The power of passion is extraordinary, its power is a type of talent per se, it defuses/disperses idleness, cuts off long-winded, tedious pathway to success, abolishes useless over thinking, promotes/fosters perseverance. 

Just believe, entrust, devote/endorse (the action of doing the work) your true/genuine self to your passion (which sinuates hard work would be in place naturally), and eventually in any way, the results won’t be regretful.

 

Exemplar event: Napoleon Hill did extensive research of the world’s richest men in his time. Their stories varied, but their commitment to their vision was a constant, and that set them apart from the mere mortals. Hill says do what you love, or else you will lack the energy to become truly successful. “No man can succeed in a line of endeavour which he does not like,” he writes.

Explanation:

They are core ideas fanatically endorsed/addressed/permeated by each of the author and pervades/influences the text/craft in every aspect of their selection/choices of artistic devices. learning the meanings of. I seek core ideas because they are most useful to me. I chose Napoleon’s quote about his deeds because they match my synthesis from both texts, and he is a well-known notorious example/depiction of a passionate nerd. 

Example in the US 

If you have a good and high education the amount of salary increases. So it is important that you have studied higher education in oder to get a good job and high salary to run a family lifetime. 

explanation: 

The extract from the "Breath" tells us that Sando is wealthy high means that he had a good education and some people but not all being wealthy have attitude. As he was wealthy he had lots of new boards and received lots of boards form different parts of the world to surf. Sando also makes his own boards from which we can clearly tell he can do this because of education.

The porche ad includes engineers like in building a design for the car which obviously involves education. 


The wealthiness of Sando and the job of the engineer in the ad is very relevant to the example that education is essential in order to have a good job and be wealthy through out the life.

Real life situation:

Education is important in every person’s life. That helps each individual to know what’s happening in the world and around and helps us change things better. Education helps us to learn more things and makes us to think in different perspective. Education encourages us to think positively and gain good thoughts. Education is important to develop economy. In India, education is important and it has always focused on improving the reading and writing skills. 

Justification:

Ad: In this add, it mostly tells about the speed of the car, designing the car, etc which is made by an engineer, which tells us that education is involved and is important. 

Breath: 

In this extract “Breath” we know that Sando owns lots of surfboards from different countries which tells that the education is important. 

In both ad and the extract we come to know that education is important from the justification above which helps them to stay wealthy and and lead a good life. 

-Page 60 “we began to cut weeds”

-Loonie and Pikelet cut weeds for Sando. Children should be kept away from doing these jobs as weed is a type of drug. Ethically and legally not right. Maybe an example of power as Loonie and Pikelet is idolizing Sando. Could be a chance for Loonie and Pikelet to learn drugs from Sando as an act of deviation (as both of their family is strict)?

Adult and child sex relationship of Eva and Pikelet

-Page 192-193 “…but each time I let go Eva’s throat and ripped the slimy bag off her face I didn’t see rapture. What I saw was death ringing her like a bell”

-Eva’s preference for sexual asphyxia is making Pikelet feel afraid and scared. Not only does Eva and Pikelet have an adult and child sex relationship, but they are also cheating on Sando. Eva has sexual dominance over Pikelet, therefore Pikelet does what Eva asks without even liking it. In the end, both Pikelet and Eva experience great tribulations. Pikelet has mental health problems, and Eva is found dead. 

-Represents wildness and bravery. However, is illegal to race in urban settings (speed racing). The wildness of the car is also represented through the image of the wolf and fire. 

 

-Both “Breath” (especially from page 57 to 61) and “Shaped by Performance” put emphasis on the appearance – is it right to value the appearance and the physical strength of something or someone?

 

-Is it okay for Loonie and Pikelet to surf at night without parent’s permission? 

Globally, people try to keep up with the standard of beauty defined by themselves or others. Such beauty standards lead people to admire people who have those features. This leads people to complain about their features, and, in the extreme, fixing their feature artificially or naturally. 

South Korea is one of the countries that has a homogenous beauty standard. There is societal pressure for people to follow. This leads to plastic surgeries and beauty programs to be developed so that people can fit into these standards. 

Justification: 
The extract of ‘Breath’ includes a paragraphs of Pikelet’s admiring Sando. He admires the knowledge and experiences that Sando has had before. He admires the surfboards that Sando owns. When waxing the board he feels like he is soiling it. In the perspective of Pikelet, Sand was a perfect man. This leads him not just to admire him but being almost obsessed with him, wanting to be recognized all the time. 

Porsche advertisement shows an image of athletes, a fit individuals. The bodies these athletes have are well admired by others. By connecting this image to their product, they are allowing the people who admires that healthy, fit, and hard-working image to buy their product. They buy it to imitate the images, believing that they will be similar to the people who acts inside of the advertisement. 

The behavior of Pikelet and consumer in this two different texts are very similar to people who admires beauty standard- they imitate, follow, and like those standards they have. 

Beauty makes people admire you, praise you, which makes your self-esteem go up, However when you don't follow the “standard of beauty” exposed by society you end up being judged which makes your self-esteem go down. That's why people always end up never being happy with their bodies, and always wanting something more, like plastic surgery and so on. The way our society thinks, can be a great incentive for everyone to achieve their goals and successful and feel good about themselves.

In the Porsche advertisement it shows a lot of persistence from athletes, engineers and even the drivers, the video also shows the physical strength of the athletes working hard to achieve their goals. The body of each athlete shown in the video is precisely to cause admiration in the people who are watching and also to motivate them more and more to pursue their goals, being healthy, hard working and alsobeing  brave and aggressive in a good way.

On the study pages of the book “Breath”, it’s seen the two boys constantly looking and admiring Sando and with the desire to be able to learn from him. They were obsessed for Sando surfing he was the perfect man for the boys, almost an idol for them, even being old.

Culture, Identity, and Community 

In this age of digital devices, there has never been a point where any one person can receive so much information and communicate with so many people, however despite living in the most connected time of human history, people are feeling lonelier than ever. Right now, there exists what many call a “Loneliness Epidemic.” This epidemic is very prominent among those of older age and has been proven to increase the rate of mortality similar to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Many people judge that the majority of their relationships aren’t meaningful and even lack connection, therefore, feeling socially isolated. As people grow older, many social circles become much smaller leading to a compounding effect of loneliness.

In Breath, this can be seen from the actions of both Pikelet and Loonie. In the extract, we are informed about the obsession that Pikelet and Loonie both have with Sando, as they see him as an idol and a mentor. Pikelet appreciates the connection he shares with Sando yet seems to yearn for more to the point of doing labor occasionally for free just to be around Sando and in an attempt to understand Sando. 

In the Porsche Ad Garbarz and Partner almost appeal to those who are lonely. By creating a narrative behind the car and associating it with a group of people, Garbarz and Partner create this link to a community and culture which would further attract those who are lonely, however, because this connection is only a marketing scheme it would lead to feeling even more lonely.

These two texts show the different approaches of those who might be wanting those social connections.

The global issue of Believing we always have to be beautiful, perfect is represented in both the Breath and Advertisement. In our society it`s getting more important to be “perfect” and depending on the values you got taught by your parents or family, the opinion of looking beautiful changes. 

 

Advertisement: 

In the advertisement are only people shown that look great and seem to be very determined. It conveys that we all should be like them, and I order to be like them we need such a car. 

Book: 

This Beauty standard is also represented in the extract of Breath. 

“The tight wetsuit showed every contour of his body, the width of his shoulders, the meat in his thighs.”  This sentence represents our society very good, and that looking good is really important, also to be respected by others. 

Examples in real-life, Breath and Porsche Ad: in file below.

Justification of Global Issue: in file below.