1. Plato told of the shadows being cast from the men, the people within the cave did not know what to think of them. Shadows happen alot in our society today. They happen in tabloids, in magazines, newspapers etc. The rumors about Celebrities are either insane lies, or harsh truths.
2. http://www.myspace.com/ this is a shadow site because of all the weirdo creeps that pretend to be other people online. Unless you know the person personally, all the things you read could be a lie. People pretend to be many things, but who knows whether or not people are keeping it real ?
3. Shadows make people feel inferior. The media try to play up alot of the unrealistic "reality" shows, which people may think they do cool things. People try to live up too, and do the things that celebs, and commercials / tv shows show. It's a very negative, although sometimes positive, affect on our community and nation.
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It is a funny thing about social networking sites such as myspace and facebook. We choose to publish what it is we want people to see. We create a shadow of our own and hide the "nasty" truth.
ReplyDeleteExactly ! We try to play up our somewhat version of societys "normal". People need to keep their individuallity, and posting only what you think is "cool" nobody is seeing or reading the real you. It's just a bunch of mumbo jumbo !
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