Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Journal 2

MTV Mike...his essay as a whole is just sad. Granted, he wrote excellently; I'll come back to the later. But honestly, I think this guy took MTV totally out of perspective and let it influence his life way too much. To me, he needed to stop being so impressionable, because I can say that I never picked up any of my personality from MTV, or any other show for that matter. Or maybe I'm just different. Or maybe my parents monitored what I watched closer. Whatever the reason, Mike definitely needed to think more for himself. I definitely do not consider myself in this generation of kids influenced by MTV.

As for Mike's writing style, it was excellent. His grammar and word choice were two things that really stood out to me. I believe this paper was written to be read more by the students than the faculty/ adults. His writing style reflects that of a teenager and is really easy to connect to for me. His essay as a whole was a funny, easy read that was easily understood. No big, confusing words. Just pure though and passion about his topic. There was no fluff in sight. So his overall message was off basis in my opinion, but at least it was easy to understand.

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