Tv By Mary Pipher Analysis

Due to censorship, the government provides technology to distract the ignorant society. The television or “parlor wall” is used as a replacement for real conversations with friends and family and according to Schmoop, “TV is the enemy” It’s meant to make people happy by “replacing literature, intellectualism, and curiosity” (“Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury”). Television also offers “happiness” because it blocks thinking, and most people are unaware of their happiness because of the distractions.

What happens on TV is all that matters to the people in this society. "Can you dance faster than the White Clown, shout louder than 'Mr. Gimmick' and the parlour 'families'? If you can, you'll win your way..." All standards in this world are set by the television characters they idolize. The main social event one can participate in is watching a TV show together. Millie's friend come over the watch the White Clown, but do not talk much besides the occasional basic topic lightly discussed. It is very hard to find people in that society together without a TV on, and there are no deep, meaningful relationships. However some technology is necessary in such a

(SIP-A) The TV has become the reality for many of the civilians in society such as Mildred, who are addicted to the TV because they believe that the TV is a reality. (STEWE-1)Montag asks Mildred for help and instead she doesn’t give him help because she is watching TV when Montag asks Mildred to turn off the TV,"'Will you turn the parlor off?''that's my family'" (47)people of society are barely human because the TV makes itself into reality and brainwashes people such as Mildred into thinking that she has a family on the TV. (STEWE-2)Also, when Montag sees Mildred go crazy over watching the White Clown he asks Mildred, “Millie? Does the white clown love you?”(73). Montag sees Mildred's addiction to technology and asks Mildred the question. Because of the reality that technology has made itself into, Mildred answers with ignorance, “Why did you ask a silly question like that?”(73). (SIP-B)One of the closest sane human in society, Faber, also agrees that television is only addicting because it becomes a perfect reality. (STEWE-1)When Montag replies to Faber’s second idea that society is missing Faber replies with“Off hours yes. But time to think?...” (80) Faber sees this and tells Montag that the TV makes itself the truth so people can become addicted, and to keep people occupied. As a result people are not thinking but rather stuck to a TV. (STEWE-2)“You play

In the book, The Worst Years of Our Lives, Barbara Ehrenreich describes the current American response to the modern television. She believes that television had changed overtime as over a decade ago, a majority of things shown on television were things people could do themselves. Today, however, television is full of violence, close-range shooting, racing, etc. This worries her because today's people are unable to do what they see on television and eventually become "couch potatoes" when they watch for hours at a time. Her belief is that there's no reason for a person to continue watching television due to the boredom and jealousy it causes.

Almost everywhere people go today there are TVs: in restaurants, schools, doctors’ offices, and homes. There is no way to escape the reach of technology. Barbara Ehrenreich, the author of The Worst Years of Our Lives, believes that people are becoming couch potatoes because they are not going out and doing the activities they see on TV. Generally, Ehrenreich is correct in her belief; people spend more time watching TV, than living a healthy lifestyle and interacting with the people around them.

Barbara Ehrenreich expresses her utter distaste for television in The Worst Years of Our Lives based in the 1980’s. Ehrenreich writes numerous assertions in regard to television’s unrealistic portrayal of every day life. She raises a valid argument when she points out that TV watchers will never see the commonplace facets of human life depicted on their TV screen. Instead, they watch shows filled with fake people, plastic smiles, ungenuine conversations, and unrealistic tasks all combined into a program that epitomizes the way in which we don’t live. Television distracts people from actually living their lives so instead they live vicariously through TV shows, wasting their lives away.

Four million babies were born each year, the introduction to rock and roll music took place, and more schools and homes were constructed in its cities (History), having a great impact on America and its people at this time. But nothing had as big of an impact on American society and its peoples ideas, as the grand emersion of the television. “Television was not merely entertainment. It was a teacher, offering lessons in what was acceptable in society.” (Stereotypes, page 3) Television and it’s forms of entertainment itself, changed the way people saw gender, class, and moral values

