Views on Hipster

I am not a hipster. According to Merriam Webster Dictionary, it defines hipster as "a person who fallows the latest styles, fashion ect." aka a hip person. The second definition of hipster states "a person who is unusually aware of and interested in new and unconventional patterns". A hipster is normal a person who doesn't follow normal trends or anything to mainstream. They listen to indie and alternative music. A hipster wouldn't describe themselves as one, they life differently and try to say away from anything to current. In todays world the word hipster has been thrown around a lot, everyone knows what a hipster is and it has become a trend that has taken over the past couple of years. One of the qualifications of a hipster is that they aren't the type of people to listen to top 40 with Ryan Seacrest, they tend to lean towards alterinvate music and jazz music. The term hipster first appeared during the jazz age (1940s) and it described someone who enjoyed jazz. While I listened to Charles Mingus's performances in Norway and Sweden (1964), I became engrossed with the music. It isn't the type of music I would normally listen to, but it is very appealing and almost relaxing. The music makes me feel connected to the past and even though there aren't any words I feel like the music is speaking to me. It no wonder why this type of music had started a movement. The poem Don't Let that Horse… by Lawrence Ferlinghetti is confusing. I feel like I'm missing something important and I'm not seeing the hidden message, but I'm sure if one was more into poetry were to anialize it they would understand it better. Like I said I am not a hipster, that being said the poem People Getting Divorced also by Lawrence Ferlingthetti is powerful. I didn't have to read it a few times to get the point. Its something that people can relate to. When I think of this type of poetry I think of the Beats in San Francisco and what was creates there because of what was going on at the time and the people joining together and create a movement. It is a similar idea with the word hipster. Hipsters have come and gone and now they are back and showing people there is a different way to view and live life rather then what is the "norm". I enjoy learning how our society is constantly changing and creating new ways so view the world around us.

How are we the viewer or reader or player connected to the world?

Right from the beginning the writer of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, Haruki Murakami was able to throw us into the world. The first sentence of the book talks about how the main character Tsukuru wanted to die. It draws us as viewers in, we become curious into why the character wants that and how he had gotten to that point in his life. Its not only the way Murakami draws us in but its how he keeps ups invested and interested in the story. His style of write has a nice flow to it and also us as readers to enjoy and relax while we read. Even though the story does a lot of hopping back and forth from the past to the present it seems natural and aloud us as viewers to slowly begin to understand Tsukuru as a person. By going back and forth between past and present we as viewers are being thrown into Tsukuru’s issues and problems. His issues are something that a lot of people, including myself can relate to. It shows us different ways of how to handle similar situations. Since Tsukuru is the only person to have gone through losing friends and it has happened to us as viewers from personal experiences we believe it. We buy that this world that he lives in is possible. Its not just the events that happen to Tsukuru that make his world believable it is also the small details that are written in the story. Its as easy as describing the location Tsukuru is located or having a conversation be interrupted but a waitress. These place and things like getting interrupted by a waitress are things that we as readers have all experienced therefore we are able to believe that this world that Tsukuru exists.