Truth Introduccion

In the past, Truth was the ever-revolving, ever-changing goal of life. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Throughout time, humanity has searched for truths. Truths about life, religion, you name it. It is ingrained in our DNA to obtain truth because we equate truth to salvation. Understanding the truths of the world, will allow us into the "afterlife." This old-style of thinking was very popular until this little movement called Postmodernism came along. It attacks Truth, thus attacking the very core of human existence. Is truth permanent? Is truth appropriate? Is truth even relevant? These are questions that postmodernists started to ask to the world. The three pieces below depict those questions. They force the viewer/reader to question his/her own truths. They ask the very simple, yet very complex question of is this true? To be honest, I do not entirely understand the meaning of truth. But maybe, that is the point. I will leave that up to you to decide.

How to Tell a True War Story

How to Tell a True War Story by Tim O'Brien is another beautiful example of truth in postmodernism. In this text, O'Brien gives the reader what he actually believes about war, his truth, in ironic situations. He sets up fake situations with generals and soldiers to argue a real point about the meaningless of war. When reading this story, the truth is unknown. I was certainly asking myself, "what is really true and what isn't?"
Here, postmodernism is again outlined with the question of truth. Postmodernisms main point about truth is that it does not exist. It cannot be found, and it cannot reached. Trying to put guidlines or truths to life, is merely limiting something that is truly endless. This is what O'Brien has shown in his text. The truth of this is story is endless because nothing is known to be true or untrue.

Truthiness

In the TV program, The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert has outlined the modern way in which postmodernism can be reflected. He uses his humor and satire, to give his real view on political views and stances. Colbert has attracted several million viewers by poking fun of politicians. Colbert uses postmodern antics to give his main point. An example of this, is a word he created called "truthiness". "Truthiness,"means to know or understand something because you can "feel it" or "know it in your gut."It uses absolutely no real fact, just the ideas of a regular person. This is a perfect example of postmodernism ideals. It outlines that truth or facts can really just be ideas from someone else. That words themselves are not always. Just the way in which Colbert displayed this word outlines postmodernism. He satirically poses the word "truthiness," to show that what governments or politicians say may not be fact. In fact, much of what they say is purely from "the gut" without "truth" behind it.