Blog Entry # 13: CATW "Mom, Dad, Buy the Broccoli"

           Advertisements and commercials are meant to reach out a certain audience in order to get people to purchase it. Food advertisements for example, are available everywhere in order to reach out to people like children by using such things as animated cartoons. According to a passage named, Mom, Dad, Buy the Broccoli from The New York Times, emphasizes that companies that advertise junk food or unhealthy products are responsible for obesity in youth. The Council of Better Business Bureaus  has addressed obesity by agreeing to control the excess of  junk food advertisements.  Though this is a way of addressing obesity, more immediate actions should be taken by parents when it comes to what their kids, so that they wont be obese. 

           The title of this passage speaks for itself when it comes to addressing obesity in youth. The title says, “Mom, Dad, Buy the Broccoli.” Meaning that broccoli is being emphasized, since it is a healthy choice. It also, shows that she/he is a daughter or son of some parents who are being told to get broccoli, which is ironic to hear from a young person who chooses to eat junk food frequently. Most importantly, parents should always educate and train/enforce their kids to eat healthier by having a good eating schedule and making them participate as chefs in the kitchen. These are great techniques in which can help stop obesity among the young.

           As a parent it is important to follow the techniques listed above because junk food can become addictive to anyone and play a big role in health issues and disorders. For example, I was reading a book about how certain foods can become so addictive that it can take up to two years to eliminate or control them. That being said parents should control bad eating habits before it is too hard to control.

           Ultimately parents can control the widespread of advertisements, which is why companies as issued in this passage should cut back on advertising junk foods. It is important that food companies recollect their audience, in this case the young by using their artistic video affects in public announcements: a reason to persuade the young with food facts. 

Blog Entry #11: THE MEATRIX SUMMARY

         The film The Meatrix is about the reality of how animals are being mistreated. Throughout the film a pig that named Leo is given a choice to take part in stopping the brutal action done to animals. The pig chooses to take the red pill in order to acknowledge what the Meatrix is. Ultimately the pig chooses to be an up stander not a victim; he defeats the agents and protects his generation ‘animalism’.

Blog entry #10: Writing Center Tutors

Today was a very helpful day. I got to exercise on my wordiness (fragment)  which is one of my biggest problems. Thank you for your time and your patience Aaron Chetram.

Blog entry 9: Red Pill or Blue Pill: Is Ignorance Bliss?

Christine Cornell and Patrick Malcomson, the authors of the passage “Red Pill or Blue Pill: Is Ignorance Bliss?” confront the protagonists of two works: “The Matrix” - science fiction action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski in 1999 and “Alice in Wonderland” - novel written by Lewis Carroll in 1865.
claim: ignorance is not bliss
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BLOG ENTRY #7:CATW- "The Dangers of Reality TV"

Nieve Castillo                                   

4/4/12

            Everyone in their lives has a remodel in which they look up to or desire to be because they admire their characteristics. It is not a bad thing to admire a celebrity or well-known person but it is important that we don’t fall in to their unrealistic fantasies and lifestyle. The article, “The Dangers of Reality TV”, by Timothy Sexton emphasizes that, Reality TV is sending a wrong message to young fans by exploiting the value of a person’s image over ability, how to be better and by not contributing to the importance of education. I agree with Sexton because reality TV in my perspective can’t give what I need in real life in the contrary it puts my educations, my identity, and future at danger.

            Reality TV is a major distraction and unhelpful factor in education. When I turn on the TV all I hear about is updates of celebrity lives as if I don’t have a life of my own to update. It distracts me from school work and global awareness which is essential for my American dream if I want to attain a stable life economically. It’s like weighing the chances of attaining a degree in which you are interesting in or becoming famous throughout the media which can take more effort and time away sine reality TV tends to change their image overtime in which portray unnecessary necessities.