Can you ever find some things for entertainment, information and communication all at once other than television ?. The answer most likely is no. As the matter of fact, research shows that ninety nine percentage of households that possesses at least one television. Additionally the average of youth and adult spend time watch television is more than one thousand hours per year. These numbers are higher than everyone expect. With those statistic shows above, its prove that television is one of the most important material to human life in both sociology and psychology. Since the television was developed, human life was changed enormously. In brief, without television, human life would take a slow process in development and civilization. There are many essays emphasize about the essential things which have a huge impact to our life. However, from my opinion, one of the great example is “ Chronicle of Ice” of Ehrlich. In this essay Ehrlich concerned about the important role of the glacier and it effect to our life by personified it. Moreover, she points out the potential dangerous disaster to our life without the glacier and how society is being selfish . Ultimately, she addresses it not too late to rescue the glacier. Just as my concern about the important role of television .

For instance, when the town is being bombed Montag imagines Mildred in a hotel “leaning [toward the parlor walls] anxiously nervously as if to plunge, drop , fall into that swarming immensity of color to drown in happiness…[as the bombs strike] the walls go dark in Millie’s face… [she screams] because in the millionth part of life left she saw her own face reflected there, in a mirror instead of a crystal ball” (152). Usually people on TV programs are displayed as being perfect people and having the perfect life and everything works out perfectly for them. Mildred as well as many other people are longing to have that perfect life so they become addicted to that TV program because they want it feel like they are apart of it. However, because of the bombing happening the parlor shuts off and Mildred is able to see her own reflection in the blank screen. She screams because she sees her own face and what it actually looks like instead of that perfect person she thought she was from the TV program. People get so attached to technology that they see themselves as a completely different person and won’t recognize their own

Television has been used for decades to shape the human psyche. It has also played a major role in the development of American lives, and at times we fail to notice. “People are sheep. TV is the shepherd.” (Jess C. Scott, Literary Heroin (Gluttony): A Twilight Parody).

The main claim is that television is beneficial on a more social level. By following the intricate storylines, television viewers are able to learn how to decipher social cues, while honing analytical skills in order to keep track of what’s happening. The cognitive labor of television, according to Johnson, is why it’s so alluring for the viewer. The mental progression of society is marked in the complexity of the shows we watch. An example given is the difference between I Love Lucy and Friends. The former is all about short, uncomplicated humor, while the latter calls on the necessity for rapid informational recall. Old fashioned comedies relay their jokes within the span of thirty seconds, whereas modern comedies are a series of inside jokes within the show, illusions to other things, pop culture references, as we as puns and sarcasm. The social complexities change with the mental level of the viewers. Television is all about collateral learning, rather than the actual content of the program; much like gaming. We have to trach quick time happenings, social connections, and other such important ideals that we need to have a handle on to operate smoothly in social situations. Johnson is suggesting that not only does television watching progress our mental prowess, it benefits our social conduct and understanding as

TV has become a consistent factor of how we see life. A good example of how televised media affects us and our beliefs is medical shows. Writer Allison Van Dusen from NBCnews says “people get a lot of information from tv shows on many subjects- including medicine and health care- without realizing it.” ( Van Dusen

The American family has gone through monumental changes throughout the past century, or perhaps it is merely society’s perception that has evolved. These radical changes in American family structure can be seen as a result of socialization by entertainment media, particularly television programming. Since its inception in the late 1920s and especially since the 1950s when it began to overtake radio programming as America’s number one form of home entertainment, the television has provided individuals with a window into worlds beyond their own (Stephens). As a result, these other worlds then begin to slowly seep into everyday practices and beliefs. Many Americans may look to television programs as an example of how their own life and family

     But, for most part, author feel television is 'drug'; that is corrupting today's society. Many of us fail to recognize how it has caused the decline of family rituals, the avoidance of relationships and the destruction of the family. Our addiction to this daily habit cause us to escape the real world.

The television is also a very important aspect of popular culture that affects the American Identity. Watching television is such a common part of contemporary society, that most Americans adopted it as a part of their daily routine and watch television for at least an hour a day. Stanley Crouch, a poet, music and cultural critic, writes that whenever people pretentiously and proudly announce, “I don’t watch television,” they should follow it up with “I don’t look at America either” (Masciotra 79). Television has become a part of many people’s lives. When the mass population watches the same TV shows, movies, etc. they can all relate to each other, and thus unite them as an American. We look to TV shows to see how other people like us act