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An orphanage is simply an institution that provides shelter and resources for children who have been abandoned or whose parents are deceased, leaving them without any kind of legal guardian and therefore in the 'custody of the state.'
Orphanages are not as widely-used as they were in the past, and in America, adoption agencies have replaced the traditional orphanage as the primary body for the care of unguardianed children.
The timeless Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist presents the story of a precocious young boy named Oliver who must use wits and courage to survive life on the streets as he tries to find himself a home; along the way, he is 'adopted' by an ethically awkward and morally questionable child-caretaker named Fagin who recruits street-kids and runaways to serve as his pickpocket army in exchange for shelter and amenities.
Oliver Twist has become a human symbol of a social consciousness towards the state management of poverty and overpopulation concerns as well as for the care of the homeless and abandoned (framed within a context of 'urban etiquette critique').
Orphanages represent humanity's organized efforts to deal with the serious problem of children lost in the traffic of civilization, which is why the care for children has been a perennial issue for religious institutions such as the Vatican and Jewish synagogues.
The supervision of orphanages and the political attention that homeless children receive is important now that America has elected a finance-wizard of sorts (Donald Trump) as the president in a time when commerce-driven politics defines the geo-landscape (e.g., European Union, NATO, Wall Street, etc.).
How will such issue affect our 'pedestrian storytelling'?
Vigilantism-fantasy comic book films are all the rage now, perhaps since networking-savvy (e.g., Facebook, email, etc.) has made civics a 'chic' issue. There are multiple Hollywood (USA) film adaptations of the patriotism-themed comic book character Captain America (Marvel Comics), so here's a short 'fan-fic' (about the superhero working with orphans) meant to encourage discussion about cultural attitudes towards 'creative governance' and revisionist religious pluralism!
The question I'm asking here is, "Can we complement cultural attitudes with pedestrian storytelling to motivate religious organizations to work more actively with the needs of the people in this new age of commerce-driven academics?"
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Steve Rogers had been living on the streets of 1900 NYC for some time now, his parents having been deceased for four years. He was a precocious boy of 12 years and had been scrounging around orphanages and surviving on the streets as a wily pickpocket. Rogers would take notice of the various street political rallies and political cartoons advertised on the streets and on posters and thought about the value of political activism in a nation largely driven by populism energy.
When Rogers was 20 years-old, he was recruited by the U.S. army as an experimental 'guinea pig.' The army scientists injected him with a strength-enhancing 'serum' and watched him grow in muscle and mass, ready to serve as a 'super-soldier' for the military. However, Rogers was soon horrified at the state of his unnatural biophysical transformation and fled from the custody of the army and decided to don a mask and costume and become a pro-democracy 'vigilante' named Captain America.
Captain America's prime mission was to ensure that the orphanages in America (and abroad) were of sufficient quality and had the necessary staff to provide children with the care and attention they needed. Captain America visited the homes of social leaders and politicians as well as religious institution figureheads (e.g., the Pope) and told them sternly, "You see me wearing this costume, and you think I'm insane or some kind of 'performance artist,' but I was once an orphan myself and have devoted my life to the championing of the 'democratic' values people profess to endorse when they 'support' religious pluralism and political freedoms!"
Captain America would tell people that his physical strength was a sign of his willingness to serve as a 'prophet' of democratic change and the improvement in the conditions of children overlooked by governments and religious institutions too 'preoccupied' by finances and political prestige. Soon, people started calling the 'loudmouth vigilante' an 'evangelical rendition of Uncle Sam.' However, one critic, an anti-democracy terrorist named Red Skull (an ex-Nazi) decided that Captain America harbored a dark secret about the U.S. army and about the origin of his biophysical 'transformation.'
Red Skull went on his own campaign. He broadcasted a pirate radio signal in America and used it to send messages such as, "This strange wandering 'vigilante' Captain America seems to really care about orphanages and is genuinely interested in using his strength to market himself as an 'anti-bully,' but in fact, it seems that he may harbor some deep dark secret he is not willing to disclose (ironically), which makes me wonder why someone would want to dress up in a costume (and mask!) to hype democracy!" People started calling Red Skull the 'Devil's Advocate,' but Captain America was still convinced that what the nation needed was an 'alternative voice' to tend to spiritual needs in the age of pure-profiteers.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanage
Orphanage (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanage
Orphanages are not as widely-used as they were in the past, and in America, adoption agencies have replaced the traditional orphanage as the primary body for the care of unguardianed children.
