Video Games Leading to Real Violence

Video Games Violence

Subtopic: Violent Games leading to Violence
Text type: Speech
Other sources of information: 
ScienceDaily - Violent Video Games Are a Risk Factor for Criminal Behavior and Aggression
Can a Video Game lead to Murder?
Video Game leading to real Violence
http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/papers/2001-video-games/walsh.html

Advertising

“Advertising is everywhere you look, whether it is in the newspaper you pick up daily or on that billboard you see while driving down the highway. Some people may say that they are not in fact influenced by the advertising that is thrown at them each day, and that they do not fall into it, but everyone does.”

This text is telling us that it doesn't matter where you look, there will always be advertising there, it is always present, and I think this is true. Maybe we don't notice that the advertisements are there, but it's because we are used to seeing them every day, And it's not that we don't notice them because they don't call our attention, it's just that seeing the ad doesn't make it any more special because of we are used to seeing them, but you are still influenced by them in many ways. For example, if you see some red plastic chairs, or a red sunshade or even a red truck, you will probably think its from Coca-Cola, and it is because you are influenced by them, you are used to seeing so many ads of Coca-Cola so that every time you see something red you will think of the product. The advertising may appeal to an emotion and you will be influenced and may not notice it, you may think we are all different, and we think different, but in some cases, a color, a shape, or a phrase, triggers the same emotion in every one of us. Ads can also change how we see people who we don't really know, we may stereotype them from a previous advertisement we saw. 

iPhone 5s Ad

TV commercials Analysis

The ad I chose to analyze is trying to sell the famous "Doritos", the commercial is set a man's house, but it also shows the neighborhood where he lives in, and where he buys something essential to the ad. There are not many people or animals in the commercial, we have the protagonist, a man who sold a Goat to the protagonist, and the Goat. The ad shows the Doritos at all time, it also shows a architectural model which the protagonist is working on, a picture of the protagonist and a Goat 4 Sale sign.

The ad begins with the protagonist taking a walk while eating some Doritos, something got his attention, it is a man sitting on a chair with a sign that says he is selling the goat next to him, which is also eating Doritos. The protagonist seems happy and surprised about this, and decides to buy the goat. The next scene places him and the goat in the kitchen, both eating Doritos. We can see a great difference between the protagonist emotions now and when the ad just started. At the beginning he didn't seem so happy, like something or someone was missing in his life, but when he is eating and spending time with the goat he looks very happy. 

The next scene is when the man is showing the goat where all the Doritos in the house are, for both of them.

Later the protagonist is working, while the goat is chewing the doritos very loud, which seems to annoy the protagonist, we later see the protagonist trying to sleep, but is annoyed again with the constant noise the goat is doing while chewing. We skip to a scene where the goat is yelling, and the reason is because there are no Doritos.
The goat immediately breaks a picture and the architectural model the protagonist was working on. The goat decides to go find the protagonist, and he is with all the Doritos inside a room writing Goat 4 Sale. The commercial ends with the goat closing the door of the room full with Doritos, in a way showing that the protagonist will be punished. With this we go back to the man selling the goat in the first place, which is wearing a orthopaedic neck, and has a pair of crutches next to him. This tries to tell us that the goat doesn't matter who is its owner, it only cares that the owner is feeding him Doritos.

The audience for the ad is almost everyone, as it is a type of food, it can be for anyone, but if i had to pick some age, i would say teenagers, because they are the ones who like eating chips and food like that. I believe the ad is trying to tell you that you must care that you have Doritos. The sound effects of this ad change the meaning, the music is the same, but in one part the music is interrupted  in a way that something is wrong, then a dramatic sound at the ending, to show something bad is going to happen. The ad doesn't have any celebrity, just a regular man who lives by himself. I don't think the ad is breaking any law, in the US, the  Federal Trade Comission is in charge of the policies and laws of advertisement, its very difficult that the ad broke any law because it was the winning ad of the super bowl.

Fatelessness Book Trailer

Written Task

Why Us?

I was at school when the teacher called my name and told me the principal was looking for me. As I entered his office he told me my mother needed me back home because father was feeling sick. I was glad to be asked to leave school because my classmates were not being so nice to me. Second World War had started and they said it was the Jewish’s fault. So I ran back home with the schools permission and got to my house, luckily, I had my keys, or I would have been waiting a long time since no one really hears the door knock. Father was lying on the couch and looked very happy to see me. I asked him where mom was, I could barely hear him so I had to look for myself, it’s like he couldn't even speak because of the fever, so I searched the house and found her in the kitchen.

She said she needed some ingredients and she couldn't leave father by himself, so she made a list and asked me to go to the market as fast as I could. On the way to the market I felt stared at by many people. I went inside the market and got the ingredients mom needed, I only needed some potatoes that were dad’s favorite on mom’s homemade soup, unfortunately an old man took the last ones a few minutes ago. I paid the cashier and later head home to give mom the ingredients. After doing my job It was already 6:00 pm and school finished between 2:00 and 3:00 pm. I still didn't have something for lunch so I decided to have mom’s soup leftovers for dinner. I had to eat by myself as mom was helping dad on the couch to hold the spoon in order to eat. After dinner it was already time to go to bed, and I had school next day so had to rest a lot.

It wasn't my alarm the one who woke me up in the morning; it was my mother who by the look on her eyes seemed very worried. She was shaking me and telling me several times to get dressed and go to the living room.  In the living room there was mom and dad as usual and 3 German officers who didn't look so friendly. Each one of them had a cloth with a yellow star, they called it a yellow badge, and told us we should always have it on ourselves in order to be identified as Jewish. If we didn't use the yellow badge it was against the regulations and it was not convenient to be against them.

