Pay Attention to the Fake and it Might be to Late

Ever since I’ve been in the English 214 class, I’ve looked at invisible narratives very differently. There are some invisible narratives that are obvious to me. For example, like women gender roles and how men are more dominant then women because of their gender. 

Of course this is easy to spot because sometimes it isn’t that “invisible”. There are many different areas an invisible narrative can take place. What I mean by that is invisible narratives don’t only have to only be in movies or television shows is what I’ve learned.

Since I’ve been in this class I have been introduced to many more invisible narratives that I have never noticed. Invisible narratives surround us every day in our lives. Invisible narratives are controlling a lot of peoples minds without them knowing. They are blind to it all. I was a victim of believing and accepting the invisible narratives that I’ve seen. The media does a great job of showing messages subliminally that I wouldn’t catch all the messages that were actually trying to be portrayed.  Before, I wasn’t disgusting all the information I was being taught. By now noticing how many invisible narratives there really are, it has changed my perspective towards the media.

Martins article, “The Egg and the Sperm”, that the male gender role is more dominant. For instance, in the title the male gender is portrayed as the stronger gender. It explains how the sperm is more superior because of what is has to go through to finally get to the egg. While the egg is just simple and the sperm is more complex. It made it seem as if the egg needs the sperm, not the other way around. The sperm was highly spoken about and described a lot more valuable than the egg. 

This also relates to what we normally see through the media. Men are always shown to come first. The male gender is known to be the head of the house while the women is simply a housewife. Men are known to have the jobs, and women just stay home to cook, watching the children, and clean. After analyzing this reading, it made me realize a lot more invisible narratives in movies, books, or sports.

An interesting discussion that I have had in class also opened my eyes. We were talking about football and how white males are the most important position on the team. If you think about it the majority of quarterbacks are white men. When I first thought about this it surprised me. I never realized it. In today’s society white men are mostly dominant with jobs, government, business, and a lot more examples. They are portrayed to be the leaders even in something as simple as a football team. The invisible narrative of this is that white men are superior and have the lead role.

We need to pay more attention to invisible narratives. They can be believable and manipulate many people. Most of the time invisible narratives aren’t really noticeable and are subliminal. 

People aren’t really paying attention to what messages are really being expressed. People see the messages and start to think they are factual and begin to process it in their minds. I am happy that I am aware of more invisible narratives that I once was blind too. Invisible narratives aren’t questioned. They are automatically right to the audience and that’s where the audience needs to wake up and realize everything they see shouldn’t always be accepted. Once people start to realize and pay close attention to what they are learning from the books and stuff they watch on television they will start to detect what invisible narratives are.