Hunger Games

American society today is so use to action and violence that we have lost our natural feelings. I blame this mostly on television, video games and the news. We are presented on TV with the most realistic shows and movies ever made. We get so use to seeing violence and killing on the television that it makes our society seem like it’s the norm for these actions. Same goes with video games, people play games such as Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty where you are to commit crimes and kill other people. These fake portrays of violence and drama make people crave more and more. People have become so ignorant to violence that violence in real life has little impact on people emotions because they are so use to seeing these actions all around them.

The story The Hunger Games completely represents what I was talking about but in an more dramatic way. The people of the Capital in the book look forward to watching the hunger games each year and applauded the reaping picks. This society is in need of such a thrill of violence that they get two people from the eleven districts to fight and kill each other until only one person is left and they are crowned the winner of the games. This is disgusting that people would actually want to watch other living humans forcefully waste one another lives in this stupid game just for entertainment. What’s even worst is that the Gamemakers add twist to the rules to make the killings go faster and increase the violence. I really hope this isn’t what the world is turning to because of lack of necessary violence.         

Reality T.V.

                                                               

The reality T.V show I watched was the season finale of the third season of The T.O Show. This is a show that records the life of NFL superstar Terrell Owens otherwise known as T.O. The episode starts out with the film prescreening of T.O’s first movie. Next the episode moves to news reports on ESPN about Terrell’s ACL injury. After this they show him working hard in his rehab recovery for this injury. And finally Terrell Owens meets with one of the best wide receivers in the history of the NFL, Jerry Rice. Rice had the same injury in his career and gives T.O advice on recovering.

The characters or otherwise known as “hostages” that were in this episode were Terrell Owens, who is the main star of the show, Monique and Kita, who are T.O’s assistants and special guest Jerry Rice. I thought that this episode itself was kind of boring and not too much excitement happened. I think what makes this show attracting to its views is it shows the real life of an NFL superstar and how he lives. Many people wish they could be rich and live the life of fame so watching this is the next best thing. However other people are so use to just seeing NFL players on the football field that they are curious how they actually live outside of football. The role of the viewer is everything with reality T.V. This is because without viewers reality T.V shows such as The T.O Show would get cancelled because they would be losing money. Another role that viewers have on reality shows characters are that these characters try to impress their audience so they are better liked and become even more famous.     

                                 The T.O Show- ACL Rehab