Miley Cyrus recently hosted the MTV Video Music Awards. This lead to the majority of the viewers to react negatively to statements she made during the awards show. I do not agree with the remarks she made at all. She stated that she was going to vote for Donald Trump for president,…
“ live learned life is a lot like surfing , when you get caught in the impact zone , you need to get right back up because you never know what’s over the next wave and if you have faith anything is possible anything at all “…
Was Addie Bundren's death tragic? She concurred with her father that "the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time." For her personal self, her death was freedom; freedom from a life of toil, a shiftless husband, and children she did not love (except for, of course, her Jewel). In this light, her death was a blessing. However, her death is tragic in that it acts as a violent catalyst in the family, speeding up events that were probably inevitable; in death, Addie is far more powerful than she ever was in life. Her death is also a catalyst in that it put each family member's foibles into sharp relief. Though their fates may have not taken the exact character they did, gentle Darl and agreeable Cash were guaranteed to be sacrificed…
From the time she was Hannah Montana to when the world saw her swinging naked on a wrecking ball, she has given the media countless field days. Her stunts for attention have been called offensive and problematic.…
Aaliyah lost everything she lived for. Childhood memories and innocence was gone. Aaliyah lives a betrayed, disappointed, bruised, painful, scorned, and unappreciated life, but in her extensive blue eyes she believes that no matter what it is, everything happens for a reason and this gave her no reason to give up. A stranger can wonder, “What do you have to live for?” But Aaliyah fears death, being hurt and pain. The only way she will die will be due to starvation or dehydration. She will not give up on herself, even when everyone else has.…
Suicide is a very touchy topic in young adult literature; people often debate that the book is inappropriate for the targeted audience. The book Thirteen Reasons Why, By: Jay Asher, is about a young man, Clay Jensen, who returns home from school one day to find mysterious box with his name on it sitting on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes with thirteen reasons why his school crush, Hannah Baker, committed suicide and he’s one of them. Parents, and teachers complain that a book containing sexually explicit content, inappropriate language, suicide, drugs, alcohol, and smoking is not appropriate for young adults to be reading. This book has been challenged multiple times since its release in 2007.…
The article, “Cissy Houston on Whitney: ‘She was raised well, she knew better’ than to use drugs” is about Whitney Houston’s mother talking about Whitney’s childhood. Whitney’s mother is still mourning for her loss, but tough minded about her drug addictions. She believes that good parents do not always have good children and vice versa. Whitney’s mother says it is the person’s responsibility, when they reach a certain age, to choose to be a bad or good person. Cissy discussed how she raised Whitney in a good home and gave her the tools to choose not to do drugs. Cissy thinks that being called “Whitey” early in the music business and her marriage to Bobby Brown may have led to her drug abuse.(1)…
We live in an environment where flaws nourish our judgment and criticism of one another. This occurs most often when celebrities have slipups. The paparazzi takes the form of lions following around zebras until they are vulnerable to attack, and that’s when they go in for the kill. The media describes these moments of vulnerability as if the celebrity committed a crime. Due to this many stars fail to rationally deal with this unwarranted attention, specifically, Miley Cyrus. Saying that Miley Cyrus has been at the forefront of Pop culture would be an understatement.…
Over the past decade, Britney Spears has gone downhill little by little from becoming famous after being on Disney channel. While doing a case study on Britney Spears, I learned the music industry stole away her innocence and molded it into an attempt to transition from a pop princess to a sexy adult performer that would sweep millions. Her overexposure and paparazzi frenzy causes her to go insane because she has no privacy. Additionally, there is proof that Britney has had many psychotic breakdowns. Maybe the reason for her actions in the past has to do with the fact her children being taken away from her custody and her career going slowly down the drain. Also, she has been in a constant battle with drugs, alcohol, her ex-husband Kevin Federline, and the paparazzi. Secondly, some of the people she hangs with are bad influences from the get-go including famous Paris Hilton. Furthermore, in November 2006 after being friends with Paris, Britney was caught three times wearing no underwear on and exposing herself to the paparazzi (Cowboy). Afterwards, Britney made even poorer choices as her life began to fall to pieces even further which made her a bundle of fans. For example, after reading an article about Britney going downhill, a blogger wrote, “wow I used to actually like you until you became a whore and a crack head and then when you have your first chance you get your kids back you don’t even show up for your court hearings you’re a horrible mother” (Neyna). Many bloggers that used to be fans of Britney agree to this blog.…
The poem “The Death of Marilyn Monroe” by Edwin Morgan explores the themes of isolation and loneliness throughout. The poem does this by adding in the use of imagery and tone. This poem by Morgan examines the theme of isolation by looking at the situation that Marilyn Monroe was in at the height of her fame. The poet looks at how Monroe was treated and how desolate she was even though she was surrounded by the likes of the press and she was constantly in the public eye. I am going to discuss how isolated Marilyn Monroe was and how Morgan carried this theme of isolation throughout the poem with the imagery, grammar and structure.…
In 2006-2007 Spears feel from the pop charts into a hard divorce, custody battle for her children, followed by drugs and much more debauchery. The public eye only scrutinizing Spears drove her to a very dramatic downwards spiral which was displayed for the world to view. Many believed…
Most people that surf the Internet, watch MTV, or music television, have witnessed or seen the controversy over Miley Cyrus’s latest performance on MTV’s Music Video Awards (The Huffington Post, 2013). There were many controversies over her lyrics, clothing, and actions that pertained to her overall behavior during the performance (The Huffington Post). From her clothing of the bare essentials to her obscene gestures, she was obviously motivated by one thing or another.…
Teenagers today are the most common people trying to copy their idols. Celebrities have the easiest time influencing teens because they are so vulnerable. Teens are in search of their identity at this time and they feel that if they copy their favourite celebrity they have a chance at fitting in and becoming popular, a feat in life that everyone one strives to achieve. The power of the celebrity has taken control of teenager’s lives and ended with negative influences.…
On August 25, 2013 the world watched in disgust as celebrity Miley Cyrus twerked and gyrated on stage at the Video Music Awards Show. People caused a fuss over her back up dancers all being African American women with large derrieres, her twerking, pointing to her feminine area on her body, pushing her face in one of her dancers derriere while smacking it, grinding on a foam finger, and grinding on a married man. The sociological perspective on deviance is described by “sociologist Howard S. Becker [as]: It is not the act itself, but the reactions to the act, that make something deviant” (Henslin 190). Although this behavior is deemed as normal in music videos and clubs, it was considered unacceptable because Miley Cyrus started her career as a child star on Disney Channel; a cable network that targets children of all ages. Miley started on a sitcom called Hannah Montana and quickly became popular with kids. Even though the star is now 20 years old and no longer work as Hannah Montana she is still considered that little girl from Disney and it shocked the world for her to behave in such a way.…
Hannah Baker is motivated by the anger and stress that the actions of thirteen individuals have caused in her life. Hannah believes that the small actions of these people affect every part of her life to the point that she could not control it. She says, “You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re not messing with…