            Reality TV also sends out the wrong message when it comes to a person’s identity. For example, reality shows about marriage always emphasize on their luxuries of cars and wedding rings in order to make them look like labels the top “notch” instead of really showing their real identities and what makes them special. The importance is that identity shouldn’t be something superficial it should be something that we want to develop in a unique way not by labels. It is also essential to understand that we cannot please everyone in life by lavishing ourselves with the latest assets as is everything were a competition.     

Blog Entry #6: Against Seahaven!!!

The world in which Crisoff created for Truman was an interesting world for the fact that Truman was the host of the world (main character) and everyone knew him. Truman’s world was also a laid back setting with no worries or enemies since everyone was told what to do by Crisoff. Crisoff wanted a perfect world for Truman and for that reason Truman was exempt from any real world dangers and discoveries that we as humans face in a daily basis which made his world predictable within the routines. In the real world life is unpredictable and can take on different routines because everyone wants to do something different.  

Throughout the movie Truman’s daily life was the same routine. His daily life was always wake up in the morning; get ready for work and greeting his neighbors as he came out his house leaving his wife behind.  As Truman realized that his life was repetitive and restraining in his eyes he started to act question his environment angrily and with evidence realized something was wrong about Seahaven. He realized that something was wrong about Seahaven because he saw everyone doing the same thing for example, there was always a man in his bike in the same place every day and his wife would always change their conversation for an irrelevant one. Most importantly he really realized that Seahaven was crazy and rare when a stranger said, “Hi Truman.” Truman was in shock and replied did you hear that how did he know my name to his friend. Overall Truman’s passion was to try something new which indeed was Fiji and because of that he went after it furiously because he knew Fiji had to be real since he had a map.

That being said, if I were Truman I would also choose to go beyond Seahaven which means I wouldn’t like to live there for the same reasons and my curiosity.  I would get sick of Seahaven faster than New York City where I live now because I hate to do the same things every day and be destined to one lifestyle. I rather go through a lot of hardships and new experiences in life by making my own decision not having a person like Crisoff who gets to dictate my life because it will make me feel like a prisoner who only gets to do the same thing every day. It will mean that my life had no significant fulfillments or excitement of the possibilities that can be created in life  

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Until this day telemarketing has presented itself more consistently through their countless advertisements that surround us in a daily basis chronically. Author Kalle Lasn, from the passage Hype, emphasizes that advertisements in this century have become too intoxicating in presence wise but, importantly it is intoxicating our minds by telling us how to live. That being said I will have to agree with Lasn because the quantity of advertisements shown on TV, public transportation, and electronic emails of new electronic devices and fitness products are some of the few examples that represent a waste of our money and contain many gadgets which are not necessary in order to tackle our daily duties. 

the blue is my new  thesis...

A placew where advertisements are prevelant is the tv, which includes numerous commercial/advertisments. Turning on the TV is like a guide telling you what you need to do. For example everytime a commercial appears about a product like Special K or any other fitness product or program you are advised on the qualities their product promises. Fitness products obviously promise that you would be more fit but, what tlemarketers are really trying to do is win money from their products by persuading us with their use of pathos and ethos with creative characters.This in fact is evident but a pullutant as Lasn says becuase at the end if the product is not a worthy one we would keep on trying other unworthy products.

Another pullutant advertisement is the technology industry today. A famous technology device that is advancing is cellphones. I see them everywhere in the bus, TV, internent, and electronic emails. This to me is considered a brain pollutant because if we already have TV, computers, regular phones, and other devices that can tacle important errands and hobbies in out daily lives. Do we really need extra features that is just charging more money with it's high phone bills and prices.

Advertisements have made their presence prevelant in this cnetury and impacted the way we choose to live out daily lives. But nevertheless it is important to realize that out daily lives can be tacled in simple ways without to much features and gadgets like the old days as Lasn stated, "In the silent moments of my daily life, I often used to hear Beethovens..." This clearly shows that we can survive by choosing to listen to certain advertisements not all because some are just persuading us to do things that are not necessary. The key is to stop and think and ask yourself is this product really worth it.