Postmodernism

Ok, so myth and legends are narratives that are used by people to tell how something happened. To these people, the myth is true and is part of their heritage. To other people these stories are false and kind of childish. Cultures create myths to tell where they have been and about their ancestors. Its somewhat like a oral history book to the people.

Grand narratives are big myths that can explain lesser stories. Now postmodernist believe that there are a bunch of small narratives ''and not one of these little stories can dominate or explain the rest'' (33). There is not just one truth. Each story exists on its own and thats how it goes. I see that some narratives are linked some way. They each are similar somehow. Like a lot of myths talk about creation and the formation of the world. I see that they are linked but just different perspectives. Some see that their god or gods create the earth. Just different points of views.

Grand narratives can lead to oppression. That there is only one grand narrative and everyone must follow it or believe it. Some people will be oppressed because there is no freedom to believe one's own reality. This happened in 1984 and in Brave New World. There is only one narrative and all other kinds of stories or narratives are false or considered crazy. Like the people in Brave New World were astonished that people were born and had parents. They consider it wrong and that their way is the only way. Much like how one narrative is the only narrative. The author in Brave New World is trying to communicate that there are multiple narratives and that they are all linked together in some way. We are similar with our myths and our stories. We all tie in together somehow. There is no individual story that is just there. Stories are influenced by other stories or cultures.

So thats my reflection on the subject. Some of the stuff I'm still confused about because its somewhat new and crazy. Thanks for reading.