Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Essay Number 2

This week we will be handing in our second essays. This essay was somewhat related to the advertising essay but focused on reality television. In both essays, there is the ability to analyze what writers, editors, and producers seem to be portraying to the public. My reality television essay was created to answer the question of if reality television is truly real.

The second essay I found to be more challenging than the first. The reason I say this is because this essay it was more difficult to not repeat what it was I was saying. I found myself continuous coming up with the same explanation to reasons why reality television is not real. However, this is a topic which once again I was passionate about. I too am sick of reality television doing so well in our society. It felt good to be able to put my thoughts about this subject on paper. I enjoy the brainstorming part where I was able to list reasons why something took place on Joe Millionaire for instance. I could say they were editing a sentence that was not there, or the producers were not showing the camera in hopes of letting the minds of the audiences wander. The show was able to fool a lot of people but as soon as I saw it, I knew something was up. There had been no contact of the kind between the two individuals other than kissing and it seemed odd that the girl would be alright with partiicipating in these actions in the middle of the woods. Overall, I enjoyed the essay once again. It is fun to put your thoughts on paper and not have to regurditate information like every other class.

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