First, I would like to take the moment to say that this is one of the greatest books I have ever read. I was weary of whether or not I wanted to put much effort into reading it, but after hearing how great it was from my group-mates, I had to. One night I recall actually reading for about 2 and a half hours straight until about 2 am. I could not put this book down and the end of every chapter left me wanting to move on as it should. I really would recommend it to anyone now to read.
With that said, I felt that this book worked entirely into the theme we have beating to death over this whole semester about information technology, the media, and how our society reacts to all of it. I think this book took a much more drastic measure to express the urgency for us in reality to wake up and realize how we are being manipulated by a more dominant force. And in this book that dominant force was The Capitol. The Capitol was in equivalence to Big Brother and the Feed. All of these things continually held a sense of "rule" over the people within the societies.
Of all of the characters, my favorite were Haymitch and Gale. As senseless as Haymitch was, he came through for his Tributes and aided them to victory. But deep down I would have wanted his feelings to be elaborated on more because in reality his life of "Hunger Games" never ends. Every year he has to be a part of it in a big way. He has to deal with a lot of loss and depression with merely no celebration to be had. His role was under displayed. I hope the movie spotlights him more.
Also, Gale was almost nonexistent once the Reaping was over. But the sense of him was still lurking. I wanted to know his reaction to all of what had been happening throughout the competition and whether or not he had lost his feeling for Katniss, if there were even feelings in the first place. I hope he too is spotlighted more in the movie and next books.
Below I have a video to a song called "Don't Fear the Reaper", kind of a pun to the Reaping and also it fits in well with the story because basically when going to the Hunger Games, you had to relieve yourself of the fear of dying. This song stresses that reality.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Blog #7 Reality?
Chelsea is busy studying for her GED, but gets distracted when she meets a new guy, while Jenelle has to face the music about stealing her mom's credit cards. Kailyn tries to focus on college and files for an official custody agreement with Jo, and Leah and Corey get closer when told they have to take Ali to another doctor days before their wedding.<<<<------- Synopsis from the March 22nd episode of "Teen Mom 2" on MTV.
I have followed the show "16 and Pregnant" and "Teen Mom (1-2) since the time they started playing on MTV. I have become addicted to watching the lives and the struggles involved with the girls who are featured on these shows. They are usually between the ages of 16-19, and have are basically forced to grow up into adults they are not yet because of the consequences of having a child. They made the decision to have sex at a young age, and in result got pregnant and must deal with these hardships that are being displayed before the viewers.
I feel that I and the many people who watch are doing so because they are getting to see a dramatic display of events that we don't often see everyday in our lives. We get the see the fighting between the solo-mom and the deadbeat dad who doesn't pay child support. We get to see the irresponsible mom having to give up the custody of her child to a relative because she can't realize that she needs to become an adult. Those types of situations and story lines are embellished a bit just to keep the viewers watching. But on the other hand, in this season of Teen Mom 2, there is one couple involved who I feel has legitimate issues that are not so much mocked for our pleasure but in actuality we root for them and there daughter because we want to see the best turn out for them. Leah and Corey have twin girls, and one in particular has been having developmental difficulties and is not progressing as quick as her sister. I find this to be more of a heartfelt story and I would genuinely hope that she is okay. From watching the show, you can see the pain that her family endures and it makes that connection to you with them that you would hope everything turns out for the best. Instead in other cases, where we hope something more drastic comes about so the fight and lies and can go deeper.
I guess what I am saying is that when it comes to these reality shows, we find pleasure when people are not being harmed or there is something genuinely wrong. We love the juicy lies and gossip but realize after all of it, that they do it for the ratings and fame.
The video shown is just a few clips put together of when Leah and Corey took the daughter to hospital and just clips of there life shown of the show. No audio other than a background song.
I have followed the show "16 and Pregnant" and "Teen Mom (1-2) since the time they started playing on MTV. I have become addicted to watching the lives and the struggles involved with the girls who are featured on these shows. They are usually between the ages of 16-19, and have are basically forced to grow up into adults they are not yet because of the consequences of having a child. They made the decision to have sex at a young age, and in result got pregnant and must deal with these hardships that are being displayed before the viewers.
I feel that I and the many people who watch are doing so because they are getting to see a dramatic display of events that we don't often see everyday in our lives. We get the see the fighting between the solo-mom and the deadbeat dad who doesn't pay child support. We get to see the irresponsible mom having to give up the custody of her child to a relative because she can't realize that she needs to become an adult. Those types of situations and story lines are embellished a bit just to keep the viewers watching. But on the other hand, in this season of Teen Mom 2, there is one couple involved who I feel has legitimate issues that are not so much mocked for our pleasure but in actuality we root for them and there daughter because we want to see the best turn out for them. Leah and Corey have twin girls, and one in particular has been having developmental difficulties and is not progressing as quick as her sister. I find this to be more of a heartfelt story and I would genuinely hope that she is okay. From watching the show, you can see the pain that her family endures and it makes that connection to you with them that you would hope everything turns out for the best. Instead in other cases, where we hope something more drastic comes about so the fight and lies and can go deeper.
I guess what I am saying is that when it comes to these reality shows, we find pleasure when people are not being harmed or there is something genuinely wrong. We love the juicy lies and gossip but realize after all of it, that they do it for the ratings and fame.
The video shown is just a few clips put together of when Leah and Corey took the daughter to hospital and just clips of there life shown of the show. No audio other than a background song.
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