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December 1, 2009 lagiggl3z

The essay “Never Just Pictures” by Susan Bordo in the book 50 Essays by Samuel Cohen is about how during the past few years people have gotten a different idea on how your suppose to look and how your figure is suppose to be. Most people think fat is not right and it is worse than a type of disorder. Models have been getting thinner doing different diets to become as thin as possible. “Psychologists commonly believe that girls with eating disorders suffer from “body image disturbance syndrome”:they are unable to see themselves as anything but fat,, no matter how thin they become”(86). A lot of young girls always want to see themselves as the models on TV very thin; but no matter how much weight they lose they still see themselves in the mirror as fat or not thin or pretty enough. Media is responsible for a lot of the eating disorders, unhealthy dieting, and starvation threw out many various cultures. I believe that it is true seeing it from my point of view when I was a high school student me and many of my friends would want to diet and lose weight just so we could be thin like models and maybe catch someone’s attention. But I believe that it is not right for media to advertise those things or make a certain image of a person by perfect.

            The essay “Television: The Plug-In Drug” by Marie Winn in the book 50 Essays by Samuel Cohen is about how lately in these last year’s television has had a big impact on families all over America. It has set families apart. “Who could have guessed that twenty or so years later Mom would be watching a drama in the kitchen, the kids would be looking at cartoons in their room, while Dad would be taking in the ball game in the living room?”(458). TV is a big deal now in society a lot of people watch it and its targeted to every type of person. The person that mostly watches television is children they tend to watch television for a lot of their free time. A lot of people say it is educational for them and others say that it is bad and does not help their development. When television first came out it was expensive and who would have thought now that there would be an average of three TV’s per house whole. Most parents are so accustomed to life with television that they make it a usual habit. Most families don’t even communicate with each other just because their favorite shows are on. I can relate from experience that when my mothers novela is on nobody better disturb her or else. Sometimes it is good but other times you want to talk and it doesn’t happen because of TV.

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