Thursday, January 17, 2008

Why is Captain Jack Sparrow Postmodern?

In Pirates of the Caribbean, Captain Jack Sparrow, the infamous and illusive scallywag does whatever he wants without caring about other peoples opinions. He believes that whatever works for him is what is right and "good" and if it doesn't work for others, then so be it. He is so postmodern in his mindset that it sometimes gets him into trouble, not taking others advice and applying it in a most intelligent manner. Although his methods are extremely strange, he almost always gets the job done and that is good enough for him. He doesn't care if anybody else doesn't uphold his ideals and viewpoints, but he would like to see them go along with it anyways. He believes in no universal truths and is willing to compromise the official pirate "code" of parle.
He sees things differently than other people as well; whatever is beneficial to his cause is obviously nothing to be overlooked lightly. Nonetheless, he manages to get himself out of the strangest of circumstances even when it seems that there is no hope. His "reality" is ultimately somewhat patchy due to the excessive alchohol that he drinks, therefore he is postmodern because his line between reality and illusion are undoubtably blurred. And so concludes my blog on the postmodern pirate.

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