...superficial due to the lack of education on the topic. Society claims that these shows are realistic, however they are often a scripted dramatization thriving to imitate real scenarios. Reality television allows viewers to escape the reality of their own lives because it is a removed way to experience emotions, and these shows that are supposedly “reality-based” are never filmed in a realistic setting. When viewers watch reality television, it offers them time to escape from the reality of their own lives. Producers carefully choose cast members that are diverse and represent a large population of society, to avoid criticism, but to also allow viewers to relate to at least one specific cast member. The average Canadian watches a show such as “Survivor” (which offers a one million dollar grand prize to the winner) and envies the superficial status that is temporarily given to specific cast members that receives significant attention. By doing so, the viewers draw parallels to the specific cast member that is most similar to themselves, and envisions themselves on that show, receiving that same attention, and essentially becoming famous. Reality television today strongly revolves around unrealistic drama between cast members, which viewers are often quick to pass...
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...get in trouble or how they control the circumstances for survival. According to Laurence Gonzales, Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why, we can clearly see the situations that happen to us and understand the reasons why somebody can survive, but someone else cannot. This book makes us realize that "accidents happen anyway but they do not necessarily happen to us". Through this book, Laurence Gonzales supplies an enormous amount of knowledge to us about the most crucial principles and qualities for survival. We need to be aware and ready when the dangers are close to us. We can survive by learning how to be perceptive, positive, and active to overcome the challenges and survive. Before we talk about the qualities insides the survivors' mind, there are three important principles discussed in the book that will improve our chances of survival by learning how our body must act in dangerous situations. The first principle is that we should avoid impulsive behavior and always be aware of danger. In Chapter Two, LG told us about the deaths of two snowmobilers who tried to speed off and reach "high-marking". Although people warned that "there were a high avalanche", they still wanted to go up to the hill (45). They thought, "it's fun" (48). They had poor impulse behavior which easily put them in danger zone. The emotional bookmarks control their actions. They didn't even think how they would get in trouble. They just felt good due to their old experiences, so no exception this...
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...Love Thy Neighbour The phenomenon Reality TV has grown tremendously since the nineties. Today we're obsessed with the fact that we can watch people, who are placed in certain situations, on our TV. Many people, especially teenagers, are in fact obsessed with reality TV and spend many of their evenings watching reality shows such as Big Brother and Paradise Hotel. The short story Love Thy Neighbour written by Jennifer Moore in 2005 showcases a couple who becomes obsessed with watching their neighbours through a porthole as if they were a live reality show. We have all tried it, being curious about our neighbours. However, the husband and wife are so curious about what is going on, that they start peeking through the hole, which makes them fanatic. They are so curious about what is going on next door, that they start to observe the neighbours everyday life. They seem to shut everything else out, just to watch their neighbours everyday life. The husband is staying home from work to watch them, they do not watch TV anymore, and all their life is about is watching their neighbours through the hole. When the little boy in the story is being abducted the couple does not seem to care about the boy in the start, but they soon realize how stupid it is, and they start the search after the little boy. after the boy is found, they go back to peeking through the hole, and their level of fanaticism is just increasing. again they are just watching how their neighbours and the police gets...
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...Reality television. Introduction: Reality TV is getting crazier compared to a couple years ago. The reason is that the producers want high viewer ratings and to reach that goal they have to “beat the other reality shows in craziness”. I can’t imagine what the reality shows will look like in 5-10 years. Write a summary of When Reality TV Gets T00 Real (text 2) in about 150 words: The text “When reality TV gets too real” is mainly about what the boundaries are for stepping in and stop the show or let the camera run so they get higher ratings. The show “Intervention” is a show about people with addiction to drugs or alcohol. There have been several of cases where the producer and his crew considered to step in because the situation was getting a little out of control. Especially the example in the text with the women who is addicted to alcohol who drinks before she go drive in her car. The camera crew just follow her actions instead of stopping her before she go drive her car drunk. The law in the United States doesn’t require you to step in and save people and people on the edge make good television. outline of text 2, 3 and 4. 2 “When reality TV gets too real” is a reality show about addiction and was a very shocking text to read. The producers of the program “Intervention” don’t care at all about their participant’s safety. They let a drunk women drive a car while they follow the car from behind with a camera. The only thing they care about is the viewer ratings...
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...Name: Tutor: Course: Date: Men or Children? The gangster is a fictional story written by Colson Whitehead in 2008. It is a short story about African- American teenagers and its setting is in Sag Harbor, in 1985. The story begins with a question, “When did you get out?” The opening question emphasizes the title of the story on a particular notion to the reader. In the fictional story, the gangster, Benji and Reggie are twin brothers of ten months apart. They grew up together inseparably in every aspect. It was common for them to be seen together and when they were not, people always question them on where the other is. High school and puberty brought the difference between them physically. They would be seen away from each other severally, and they even looked different physically with Benji being skinny while Reggie looked chubby. Benji and Reggie are brought up in an upper middle class family, and their parents own a beach house in Sag harbor where they go to during the summers. In the summer of 1985, Benji was 15 years old, and Reggie was 14 years old. During the summer when the whole family left for their beach house, the boys would be left alone for some time when their parents went back to the city to work during the weekdays. Benji and Reggie are described, in the story, as Siamese twins when they were young, describing their inseparable nature. This is clearly brought out by the language used as quoted “Where is the surgeon, who is gifted enough to...
