In Chris Bachelder's “Bear v. Shark”, he presents us with a frightening view of American society and culture. He shows us that we are constantly looking into a void of thousands of pixels creating images and relaying useless yet interesting information and promotions. Just like our society, Bear v. Shark is a fast paced entertainment system that’s more concerned with information regarding simple insignificant things than important major events. However, unlike our society, Bear v. Shark does not present the paradox leading to the mindless pursuit of our zombification.
We start off the Bear v. Shark with a family ruled and governed by Entertainment and consumerism, especially with that of the spectacle named Bear v. Shark. “Consumerism is a hallmark of American life..., many commentators consider the United States the exemplar of the consumer society. (Kenneth R. Himes, Consumerism and Christian ethics)” The event of Bear v. Shark could be seen as the equivalent of the Superbowl or the World series. All are equally commercialized and promoted, and get what I assume to be equal amounts of profit from the promotion of these events. In several parts of the book …show more content…
Shark are presented as societies future, meaning we aren't that far gone in the way of empathy v. entertainment yet. Confusing as that statement might be, if we think back to the long awaited spectacle of Bear v. Shark we read that there was a bomb that had gone off during Bear v. Shark, “A small and badly placed bomb goes off in section 234, far away from the event...bloody and innocent and nonfamous bomb victims in section 234 say, ‘help.’ They try to say it. (250)” yet while the people acknowledged the bomb they were so entranced by the event they weren’t even phased by the bomb. This could arguably be compared with the terrorist bomb that went off at the recent soccer game in france, however after people were made aware of the bomb, panic and mourning instantly
We start off the Bear v. Shark with a family ruled and governed by Entertainment and consumerism, especially with that of the spectacle named Bear v. Shark. “Consumerism is a hallmark of American life..., many commentators consider the United States the exemplar of the consumer society. (Kenneth R. Himes, Consumerism and Christian ethics)” The event of Bear v. Shark could be seen as the equivalent of the Superbowl or the World series. All are equally commercialized and promoted, and get what I assume to be equal amounts of profit from the promotion of these events. In several parts of the book …show more content…
Shark are presented as societies future, meaning we aren't that far gone in the way of empathy v. entertainment yet. Confusing as that statement might be, if we think back to the long awaited spectacle of Bear v. Shark we read that there was a bomb that had gone off during Bear v. Shark, “A small and badly placed bomb goes off in section 234, far away from the event...bloody and innocent and nonfamous bomb victims in section 234 say, ‘help.’ They try to say it. (250)” yet while the people acknowledged the bomb they were so entranced by the event they weren’t even phased by the bomb. This could arguably be compared with the terrorist bomb that went off at the recent soccer game in france, however after people were made aware of the bomb, panic and mourning instantly