Adrenaline!

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Adrenaline is the feeling one gets when pushing the limits of the human mind and body. Do the stunts in this video represent the meaning of adrenaline? Can you classify the people in this video as any of the four categories of the rhetoric of the body; shape-shifters? superheroes? Cyborgs? Femme fetales??

What is the point of this video? Is there another message displayed in this video besides adrenaline? Is it trying to show people that if you believe in something and keep working hard at it, that one day you will accomplish it? Did the irony represented at the end of the video match the message that the director of the video was trying to convey?

Eye Tattoos

From an MSNBC documentary ("LockUp") about convicts serving life sentences, we see inmates physically alter their eyes, perhaps to generate a message of who they are. You'll notice that the prisoners refuse to reveal information about the procedure. It could be that the secretiveness gives them higher standing and more respect within their community. Given the fact that they're already in a rough environment, taking one extra painful step seems reasonable if it holds the potential to them advantages in the future. Since they haven't gone blind, what's the harm?

We invite you to analyze the possible motives behind their actions and elaborate on how you personally think it looks. Do you think artificially colored contact lenses (purely for cosmetic use), for example, are more reasonable than eye tattoos? Do you think the prisoners' actions should have an impact on their current sentences? Do not feel the need to confine yourselves to generalizations of femme fetales, cyborgs, or anything of the sort: merely use them if you think they support your analysis. We also invite you to challenge our statement if you disagree, and raise relevant controversial topics of your own. We look forward to your insight.