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...Character Analysis for Chris McCandless After graduating from college at Emory University in 1990, Chris McCandless changed his name to Alex and got rid of all his money and possessions. With no one knowing where he went, McCandless invented a new life for himself. He wondered around North America living as he chose, answering to on one and proving to himself that he could make it on his own. Chris’s main goal was to hike to Alaska and live off the land. Chris looked young, around 17 or 18 but claimed to be 24. His build was small but wiry,and looked to be about 5/7. “His gear seemed exceedingly minimal for the harsh conditions. He had cheap leather hiking boots neither waterproof nor well insulated. He had a .22 caliber rifle too small for large animals which he would have to eat if he hoped to remain very long in the country. No ax, no snowshoes, no compass. An old tattered state road map was his only navigational aid.” (pg5) “McCandless had been raised in the comfortable upper-middle-class of Annandale, VA” (pg19) After college he completely separated from his parents, “in fact, he hadn’t spoken to his family in nearly two years.” (pg6) Even though Chris/Alex didn’t get along with his parents, Chris made an impression on everyone he encountered on his adventure. Everyone liked him and wanted to help him and asked him to stay in touch. Chris was mild mannered but very determined. He was described as “determined, real gung ho, excited, couldn’t wait to get out there...
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...died. Many people argue about whether or not survivors or life and death situations should or should not feel survivor's guilt. Some people believe survivors should feel survivor's guilt. Others feel survivors should not feel survivor’s guilt. Survivors of life and death situations should feel survivor's guilt. One reason survivors should feel survivor's guilt is because suffering shows you cared about the one who recently passed. “The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt” by Nancy Sherman is an editorial about how survivors guilt can show you really cared about the one who recently passed. In the text it states, “The anguish of guilt, its sheer pain, is a way of sharing some of the ill fate.”(Sherman page 155 paragraph 8) Guilt is very painful and many people go threw this when a loved one has recently passed because they really cared about that person. Survivors should feel guilt because it's a way of showing you loved the one that passed and it will help you to become stronger so if another situation was to happen you...
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...When a bad event happens in someone's life and they survive, but maybe their friends or family didn't, that may cause them to feel like it's their fault or they didn't deserve to survive because their family or friends did not. That is a feeling of survivor's guilt. Many people argue about whether if survivors should feel survivor's guilt or not. Some people believe that survivors should feel guilty for the bad situations that happen because of either people dying and them surviving or people getting hurt and them being okay. Others believe that survivors shouldn't feel guilty because they are not at fault for surviving and others not making it. Survivors of life and death situations shouldn’t feel survivor's guilt. One reason survivors shouldn't...
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...Nikki Jones Professor French Engl. 1301 April 3, 2013 Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self One's perception of themselves is usually influenced by their own experiences. In Alice Walker essay "Beauty: When the Other Dancer self" she describes herself over coming and gaining acceptance of herself exactly the way she is. She narrates in remembrance of the event that forever changed her and perception of beauty. Walker uses superlatives, Metaphors, and tense throughout her writing to deliver her ever-changing outlook toward her own beauty. Walker describes the accident that happens to her as a child to show that one’s mindset can be altered through an intense experience and how her attitude completely transforms from a arrogant child into a newly reincarnated woman who now sees a new kind of beauty from within herself. She uses different points of her life to develop this very idea in separate comprehensible stages. She brings the scene to life when she tells us how she manipulates her daddy into taking her to the county fair by swirling around, with her hands on her hips, in her pretty dress and biscuit polished patent leather shoes and says '“I’m the prettiest!”' As she parades around using her cuteness for her father's approval. Her attitude is further encouraged by the people of her church. She was always used to hearing “'Oh, isn’t she the cutest thing!' This makes us believe that she is satisfied with her looks and shows us that she is confident with the outer...
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...Chris McCandless was a complex individual who went on an incredible, or incredibly stupid, cross-country expedition to Alaska. In 1990, Chris started his journey by getting rid of all money and material things and changing his name to Alex. He then headed west without telling his family. Living as he chose, he wandered across America until making his way to Alaska to live off of the wild. Some believe that it was the ignorance in the lack of preparation of McCandless that lead to his tragic death, however, if it were not for a few major errors, Chris McCandless could have possibly survived. Chris looked very young, though he claimed to be 24. He had a scrawny, wiry look and only measured up to only about 5’7’’. His gear was “exceedingly minimal for the harsh conditions…” He had “cheap leather hiking boots… neither waterproof nor well insulated.” He had a .22 caliber rifle too small for large animals which he would have to eat if he hoped to remain very long in the country. “He had no ax, no bug dope, no snowshoes, no compass. The only navigational aid in his possession was a tattered state road map…” (pg. 5). McCandless was an independent person. When he realized he was getting close with someone, he would move on avoiding becoming too close. He had been raised in the upper-middle-class in Virginia (pg. 19). After he graduated from college, McCandless grew apart from his parents, not speaking to them in “nearly two years” (pg. 6). Chris McCandless had a benevolent...
