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In the article, “The New Greatest Generation,” Joel Stein talks about the millennial generation and the labels that are put on their generation. Stein tells that over the years, millennials have been labeled narcissistic, lazy, and self-absorbed. Stein proclaims that the millennial generation only cares about themselves and everything they do, say, or think revolves around them. Stein informs that many people, including older generations, believe that the generation is selfish. They are said to…

Per The Oxford Dictionary, a generation is “A group of people of similar age involved in a particular activity”. In 20th century America, it became popular practice to classify generations by certain credentials whether they be economic, political, or social in nature. Most generations receive their title from an event or actions that distinguish them from any previous groups. For example, the generation who were coming of age after World War I became known as The Lost Generation due to the…

Most people in the United States have watched TV. The programs that people watch show people doing things that aren’t usually seen in an ordinary day, and because of this Barbara Ehrenreich argues that TV is unrealistic and does not represent real people in the real world. (claim)Ehrenreich is correct in saying that TV is unrealistic, yet while she is trying to show this as a negative quality, this is actually the very purpose of most TV. Most of the best TV shows and movies are very unrealistic…

In the past centuries, reality TV shows has become one of the most common forms of entertainment in the many households. “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” is a popular reality TV show aired by TLC, featuring a “Toddlers and Tiaras” star Alana Thompson, who is well known as the ‘Honey Boo Boo Child’ by many, and her “redneck” family as they screen their daily life in rural Georgian. The show was thought to be one of the most controversial reality TV shows of all time and although the TV show series…

Are the scenarios that we perceive on reality television really a realistic display of most people’s reality? Often time’s people are being fooled into thinking that their lives can form to fit those of the actors seen on television, when in fact those people and their lives are only an act put on display for the enjoyment of others. The minds of many are being overtaken by false views of society due to hours spent in front of a television watching shows that are supposed to represent reality.…

Have it ever happened to you that you are sitting in your soffa watching a movie, a program or even a soccer match and then you start thinking immediatelly about the main star of the tv show, movie or soccer match you are watching admiring them and intrigatelly trying to understand what did the do to achieve so many succeses?, how did they get so high? And then a voice in your head says "hmmm…. Maybe it was just luck or maybe was destiny". Believe it or not this are the type of thoughts that…

my heart sunk because at that point, I knew I did not pass the test. At first, I was extremely hard on myself and did not have the most positive look on current situations. The next morning, I realized that the failing of the first learner’s permit test does not determine anything about who I am so, I went back the next week maintaining a very positive attitude and, I passed! Six months later, I prepared to take the driving test. Learning from my previous DMV tests, I practiced and went in with…

When girls watch shows such as Keeping Up With The Kardashians and America’s Next Top Model, they see a high-fashioned lifestyle with beauty, designer outfits, and loads of money that they wish they could live. Peek uses The Jersey Shore as an example for excessive partying and mentions that the cast “spends an entire summer binge…

“Reality” Television Author of Reality TV: Factual Entertainment and Television Audiences, Annette Hill, writes, "In the early stages of the genre, reality TV was associated with on-scene footages of law and order or emergency services; more recently, reality TV is associated with anything and everything, from people to pets, from birth to death" (Hill 41). Hill’s observations showcase how reality television evolved throughout time. Reality TV swept modern American society, especially during…

Bad Girls Club “Women are bitches. Women are stupid. Women are incompetent at work and failures at home. Women are gold diggers. How do we know? Because reality TV tells us so” (Pozner 78). Reality television influences our minds by broadcasting shows that promote misogynic ideals such as that women are catty, unintelligent and drama queens. Bad Girls Club is an example of such show. Fighting, both physical and verbal, bullying, and meltdowns are what the cast partake in. Reality television…