Blog Post 4

The key thing that I have seen in all of my memes is the idea that all have to do with having a personal relationship with God, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit. They are all also affirming of the Bible and the idea of Christianity in general. To the Christian, having a relationship with God is the most important thing that can happen besides salvation. This relationship takes many different forms. The concept of the Trinity is the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. This meaning that the Father, God, Jesus Christ the son, and the Holy Spirit is what lives "inside" every Christian once they have accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior. The key element to this is the Christian believes that this Trinity is, "three in one," and that they are all the same entity. With this given background, approaching the Memes makes more sense. 

The first Meme that I will analyze in this shadow is the meme that says, "When u memorize a long passage of scripture u be like, Kobe." The target audience Christian generally believes that the Bible is the word of God, and to know Him more you must read His word. The second Meme states that Jesus is with Michelle Tanner, "Every day. All day. Anywhere. Anytime." This is an image of the Holy Spirit, which is part of the Trinity and showing that you can be in constant communication and in relationship with God. The third Meme is a little different in that it is talking about Satan who is considered the enemy to Christians. Though this Meme is not directly talking about God, it is referring to someone with a relationship with God. That they can not associate with Satan because of their relationship with God.

The humor that I have seen most prevalent with the Memes has been Playfulness and Incongruity. In each of the Memes playfulness is shown with the language he uses. For example, Looking at each of the Memes below the word "you," is spelled out, "u." He also uses other language such as in the third Meme where he uses playful language saying, "When Satan tryna get involved in yo life u be like..." This language is meant to be playful and funny. The other use of humor that is most prevalent is incongruity which Limor Shifman describes as, "Comedy derives from an unexpected cognitive encounter between two incongruent elements, as in a pun, a man in a women's clothing, or a dancing banana." (80) This incongruence is in each of the Memes by the use of current pop culture being turned into a Christian Ministry. The first Meme below is from Black Swan which is a movie that is completely opposite from the Christian values. But this movie is being used as a Ministry device by using the scene from the movie or television show, and in some cases such as the second and third Meme using the exact verbiage.

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