Jersey Shore

This day was like most here at the Jersey Shore. The sun was shining, the water was glistening and the sky was cloudless. It was the epitome of the perfect beach day. Everything seemed perfect, but almost too perfect. As we finished our morning workout the other guards and I waited for stand assignments of the day. As always, I was hoping to have one of the more popular streets, so my day could be a little more exciting than usual. But of course I was disappointed yet again and was placed on H…

Reality TV Programs The mass media by shaping viewer’s behaviors, believes and values has undeniably a great influence on today’s society. For many, television is a prime source of information and entertainment. Since late 90’s reality TV programs became one of the most popular genres of television programming. RTV creators gave an average person plenty to choose, from teenage moms struggles, people searching for a “true” love to those with serious issues like mental diseases and addictions.…

Reality television has interfered in a damaging way society has grown for the past decades. Reality television has played a harmful role on influencing our society’s behavior. As adolescents view reality shows like Jersey Shore, that represent promiscuous and drunken behavior, they believe that that’s the way they have to be living in the moment. The damaging behaviors of reality television represent the sad state of society. Reality television enables individuals to express sincere emotions ,…

casting. Television platforms such as MTV and many other TV stations use different methods of distraction to keep the viewers from seeing what’s actually going on behind the cameras. They create what is ideal and not what is real. For example in the Jersey Shore reality tv show, one of the actors Snooki was punched in the face by a man in a bar, the media did not act well to it so they cut it from the show as if it never happened and they distracted the past events by showing something new that…

My mother, brother and I arrive in the Atlantic City airport after a surprisingly short two hour flight. After dawdling away time by alternating between electronic games and magazine scavenger hunts, or sleeping (in my mother’s case), we were ready to see our timeshare hotel suite. Our destination a half hour away, we climbed into a traditional cab. Our driver provided unintended humor with his strong Jamaican accent. Mom made small talk, inquiring about the city: where to eat, what to do, etc.…

weight of these intangible item hits Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and he burns his letters from Martha, and disposes of the stone she had sent him. No longer would he allow himself to be whisked away from the war, to his thoughts of Martha back in New Jersey. Henceforth he would be the Platoon leader…

He was buried with Martha under the white sand at the jersey shore. He was smiling. Vaguely, he was aware of how quite the day was, yet he could not bring himself to worry about matters of security. He was beyond that. He was just a kid at war, in love.” (p. 431-432) he could not control his emotions. He was aware…

Although older generations experienced this, technology has grown tremendously since then and so has the ability for not so innocent content to be displayed on reality television. Children of the new generations are subject to The Kardashians and “Jersey Shore” where partying, glamour, and sexual content are all present. Reality television and its producers are skewing the minds of innocent children into thinking that this content portrays the true values of life. While this may be true for the…

know a white southerner and you see these shows on air, there’s a possibility that you will believe that that’s how all southern whites are. The same goes for the stereotypes directed towards Italian-Americans that were shown on the reality show “Jersey Shore”. Most people who do not know any Italian Americans would think that the stereotypes of Italian Americans, which in this show are being depicted as ”sun tanned, alcohol drinking, drama seeking, and sex craving”, would have some truth to it,…

A human beings’ ability to solve problems differ from one person to another. When it comes to war, humans will either fight or flee; encountering such situations can greatly alter their way of life. Tim O 'Brien 's “The Things They Carried” depict soldiers participating in the Vietnam War and the struggles that they have to endure. The major theme of “The Things They Carried” is that physical and emotional weakness will always prevail no matter how strong a person is. A person’s rank in a war…