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...Experience with Guilt Two different people, with two different stories, that share the same feeling. Survivor’s guilt. This isn’t anything new for people who go through unspeakable events throughout their journey. Different roles, same situation. Leader of Ithaca and Everest climber Jon Krakauer, both suffered survivor’s guilt when they made it out alive through the spin-chilling events. Both men blamed themselves for what had happened to their companions, but demonstrated it differently. Throughout the course of our lives, we make decisions that we think are good for us and the people surrounding us. Throughout their journeys, both men kept their silence when instead they should have contributed their knowledge with their companions. Odysseus for example, kept the information that Aeolus, the God of the winds, shared with him. He had told put all the dangerous in a bag and told Odysseus to make sure the bag is never opened. Now, his companions didn’t know that. If they did, all the extra trouble they went through would have never occurred. Krakauer on the other hand had lied to Beck Weathers about his condition. While he was struggling with painful frostbites, Krakauer fibbed to Weathers which the outcome of that was him losing his fingers and nose to the crucial frostbites. Imagine witnessing people that you have gotten to know die right before your eyes. How would you feel? Just like anyone else, you would feel broken. The fact that you have just seen your companions die...
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...Again with the BB gun incident, it wasn't Watson that had gotten beat up, but his friend "This kid's bigger then all of us, and he beat up Chris yesterday" (29). Watson went out of his way to help his friends because with brotherhood there comes a sense to protect your 'family' regardless of the situation. Another incident is with his own half blood sister. Some boy had been supposedly picking on her, Watson went out and beat him up for it no questions asked "I nailed him right in the face, plowing him"(35). His feelings to protect his younger sister were so strong that he went out and started a fight with some boy based on what she said and what he had felt, had he calmed down and took the situation rationally it wouldn't have escalated so quickly, but with...
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...The pinewood derby starts with Don Murphy, Cub Master for Pack 280C in 1953. Don Murphy wanted to create a new father-son Cub Scout activity he could do with his 10 year old son who was too young to race in the Soap Box Derby, which requires the boy to drive a home made car down a hill. Don's young son couldn't wait 2 years to race in the Soap Box Derby, so "Dad" Murphy wanted to invent another activity to do with his son and the younger boys in his Cub Scout Pack. The ideas started percolating in Don Murphy's mind. His dedication to family values and Cub Scouting ideals, drove him, as stated in the quote above, to develop the idea of racing miniature pinewood derby cars down a track. He just needed to figure out a basic kit for these cars and design a track to race them on. Years after Don created the concept of the derby car, boy scouts around the world still hold derby competitions mostly for fun but competiveness does get involved. Parts List: • Saw • Derby car kit o Wooden block o Four Wheels o Four Axels • Sand paper • Paint • Carving tools • Plastic Engine • Plastic Spoiler • Plastic Exhaust • Plastic Roll Cage • Graphite • Lead • Hammer • Markers • Pencil Rules and Regulation: Wheel bearings, washers, and bushings are prohibited. The car shall not ride on springs. Only official Cub Scout Grand Prix Pinewood Derby wheels and axles are permitted. Only dry lubricant is permitted. Details, such as steering wheel and driver are permissible as long as these details...
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...I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option. More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that’s not only better, but also more directly involves me. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong. I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they've invented the lighter? Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger. The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. This recently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will never be ending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again. Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all...
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...sings about her desire to have a Hippopotamus for Christmas. In her mind nothing else will satisfy her B. Gayle Peveley sings of her joy and vision of this Hippo that she so badly desires. One of my favorite lines in that songs is the excuse mom gives The Hippo will eat you up but the child replies that the teacher said Hippos are vegetarians. II. One of my other Joys at Christmas is watching the Christmas movies. Many of the shows I like to watch. It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th ST, A Christmas Carol, and of course A Christmas Story. A. In the movie A Christmas Story Ralphy is try to convince his parents Santa Clause to bring him a BB gun for Christmas. My Christmas I. I can remember the Christmases of my own where I spent much of my time dreaming through the JC Penny and the Sears Catalogs. A. I too asked for a BB gun on many occasions. Trying to reason with my mother of why I needed one. B. It seems the more we are given the more useless the gift is we ask for. C. My mother was a very practical person. Most of the things I got for Christmas was things that I needed like school clothes, shoes, II. You yourself can remember Christmas where you tried to convince your parents to get you something you want by trying to convince them it was something you need. A. Perhaps you were a young lady and wanted an EZ bake oven, Children of the Storms I. It is only in time of trouble that we realize what is most important in our...
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