Jim Morrison and Susan Sontag :: History

Jim Morrison and Susan SontagJim Morrison is the lead singer of the classic rock and roll band The Doors. Jim Morrison non only was the lead vocalist in the famous sixties band, he was also the writer of most but not all of The Doors songs and the author of many poems. Susan Sontag is an accomplished author. Some of Susan Sontags full treatment include essays, reviews, editing, novels and short stories. Although at first Jim Morrison and Susan Sontag appear to have nothing or very little in common, some(prenominal) because of Jim Morrisons main influence flood tide from author Friedrich Nietzsche, who believed in existentialism (a body of ethical thought centering about the uniqueness and isolation of individual experiences in a universe deaf(p) or even hostile to man, regarding human existence as unexplainable, and emphasizing mans freedom of choice and certificate of indebtedness for the consequences of his acts), and Susan Sontags writings following a style of existentialis m, both Jim Morrison and Susan Sontags works focus constantly on relating the message of placing blame on oneself in order to obtain a more perfect soul. Born jam Douglas Morrison on December 8 1843 in Melbourne Florida to parents Steve and Clara Morrison(Hopkins, Sugerman 5). A few months after the birth of Jim Morrison, Jims father Steve and his mine layer were sent off to fight in World War Two. For the next three years Jims mother Clara, was forced to raise Jim with only the help of sympathizing relatives who believed in ideas such as Children should be seen and not heard ... Ignore something unpleasant and it will go a means... (Hopkins, Sugerman 5). This constant barrage of negativity may have been one of the first factors leading to Jims beliefs in existentialism. The way in which the negativity lead to Jims belief is that through the constant attack, Jim began to feel as if he were responsible for all of the mishaps occurring in the family. This feelings that Jim had, showe d his first signs of becoming an existentialist, because feelings of responsibility are one of the common characteristics of many existentialist authors, musicians and artists. A second event in Jim Morrisons life, that may have been a reason for Jim becoming a existentialist occurred while Steve Morrison, Jims father, was driving through New Mexico when They The Morrison Family came upon an overturned truck, and saw injured and dying Pueblo Indians lying where they had been thrown on the asphalt (Hopkins, Sugerman 6).