Reaction Paper of Catfish

Reaction Paper of Catfish
I think the movie is true. The movie moves round with Facebook from the beginning to the end. The technology has grown, and kinds of social networks and communicating software with the growth of technology into our life. In addition, this has made some application running on the internet as virus which spreads fast and allows people to try another side of life, at least different from their physical life in distinct locations. After all, network is network, it is not real life. Various kinds of false information come out on the network which includes illusory news, personal information, network swindle and so on. Whatever, I think social network is not a safe and secure place to form relationships and do business absolutely. Although, there are some positive things with social network, like social network makes friends who live in different city more close and it provide a means through which people could change lives in many things they want to do it or have it. But there still have some negative things happened on social network, for example, someone got kidnapped when they meet net friend, someone got swindled by social network, and someone had been into emotion traps by net friend which is similar as the plot in the movie.
Personally, I control myself about social network well because I do not make friend with net friend. I know all of my friends on social network in real life. It has been happening lots of bad things about social network, so the good choice is that do not contact to people who you don’t know online. Maybe, this way would make me have less chance to know friends. But at least, I would not be deceived.
One thing is sure; internet has been helping the art which includes song, painting, and other art works. I know some artists have been famous by internet; in the beginning, they post their songs online, then, more and more people like their songs. The internet provides a chance to succeed. And also, internet promotes many painting. Although we cannot see the painting directly, but at least we can realize it through picture. Internet positively promotes the spread of art.
About the movie, I do not know whether Nev doubted them or not. But at the end of the movie we find out that Angela does not have cancer, she was all the characters on the phone and on Facebook, that Megan does not exist, and that little Abby did not paint the pictures. These things did not change my view of the artwork because they have no relation with artwork, it belongs to individual behavior. In the US we have been shipping Cod fish to china for years, and when the Cod fish that are in big vats arrive there after a long ocean voyage their flesh is soft and mealy and tasteless. So someone got the idea to put catfish in the vats in order to keep the cod moving and in shape and firmer and healthier. He says Angela is like the catfish and she is good for us because she keeps us moving. I think this is a good analogy and thinking method. When something happened, we should not think other people did something wrong firstly; we should deeply think what rule that we were in this event. And what we got, what we lost.
Nev and his friends to visit the family is no problem, Nev was going to give a surprise to them. Filmed this event maybe is a good idea. However, it recorded whole process of the event, and it provided people with a valuable lesson on how far they can go with social networking relationships. Making more people to realize such things happen in our real life and maintain vigilance. But for me, I would not film the video. I supposed to go to Michigan to complete the thought in my mind and realizing the truth. On a personal level, I think Nev should not forgive Angela for deceiving him because fraud was happening in a long time, Angela have enough time to explain to Nev, but she did not. So to say, all of information that Nev knew were imaginary from the beginning to the end. His emotion got deceived. But on the other hand, Angela might have been living in the imagine that made by herself. She not only cheated Nev, but also cheated herself. And I think Angela should not be prosecuted for using images posted by an unsuspecting woman on Facebook and using them to invent Megan because she has not harmed anyone’s interest. I do not know if artists in general like catfish because everyone has different way to do something.
After watched movie, someone might get angry, someone might get sad. But whatever, we need to be more objective point of view to judge people and things. Everyone has their own reason when they do a thing. And we cannot absolutely realize the emotion of others. But we can do our best.