Do time and distance impact someone’s popular perception?
Time and distance impact someone’s popular perception, especially Alexander’s. Popular perception can affect the way people think about someone. In Alexander’s case, It affected him in a positive way, but it affected his father, King Phillip, in a negative way.
People from across the lands knew about him. His stories were told over and over again, every time becoming more vivid. Athletes today remind me of Alexander the Great, specifically Johnny Manziel. Johnny started earning great achievements at a young age. Like Alexander, he took on a huge challenge. He faced the number 1 ranked team in college football, Alabama, and came out victorious. Everyone was talking about him, telling their friends. They made him seem like a god. Later he was awarded with the Heisman trophy. From then on, every team was afraid to play the great Johnny Manziel. But time and distance does not always have a positive effect on a person.
Alexanders father, King Phillip II, had many rumors about him. He was a great ruler, but there were rumors that he was cheating on the queen. The word spread around and everyone talked about it. Soon after, Phillip was killed by his own body guard. This reminds me of todays government, specifically Anthony Weiner. Anthony also had allegations going around that Anthony put inappropriate pictures on the internet. The news was all over it, telling everyone that owned a television. People were talking, Anthony had to apologize, and no one voted for him. To this day, there are still rumors going around about what Anthony did or didn't do and they are slowly getting worse over time.
Overall, popular perception drastically affected peoples opinions about Alexander and Phillip. However, it applies today too. Whether we like it or not there is gossip, rumors and exaggerations. Maybe we should pay less attention.
Citations:
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great
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<http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander_t72.html>.
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