The timeless Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist presents the story of a precocious young boy named Oliver who must use wits and courage to survive life on the streets as he tries to find himself a home; along the way, he is 'adopted' by an ethically awkward and morally questionable child-caretaker named Fagin who recruits street-kids and runaways to serve as his pickpocket army in exchange for shelter and amenities.
Oliver Twist has become a human symbol of a social consciousness towards the state management of poverty and overpopulation concerns as well as for the care of the homeless and abandoned (framed within a context of 'urban etiquette critique').
Orphanages represent humanity's organized efforts to deal with the serious problem of children lost in the traffic of civilization, which is why the care for children has been a perennial issue for religious institutions such as the Vatican and Jewish synagogues.
The supervision of orphanages and the political attention that homeless children receive is important now that America has elected a finance-wizard of sorts (Donald Trump) as the president in a time when commerce-driven politics defines the geo-landscape (e.g., European Union, NATO, Wall Street, etc.).
How will such issue affect our 'pedestrian storytelling'?
Vigilantism-fantasy comic book films are all the rage now, perhaps since networking-savvy (e.g., Facebook, email, etc.) has made civics a 'chic' issue. There are multiple Hollywood (USA) film adaptations of the patriotism-themed comic book character Captain America (Marvel Comics), so here's a short 'fan-fic' (about the superhero working with orphans) meant to encourage discussion about cultural attitudes towards 'creative governance' and revisionist religious pluralism!
The question I'm asking here is, "Can we complement cultural attitudes with pedestrian storytelling to motivate religious organizations to work more actively with the needs of the people in this new age of commerce-driven academics?"
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Steve Rogers had been living on the streets of 1900 NYC for some time now, his parents having been deceased for four years. He was a precocious boy of 12 years and had been scrounging around orphanages and surviving on the streets as a wily pickpocket. Rogers would take notice of the various street political rallies and political cartoons advertised on the streets and on posters and thought about the value of political activism in a nation largely driven by populism energy.
When Rogers was 20 years-old, he was recruited by the U.S. army as an experimental 'guinea pig.' The army scientists injected him with a strength-enhancing 'serum' and watched him grow in muscle and mass, ready to serve as a 'super-soldier' for the military. However, Rogers was soon horrified at the state of his unnatural biophysical transformation and fled from the custody of the army and decided to don a mask and costume and become a pro-democracy 'vigilante' named Captain America.
Captain America's prime mission was to ensure that the orphanages in America (and abroad) were of sufficient quality and had the necessary staff to provide children with the care and attention they needed. Captain America visited the homes of social leaders and politicians as well as religious institution figureheads (e.g., the Pope) and told them sternly, "You see me wearing this costume, and you think I'm insane or some kind of 'performance artist,' but I was once an orphan myself and have devoted my life to the championing of the 'democratic' values people profess to endorse when they 'support' religious pluralism and political freedoms!"
Captain America would tell people that his physical strength was a sign of his willingness to serve as a 'prophet' of democratic change and the improvement in the conditions of children overlooked by governments and religious institutions too 'preoccupied' by finances and political prestige. Soon, people started calling the 'loudmouth vigilante' an 'evangelical rendition of Uncle Sam.' However, one critic, an anti-democracy terrorist named Red Skull (an ex-Nazi) decided that Captain America harbored a dark secret about the U.S. army and about the origin of his biophysical 'transformation.'
Red Skull went on his own campaign. He broadcasted a pirate radio signal in America and used it to send messages such as, "This strange wandering 'vigilante' Captain America seems to really care about orphanages and is genuinely interested in using his strength to market himself as an 'anti-bully,' but in fact, it seems that he may harbor some deep dark secret he is not willing to disclose (ironically), which makes me wonder why someone would want to dress up in a costume (and mask!) to hype democracy!" People started calling Red Skull the 'Devil's Advocate,' but Captain America was still convinced that what the nation needed was an 'alternative voice' to tend to spiritual needs in the age of pure-profiteers.
====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanage
Orphanage (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanage
