Assignment 5- For the Love and Hate of Television: Jessica Nelson

In our world plagued with an epidemic of violence and despair we welcome the distraction of shining lights and hollywood's latest starlet. Afterall when a spotlight is shined in our eyes we tend to be blinded. I think it is fair to say that most people are not happy with their life or at least with the state of our world. TV provides an escape. A good TV show immerses you into another world that usually falls into one of three categories: better than yours, worse than yours, or radically different than yours. The ones that are better than yours give us something to strive for, the ones that are word than ours make us thankful, and the ones radically different from ours expand our thinking. Do I think it's good to turn a blind eye to the issues of our world? No. But I do think that occasionally we should let our eyes see something else, not only so we don't get overwhelmed by the terrors surrounding us but also to put them into perspective.