Obama is a romantic hero

Communication and narratives go hand in hand. When the media reports stories they do so in the form of narratives. We talked in class about the different categories stories can be as well as the different roles the characters can play, specifically the hero or protagonist. The main four types being comedy, romance, tragedy, and irony. In an article from USA Today titled “Obama to Take a Grass-Roots Approach to Conservation,” the media portrays Obama, the protagonist, as a romantic hero. They do this by explaining the things that Obama is doing for the conservation movement in a positive light. Such as, “Instead of just designating vast tracts of land to be protected from development, pollution and overpopulation, Obama wants the government to embrace a grass-roots approach to conservation that has quietly taken hold in recent years in U.S. cities and towns and across international borders.” This shows that he is going above and beyond the bare minimum he could be doing and taking it one step further. He is proving is heroism by being superior to the environment and us. This article also describes the members of the community as comedic heroes. They do this by talking about how they come together and untie to protect their communities. They do a good job at addressing the different groups of people involved. Everyone deserves to be a hero at some point in their life right?