Paparazzi

5 quotes from "Station Eleven" that showcase an elegant take on the Dystopian theme Emily St. John Mandel is a contemporary Canadian author living in the United States. In "Station Eleven", her fourth and latest novel (published in 2014), she starts, with calm and paced language, by describing an unusual night at the theater. The instant impression is that of watching a thrilling, well-crafted TV series: the way the setting and the characters are introduced, the way the writing focuses on one…

Surely many of us have expressed the following sentiment, or some variation on it, during our daily commutes to work: "People are getting so stupid these days!" Surrounded as we are by striding and strident automatons with cell phones glued to their ears, PDA's gripped in their palms, and omniscient, omnipresent CNN gleaming in their eyeballs, it's tempting to believe that technology has isolated and infantilized us, essentally transforming us into dependent, conformist morons best equipped to…

on the message that the man who would have given up all his money for her was shot by her husbands mistress's husband. As much as Nick tried to keep the mansion up, he just couldn't when Gatsby's funeral was held the only people who arrived was paparazzi who all wanted to get a photo of Gatsby in his coffin and that was where Nick realized that all the money in the world would not solve the problems anyone could…

After trying to win custody of her two kids, Britney had a reversal of fortune. While still struggling with drugs, she was “charged with misdemeanor counts of hit-and-run and driving without a valid license” (Singer). She was also seen attacking paparazzi with an umbrella. This and many other acts changed the way her fans viewed her. She went to one of the most loved people, to a bad role model to even her own kids. Britney’s fame soon ended, for a short time. Britney had a spiritual death when…

The nature of Princess Diana’s death being violent did contribute in making the grief longer. William also found meaning in his loss when he spoke about the paparazzi that, “People would be utterly appalled if they knew exactly what went on. It was an industry that lost its way quite heavily, lost its sense of decency, lost its perspective on what was appropriate.” Making both brothers very cautious around letting…

Many former fans of Cosby turned to platforms on social media (i.e. Facebook and Twitter) to express their newfound shock and resentment for the fallen star. Additionally, many tabloids such as TMZ and Entertainment Tonight continually send in paparazzi to cover every little detail on Cosby’s life in order to satisfy the public’s mind. His life turned from a series of smiles and laughter to countless hours spent in courtrooms defending his name. Shunning also cost Cosby a delay in some of his…

There should be a law where the government is allowed to take away the drone owner's drone, if any drone laws are broken beyond extent. For example, if someone were to fly a drone and peep at people in a bad way, the drone could be taken away for 6 months. In Kansas there’s a law called SB 319 which was made to expand the definition of harassment in the Protection from Stalking Act to include certain uses of UAS (NCSL). This idea of taking away the drone for misuse is beneficial because owners…

” George said . “ What is wrong with you I’m eleven and you are sixteen, do you see the age difference here. How do you not know what this is.” Michael said. “Oh, is it the thing you hippie kids do these days, play with your phones like you are paparazzi.” George said . “No, it’s Snapchat how do you of all people don’t know what this is, Snapchat is the best app ever, it has filters, geofilters, bitmojis, and even more. It is basically the best social media app ever, let me explain why. “…

Oliver Sacks has a way of making people see certain physiological phenomena in a more realistic way, a great example of this being his book “To See and Not See.” This novel is about a man named Virgil, who has been completely blind since a very young age. Virgil meets a woman named Jenny, who is able to convince him to get a surgery that could possibly give him his eyesight back. Being in love with Jenny, Virgil agrees to the surgery and it works, but not before the many issues that came with…

off the screen something. When he does not get an answer he walks out of the bathroom to get Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s attention. They ask him why he is dressed up and he answers, he is hosting the VMA awards and has to look nice for the paparazzi. Another sample of ethos would be the “Madden NFL 17” commercial. The ad starts with the X-box sign appears then Von Miller, a line-backer for the Denver Broncos, is on the screen as if he is in a KYLE music video with different looks from…