Tuesdays With Morrie- Death

This week in class we watched the Movie Tuesdays with Morrie. It was a really intriguing movie that really got me thinking about a lot of topics that are a big part of life. One of the things that Morrie talked to Mitch about was Death. Morrie discussed with Mitch how Americans are afraid of death because they don't really know what it is. I agree with Morrie that people are afraid of the unexpected, and no one truly know what death is which is why it's considered to be such a taboo topic among Americans. Death is typically associated with loss which is why people may relate it to materialism. When someone dies people feel as if their whole essence died with them, and may feel as if the individual is gone forever. Morrie taught me that people should view death as a celebration of someones life rather than only a loss of their physical body.

Un-TV

this week we had to do a project that involved watching the TV. Not watching a show on TV, but watching the television itself. We had to watch the TV and watching someone else watch it, and watch it without the sound on. While watching a news broadcast  without the sound on, i realized how much we can get out of the news without even having the sound on. I also found that there are very irrelevant pictures and videos that have nothing to do with the broadcast itself. When watching a random show without having the sound on, i felt disconnected and clueless. I wanted to know what the plot was and i felt like i couldn't get an understanding of it while it was on mute. When i was watching my sister watch a random re-run of a show that she likes i realized how distracted we all are when we watch TV.My sister was watching her show, doing her homework, having a snack, and texting someone all at the same time. It's pretty funny how distracted we are when doing anything and how we multitask so much that we can't just stop and focus on one single thing at the time.