This meme is exactly how I felt after writing my Argumentative Analysis over Thank You for Smoking. After realizing how serious the movie was on persuading people, especially children, to smoke, fumes were coming out of my ears. While writing about how negative the movie was, I realized each example kept getting darker and darker, and eventually, I had to tell myself it's just a movie! This is how the world operates, especially throughout literature. We read or watch something that portrays something to harmful and our world gets turned upside down! It's hard to control our emotions when something hits us hard, which is why it has such a great effect on us.
However, hopefully after seeing other opinions and arguments over the movie, a weight will be lifted off of my chest and I will have a greater perspective and different views of the movie. It is crazy how a simple photo with a few words on it relates so strongly to a huge piece of literature!
I think it is so amazing and interesting the types of effects that things have on us. Listening to a specific song can make you cry or watching a certain movie can make you want to hit a wall. I like that aspect of things. It can get you to act, it can make you care, or it can make you realize different aspects of the world.
ReplyDeleteI would agree with all of this, I think it is so cool to see how you can feel and relate to something so deeply such as a movie or a song that you watch or hear. Something could be mentioned in the song/movie that catches you and that specific sentence or scene can move you with so much power.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this blog post because I think I can relate to it. I think movies/songs/books etc. can really effect certain people. I like how you used the movie Thank You For Smoking as an example because I really think it shows how it can affect people.
ReplyDeleteI really like this post because it is very relatable. I agree that a movie like Thank You for Smoking can really be an influence on people just like any television show or movie can influence people. The power of the media can really influence the way a person feels emotionally or even about a specific topic.
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