This article is about T.I. and how he saved a man's life recently. Many view him as a hero for this act, along with his contributions to the music industry. Other blogs have discussed the idea of celebrities and if they can be seen as heroes for their careers. What do you think? Others don't view T.I. as a hero, however, because of his illegal actions and jail time. What do you think; can people forget T.I.'s past and see him as a hero or does his good deed outweigh his past criminal acts?
http://www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/culture/2010-10-14/ti-suicide-hero/
John Piks, Erwei Qiu, Junyuan Wu, Libby Straub
This is an interesting example of heroism. I find myself wondering if TI wsa doing a good deed, or if this suicide jump was staged. It seems like impecable timing that he just so happened to have his radio on a station that was brodcasting this event and that he just so happened to be walking by. To give him the benifit of the doubt though, I like to think that he did actually save someones life. It really shows me who America's heroes are today.
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ReplyDeleteT.I.s' good deeds do overweigh his past criminal record. People make mistakes and deserve second chances and by his courageous act he saved a man's life which shows he is a good person, possibly hero material. What is holding him back though is his struggle with jail time and probation. People shouldn't look up to him for the drug use but for the heroic act of saving that young man's life. (Stephanie & Brandän)
ReplyDeleteWhile reading this blog we questioned to what extent do the morals behind the act of the heroic deed actually make the action heroic? We see that he did save a person's life, maybe for the wrong reasons, but he still did save that person's life. Also below the post is a video of T.I. with the caption "Got your back" which seems to be representing T.I. as "heroic" because he is "always there."
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The idea of T.I. as a hero is controversial. We beleive that T.I. is not a hero because of a questionable motive, a court date for violation of parole. We believe that the reason T.I. acted was to look good for his court date a few days later. In the article, paragraph 2, the authors description of the event seems like it was a staged event, it almost seems like it was too straight forward. Even if it was a real situation, T.I.'s credability was hurt when he said "his good deed doesn't have anything to do with the hearing," making it seem that he was looking for something to improve his image. -Ryan Kraft, Tien Le.
ReplyDeleteThe blog post is more of a description of events than an analyzing of something. Without having read the article, I would have had no idea that T.I. saved a man's life so with that, I suppose my knowledge has been effected. I feel that the blog can cause you to question your own values when deciding if the man's saved life should make up for the crimes that T.I. has committed. The blog says that you can be cynical and believe that he did it to butter up a judge that will be deciding if he goes back to jail or optimistic and consider him a hero. This statement really makes you think and consider your personal values.
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Through the first suggestion for posting, right away I notice the big picture of T.I. with his shirt off singing. I believe that with this picture the author sets up her particular audience. Also, maybe this suggests what this audience values i.e. money and fame. With the last sentence of the first paragraph, I believe that the author is letting their opinion through suggesting that T.I. is a hero even with his illegal actions. Although I can't be too sure, becuase I tried analyzing the last sentence and couldn't really understand the point being made. I guess now that I think about it the point isn't whether his act was heroic or not, it was, but the author's article leaves me unsure of T.I.'s character and motives.
ReplyDeleteThere's a difference between being a hero and performing heroic actions. Because you perform heroic action(s) does not make you a "National Hero". As the title of this blog demonstrates "T.I. is a Real American Hero!". The writter seems believes that T.I is a hero.
ReplyDeleteT.I is still struggling with his own life, and is learning from the mistakes that he's made. Because he has a tainted past, does that mean it must stick with him forever? Because someone has made mistakes in their life, does not mean that they are bad people. Everyone makes them, just to different degree of severity. We learn and we move on. In my opinion, I don't think that he is a hero but he did do an act of goodness. In the blog, the writter says "The rapper claims his good deed doesn't have anything to do with the hearing." by using the word "claim", the writter tries to make us question his motives. Why can't a person do a good deed for the sake of doing something good without be ing questioned these days. Because he did something good does not mean we forget his past. We accept both his past and his recent deed and perceive him the way that we believe he should be perceived.
So T.I. is pretty awesome and all, but I'm not sure that this deed warrants hero status. To me, being a hero is a "full time job," and while a hero doesn't have to be perfect, they should actively seek to acheive and do good. However, I think the line is thin in this case. He does stand out among other people of his status and industry - I can't remember ever hearing a news story quite like this one. He used somethng he DID achieve however, fame and power, to save someone's life. His motives are questionable, but still, I find myself on the fence.
ReplyDeleteOne of the ideas that the author introduced which was rather controversial was when he said that we could "pay homage to our new national hero." This is controversial because TI is always in trouble with the law. Just because he was famous he was able to stop a man from jumping off of a building and most people wouldn't really consider this a heroic act. The author attempted to persuade the reader of this claim in advance by stating the positive thing that he did in the very first sentence of the blog. By starting out the blog in this way, the reader is automatically probably going to lean in the favor that TI really is a hero.
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Even though the author looked at both sides of T.I's reputation, he left it up to the reader to decide if T.I was a hero or not. However this quote came across as sarcastic, "Or you could be optimistic and say and pay homage to our new national hero!" by calling him a national hero overgeneralizes that everyone believes T.I is good as this action he did.
ReplyDeleteThe author's admittance of a potential divergent interpretation to this deed of T.I expresses the many ways we view our heroes, review them and possibly re-review them. In a way, it appears to suggest that heroes are bound to constant review by society each and everytime. Therefore based on the available information to society about them, they can either maintain there hero status or lose it. To what extent do we tolerate the wrongs of our heroes?
ReplyDeleteI agree that good deeds do overshadow the past criminal history, but it doesn’t make you a hero. I believe that to be classified as hero you most show history of good deeds. So much that people forget about your past completely if you had any. Plus he obviously did for his PR. As man who is going back to jail after serving time less than a year ago and is on top of his industry. He will do anything not to go back.
ReplyDeletefor the most part these blogs agree that TI's act of heroism has the wrong motive. many of these people believe that the act of heroism has to have a good moral. this is because for an act to be an act of heroism it needs to be a selfless act. while others may reply that the act was still an act of heroism the question that arises is did he do it because he needed a good refrence or because he saw the opprotunity to do good? which ever you decide will sway your opinion whether he is a hero or not.
ReplyDeleteAfter I read this blog and the comments above, I think this blog actually affect people's view of heroism. At least, it change my point about a hero. Hero does not means one who is perfect. Like T.I, he did something bad before, but his deed can let him be a hero. He saved a life. Though he has been in jail before, he have changed after he released. So, if someone can make contribute to society, even if he or she make mistake before, they can still be heroes.
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