It was just a month ago since the Second World War started, and Germans were already making us do things we had no interest on doing. Mother said it was better to stay home and skip school; we should wait until people on the streets have a clear idea of what is happening to the Jewish community, they could still think it was our fault. So I obeyed my mother and skipped school. I had rest plenty on the last few days, so I decided to get up early next morning and get a good shower. When I went back to school using the yellow star, it was like everyone respected me and was a better person with me. I wasn't the only one wearing a yellow badge, there were a couple of classmates who were also Jewish and had to use the star because of the regulations. Classes were normal, on break I decided to spend my time with the other Jewish kids. One of them was about my age, his name was Amir, he lived very lose to our house and was very friendly. After school I spent the day on his house, Amir’s father died when he was 5 years old and he lived with his mother and both of his grandparents. I almost forgot that the curfew was until 9:00 pm so I had to leave in a hurry.

Years have passed and everything has been almost the same here, but from what I have heard on other radios it’s been awful, they have been separating families and sending some of them to concentration camps. Here in Budapest it has not been that bad. We just follow the regulations such as the curfew and wearing the yellow badge and everything seems okay. Today there was something different. Mother told me we were moving, she said we couldn't take all of our belongings; we should just pack the right amount of luggage. As I went through the living room, I could overhear mom and dad’s conversation. They were talking about how it was not our choice, we didn't decide whether to move or not, or even where to move. It was the Germans decision and we could not say no. We had to follow the rules and keep up with the regulations. We were not the only ones, Poland already went through this and all the neighbours who were Jewish were also moving to the Ghetto.

I went to Amir’s house to say goodbye and also to see if he knew something that I didn't  but no one answered the door. I peeked in the window, everything was messed up, the luggage they were packing, the bags were opened and all their belongings on the floor.

Rationale

I have chosen to write a new imaginary chapter that comes before the first chapter, in other words a new opening to the novel “Fatelessness”. My written task is an exploration of the effects on the way that the Jewish community In Budapest lived before and during the beginning of the Holocaust which is between 1938 and 1945, and how it affected their daily life. The purpose of this new chapter is to provide some historical context to the novel.

I decided to write this chapter between September 1939, when Second World War began, and the spring of 1944, when the Jewish community in Budapest were sent to live in the Ghetto. The narrator continues to be Georg Koves, in a first person point of view. To give the audience the opportunity to have a better approach towards Georg Koves perspective and life in the Jewish Community, I used an informal language on my new opening.

The title of this new imaginary chapter is called “Why Us?”.  It’s called like this because it shows a innocent question asked by the Jewish community in general towards the effects they had to go through and suffer because of the Holocaust during the Second World War. It is based on a global discrimination towards them.

Fatelessness: Chapter 2 Analysis

Title of Selection: Fatelessness

Author: Imre Kertész

Genre: Autobiographical Novel

Setting: Budapest, Hungary. 1944. Gerog Koves neighbourhood

Historical Context: World War 2 Holocaust

The author wrote this piece to (author's purpose): Show us the change on Georg's life from being with his father to his new life without him

The main idea of this piece is: Georg's change from a boy who went to school to a working young man.

The message (theme) of this selection which 
the author would like us to "take away" is: We shouldn't be affected by being different.






Characters (major)
Protagonist(s): Georg Koves
Antagonist(s): Nazi Regime
Static Characters: Mr. Suto and older Steiner daughter.

Dynamic Characters: Annamarie.
Did the author use any special literary devices in this selection such as: personification, metaphor, simile, foreshadowing, suspense, flashback, imagery, irony, humor, poetic sound devices such as rhyme, etc... List and give specific examples: 
Allusion, in the part when Georg is discussing about Jewish disadvantages and some Flashbacks during the story, "The incident occurred the day before yesterday, ..."

What was the author’s “tone” toward the subject/person/idea he wrote about?
An informal telling of the story.

What “point of view” was this piece told from? List word clues that indicate this.
Its from Georg's perspective  in a first person point of view narration. ("from which I could see straightaway that the Levente ..." Page 27)

List the conflicts in this selection (internal and/or external):
A internal conflict of this selection (Chapter 2) would be the dilemma or difficult choice Georg is facing after talking to his mother.
A external conflict of this selection would be the problem between the Jewish community and the Nazi Regime.

Fatelessness: Chapter 3

The problems with the Jewish people started with a very low profile, until a moment they killed them for no reason, “… any Jewish passenger who happened to be on the bus should get off.” (PAGE 40) This proves that Jewish people were trying to be separated from the rest of the people; in this case the example is the same as we saw on “THE HELP” movie.

 In order to be separated from the rest, the Jewish people had to wear a Jewish badge, also known as the yellow star or yellow badge. “This did not exactly conform with the letter of the regulations, it’s true, since it meant the yellow stars would not be visible on us…” (PAGE 46) They would not let them take the shirt off at work because they would take off the yellow badge to identify them as Jewish.
"They led us on into a maze of gray building, ever farther inward, before we suddenly debouched onto a huge open space strewn with white gravel..." (Page 56) This is when they take Georg to the concentration camps.

7 Pillars of Jewish Life

Mezuzah: it is a Jewish
household that is affixed to the right side of the door as one enters the room. It is of Biblical origin and therefore carries great weight.

Tefillin: It is a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the  Torah. The strap is wrapped around the arm.

Shofar: It is a horn blown in synagogues to mark the end of the fast at Yom Kippur.


Hanukkah: It is an eight-day Jewish commemorating the rededication of the Holy temple

Kosher: Kosher foos are those that conform to the regulations of the Kashrut.

Tzedakah: Seen as a religiuos obligation, the Tedakah consists of giving anonymously donations.

Sabbath: Is a weekly day of rest or tiem of worship observed in Abrahamic religions.