The Bachelorette

In her essay “Getting Real With Reality TV,” Cynthia Frisby examines how Reality TV has became one of the most watched television programs. Frisby then discusses her beliefs that, while watching Reality TV programs, viewers tend to draw comparisons between themselves and the reality star. She then gathers a team of researchers who conduct surveys that ask simple questions about participants relationship with Reality TV, and the team performs a content analysis on these participants while they…

Scott Fitzgerald’s “Winter Dreams” believed that accumulating great wealth would lead to him securing a place in Judy’s life. In an attempt to win the affections of Judy Jones, the young and desired bachelorette, Dexter builds a laundry empire and creates an incredible amount of money to put himself in the high class. In their first encounter with one another, Dexter had a sense that Judy was “destined after a few years to be inexpressably lovely.” (660)…

For my old person paper I interviewed Marilyn G. Alexander. She was born on July 29th, 1931. Marilyn and her sister Virginia were the daughters of Charles and Violet Green. She grew up in Mount Vernon, New York where she spent the first 20 years of her life. Eventually, she married Lawrence Alexander and then moved to Hoffman Estates, Illinois. They had four kids; Linda, Bill, Tom, and Sue. Marilyn is currently the Grandmother of eight and the great Grandmother of five. During our interview I…

Emma Lynch Mrs. Oliveros British Literature H April 11, 2016 Mrs. Dalloway Assignment Virginia Woolf is a famous feminist and author who mainly focuses on the issue of women’s roles in society. Interestingly, Woolf admits that putting women in literature together with women in real life produces “an odd monster.” Today, it is rare for a movie or a television show to portray women realistically. Specifically, brides are a group of women who are commonly created using a false image in movies,…

Logan is a 2017 Marvel comic-adaptation that strips away the conventional superhero film characteristics, the twists and turns of the X-Men franchise, to revolve around one of Marvel’s most famous superhero, Wolverine. Flawlessly merging both Marvel and Western mythology, director James Mangold has created an emotionally and symbolically significant element, one that focuses on Hugh Jackman’s adaptation of a declining and shriveled hero. The dystopian film, set in 2029, is incredibly desolate,…

never had a problem with reality TV other than the fact that some people I know try to emulate the way people act on those shows. Maybe I am overthinking this. It is a slippery slope however; one day a person might be enjoying an episode of The Bachelorette and the next he might not even remember his own name. One could lose himself and end up in a cold dark room with the blinds closed avoiding phone calls from colleagues. “One more episode” he tells himself. Though he knows, deep down, that is…

wrestling match in the courtyard where Shrek and Donkey fight Farquaad’s men in a WWE-type setting. Finally there’s a scene where the Mirror presents Farquaad his possible list of princesses, including Snow White, which is reminiscent of the tv show, Bachelorettes or…

interruption to the question on my marriage as to how another views or judge it in my life, makes me find it a must to insert this portion of telepathy I had come to know in my time of living. Here I would say that it is my aim to live a life as a bachelorette. That is my freedom of right, as to whether or not I depend on a man. Thus on that part I am sad free, even if I have optioned to protect my own self. Nonetheless jealousy and hateful thoughts of others that my life will never be more…

Throughout the globe, marriage is regarded as an institution of the utmost importance. Each culture has its own unique ceremonies and festivities to create and celebrate a marriage, but some activities seem very strange in comparison to the traditions and rituals commonly practiced in the United States. One such unique ritual originated in southwestern China. For hundreds of years, the women of Tujia ethnic group have performed a very strange wedding ritual. It is customary for a bride to cry…

Love: it’s one of the most pure emotions a human can feel. However, when love turns into something besides intimacy and tenderness towards another person, it becomes toxic and distorts into harmful obsession. In The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, a rich mogul, is married to a woman named Daisy. For five years, the wealthy and powerful Jay Gatsby has been hoping to win her over and continues to do so throughout the story. In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald exemplifies unwavering…