Group Presentation.

As I mentioned in the last post, my group (4) presented last Monday on the topic of complements as explained by Kane. We parodied SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy and brought into it many examples of complements.

First of all, the questions all came from chapter 5 of Kane. We touched on some of the stories that were told, and different ideas such as 'hierarchy,' that arises in complementary situations.

Secondly, the genre of parody is a good example of complementarity. The original first existed without the parody, but gains from the parody in one way or another. They are not opposites, but give each other a meaning entirely dependent on the context of the other. Interestingly, the same sort of argument can be made against primary and secondary text. Is the primary text, or the commentary more important. Answer: neither! Though an obvious hierarchy exists, each gain sufficient meaning dependent on the context of their relationship. Primary vs. Secondary.

Thirdly, Willy Quiet William's role was that of the Otherworld, which is complementary to our world. They are not opposites, but the relationship is interconnected and symbiotic.

Coming from the immersement of the literate culture, it is difficult to think in terms of complements. We as members of the literate tradition automatically think using analytic and deconstructionist methods. It seems unnatural to think of hot and cold / light and dark / black and white / God and Satan / Schooltime and Summer ( ha, two weeks! ) as complementary things and not opposites. The world however does not function as the literate mind would like. Complements surround us challanging the literate tradition's construction of the idea of opposite.