This essay is already sressing me out and its not even due for another week! I still am not quite sure what im writing about so this is pretty much rambling
I was reading through alot of peoples's blogs and I think one the more interesting views on this book is that people believe the society is absolutely opposite from ours. Im kinda realizing our society is really similiar to BNW in alot of ways. For example, we all think its horrible the people are conditioned to just buy and buy but our own society is very much based on commercialism. Look at how many people have gaming systems like playstation and x-box and whatnot. They're constantly coming out with new systems and new games so instead of buying one and just enjoying it we buy the new system the moment we can. Ipods are even worse! They're coming out with a new ipod semi-annually now and apple stops selling anything but the newest generation. The same thing goes for cloths. How many people actually know how to sew and will mend a ripped shirt? Most people just toss it and replace it with a new one. Granted we're not nearly as conditioned as the people in BNW but we're still constantly bombarded with advertisements pushing us to buy. Open any magazine and theres ads for clothes, hair, make-up, shoes perfume, anything. Even reading through most magazines one just learns about the latest fashion trends and the must have pieces for fall. Face it, we're just as commercialistic as BNW.
Thats just something i noticed, maybe i'll put it in my essay, if i figure out what it's gonna be about
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