Project One Intro Rough Draft

     Memes date back to the late 1970's when Richard Dawkins coined the idea in his novel "The Selfish Gene". However, it wasn't until just recently that memes have grown tremendously in internet culture and have gained instantaneous popularity.  Memes, like novels and other works of literature, can be placed into certain categories based upon their genre. Social media has marked a new rise of popularity for internet memes. For example, many memes are snow-clone, in other words, they are immediately recognized and used in various different contexts. One of the most famous internet snow-clone memes is the "One does not simply" meme. Many different means of social media such as Twitter, Instagram, and even Facebook have used this meme. It has been thrown into several different contexts such as humor, academics, fitness, and other more serious matters. 

Project One Outline

The Internet Meme as a Genre 

1. Memes date back to the 1970’s
2. General characteristic- humor
1. My meme shows this by having a well known character from a movie, say something that many others can relate to
3. Another characteristic- usually found on social media
4. Another characteristic- very popular

A Type of Internet Meme as a Subgenre 

      5. subgenre to my meme- Working out

     6. 2^nd subgenre characteristic- “one does not simply”

      7. 3^rd subgenre characteristic- humorous connection between weight lifters

The Meme You Created

8. My meme says something about working out

9. My meme uses the meme from Boromir saying “One Does Not Simply

10. My meme plays on the fact that many people feel the need to post that they are going to the gym on different forms of social media, such as in my meme, Twitter.

11. Overall, my meme and the one chosen from the internet both demonstrate the standard characteristics of what it takes to build a meme. They both will connect a joke or opinion to its viewers. Lastly, the memes both leave their viewers with some knowledge about going to the gym and if people really care if you went or not.

My Meme is....

One Does Not Simply

Workout & Not Tweet It