100 years old. However, if they are living at seaworld, the average life expectancy at Seaworld is 13 years old. Orca’s also usually swim on average 100 miles a day in the wild. The tanks that Seaworld puts them in are equal to the size of a bathtub. Would you like it if humans were trapped in a box instead of being able to go wherever we would like? Seaworld is worried about gathering in money, but doesn’t care about the only thing that matters, The Orca’s life.

The transcendental thought of “Abandonment of materialism” is illustrated when children are using cellphones at such a young age. Im sure that you have seen atleast once in your life, a young child using or playing on a mother or father’s cell phone. It is quite amazing how such a young toddler knows how work a smartphone such as an Iphone or an Android. Studies show that children are actually starting to face health risks from this widespread epidemic. The problems that these children are facing are MWR which is also known as Microwave radiation. Young children absorb more of the radiation than adults because their brain tissues are more absorbent, their skulls are thinner and there size is smaller as well. Studies show that young children absorb twice as more than adults as well as the bone marrow of children absorbs 10 times more than adults. This could potentially cause cancer risks for children as well as even brain tumors. Maybe parents should think twice about letting there child play games on their phone. . Another hot topic that has began to pop up in our society is something called a “Phunkeeduck.” An example of a Phunkeeduck would be “Not allowing technology to ‘run us.’ A Phunkeeduck is a board that stands on top of two wheels. The board is similar to a segway, but instead it does not have the handles like a segway, and it is also not as large. It is just the perfect size to be able to put your two feet on top of the board. The board enables you to self manually ride standing up anywhere you would like to go. This invention now started a habit of some people not having to walk anywhere. Instead, They can just get on there board and ride anywhere they would like to. With this board being invented, Could we see our society potentially riding around on these in our schools, are work buildings or even on our sidewalks? I guess we will have to wait and see.

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One last topic of transcendentalism that is illustrated is by high school athletes throughout the world. You would think that high school athletes would play their desired sport for the love of the game, but actually, these athletes are tending to play for scholarships. Some of these athletes that chase scholarships do not chase them for the love the game. They chase them so they can help their parents financially. This method does not work sometimes because athletes that tend to do this end up quitting once they get to college because they tend to not be able to handle the work ethic that is required at such a high level. What ever happened to playing your sport for the love of the game? Although most athletes play a sport and get a scholarship because they love it, there is also others who play just for a free education.

News, Roxanne NelsonMedscape Medical. "Children Face Highest Health Risk From Cell Phones." WebMD. WebMD, n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2015.
 * __Work Cited__**

"PhunkeeDuck Personal Transportation Device." Phunkee Duck. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2015.

"10 Things You Didn't Know About SeaWorld - SeaWorld of Hurt." SeaWorld of Hurt. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2015.

Jarod's Section Mirror’s Edge, a game released for Windows in 2009, is about a girl named Faith who despises the changes made to the city she lives in, and joins a group called the Runners in order to attempt to bring things back to the way they were. Currently, in the city, there’s a bunch of security, and anyone who speaks against it is arrested and/or shot. Already, in that summary, it’s obvious this game is an example of non-conformity. Faith and the Runners refuse to conform to these changes, and try to act against it without causing violence or uproar. However, one day uproar does happen, and the Runners are forced to run for their lives away from the police, and end up failing at their goal, and only strengthening the bad ideas.

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Portal, another video game released for Windows in 2007, is about a woman named Chell who is forced to go through tests in the Aperture Science Facility, only to later defy the tests, and make her daring escape through the mechanical back areas of the facility. She comes across GLaDOS, the AI robot who was controlling the tests and the facility. She is forced to take out GLaDOS, and she does so. The last half of the game is about self-reliance. since she trusted her own instincts to escape the facility. She could’ve just let herself die in a fire, or fall into sludge, but she did not, and successfully took out GLaDOS and escaped the facility just by trusting her own instincts.

media type="youtube" key="Vby-QK4Jip0" width="560" height="315" Work Cited: "Mirror's Edge - Cutscene Movie #1 - Intro." //YouTube //. YouTube, 25 May 2009. Web. 24 Nov. 2015.

"Portal Walkthrough - Escape (Part 1)." //YouTube //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',HelveticaNeue,'TeX Gyre Heros',TeXGyreHeros,FreeSans,'Nimbus Sans L','Liberation Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. YouTube, 29 Aug. 2011. Web. 24 Nov. 2015.