Pop Culture

Pop Culture

Introduction

Redemption by Grace: A Rhetorical Analysis of Hoosiers approaches redemption through an interpretation of Judeo-Christian perception about grace and is of the opinion that redemption has to be earned. According to this, grace provides with various redemption method as narrated in contextual pop culture documents. The following paper analyses a few aspects of the analysis.

Discussion

Background

Source

The article was originally written by Short, B and Short, H. D. (2006) and the article was published in Journal of Religion and Popular Culture.

Audience

The article is targeted for the audience who are willing to improve and identify means of transformation. According to the article, the audience who identifies itself as imperfect must develop an opinion that every person can be redeemed, it just depends on the will of a person. Everything on this earth is imperfect and a man has to work in order to make improvements (Short & Short, n.d). Thus, imperfect figures are also redeemable. However, it must be notified that redemption does not occur by good deeds or through prolonged suffering; it is a result of grace.

Thesis Statement

The place of redemption is of high value in popular culture transmitted through grace identified through Hoosiers, a case study to learn about the concept of redemption and grace.

Purpose

It can be identified that sufferings result in individual identifying the concept of redemption. This concept is generally analyzed in the film Hoosiers. The article identifies that a man can do nothing but redeem himself, unless God asks him to (Short & Short, n.d). God has given life to a human being. He comes to help a person when he is in need and does not have the ability to do anything or to please God.

Context

The film Hoosiers has emerged as a very powerful film in American culture and defines sport and teamwork. It is believed that the film has continued to affect the audience till now. The film thus takes into account many theories and instances and defines redemption as an important process in the life of a human being.

Method and Evidence

Evidence

According to Burke, every human being requires some order in their world, and when this order is disturbed, humans try to seek redemption and restoration as he writes: “If order, then guilt; if guilt, then need for redemption; but any such 'payment' is victimage” (1989, 349).  One has to face a lot of sacrifices in order to achieve redemption(Short & Short, n.d). One means of achieving harmony is to go through the three steps of pollution, purification and redemption. Here, pollution is the result of guilt which occurs because of deviation from rules and norms of the society. Guilt here is the result of wrong behavior and an inability to fulfill the commands of the creator. On the other hand, purification can be done through victimage or mortification. Victimiage involves holding someone else responsible for the wrong act and mortification is punishing one's own self in order to repent for the sins done (Short & Short, ...