reflection

= Entertainment in America = Throughout history, Americans' forms of entertainment have altered. Today, people use illegal substances and partying at clubs to occupy themselves. People are exhilarated by rebellious actions and continue to use them to entertain themselves. We interact with other people in social environments in order to have fun. In these social pressures, Americans sacrifice their morals and go against their conscience. In addition to sex, drugs, and rock and roll, the advancement in technology has kept our minds stimulated. We continue to look for new ways to intrigue our minds by searching for the newest and best technology to date. By looking for new ways to entertain ourselves, we actually do less and less searching, and more and more watching, listening and playing. This is disrupting American society and causing us to begin the interminable search for the top of the line technology. In this sense, "the media controls the minds of the masses."

One way that American entertainment in technology controls the citizens of the United States is by children's video games. The aggressive action games that children become addicted to, promote violence and war. The picture of the baby holding the revolver demonstrates how parents are practically contributing to the growth of violent adults. As young children play violent video games their entire childhoods, they have a higher probability of dealing with issues in a violent manner in the future.

In the video clip, students are entertaining themselves by harming others. Because of their self-consciousness and unhappiness with themselves, they take out their sadness on others. It gives them a sense of power as they bring someone else down. In Ancient America, people found similar forms of entertainment as well. In //The Scarlet Letter//, the citizens of Salem, who dedicate a large amount of their free time to religion, find enjoyment in embarrassing Hester. They use her as a scapegoat to blame all of their loneliness on. This is how harassment develops in our society.

Entertainment in America