#10 cellphones

Our generation is slowly becoming more and more comfortable being inconsiderate. The Maclean’s Magazine article “public display of disaffection” suggests that the younger populations of the 21st century are less aware of what’s going on around them. Even the older generations are sucked in to the wireless world. Kevin Newman, age 52, read a speech at the University of Western Ontario on his iPad, which afterwards started typing with his iPhone. A poll was taken asking people if they saw anything wrong in texting during sex, 25% said that it was OK. Our world is transforming from a face to face social environment, and turning into a area where everyone is taking to a screen.

The author is correct with the statement “Cell-fishness hits an all time high”.  “People are fed up, and ‘no cell phones’ has become the new ‘no smoking’”, cities are bring in new rules to make it less acceptable. New York City hotspots agree with the statement and are asking people to turn off their cell phones if at café’s. We’re losing our ability to relate face to face, presenting social conundrums, soon there will just be the noise of typing.

Synthesis Essay #8

“No human relationship is friction free,” perfection is a human thought that mankind creates to give the mind hope. In “Puce Fairy Book” written by Alice Major and “Forget Price Charming” by June Callwood the topic reveals human relationships being imperfect. Alice major’s and June Callwood’s ideas are very different on how they justify a couple.

“Puce Fairy Book” explains the issue of modern day relationships that a couple has due to fairytales. The mates dispute the issue of having long hair such as “Rapunzel waiting in a tower,” and she replies saying that her hair would never grow long enough.  The mate brings her a crystal slipper on a heart-shaped pillow. However,” my foot was too big to fit into it” she suggests. The only true fairytale that exists in the couple was the piled up mattresses that still caused here to twist and turn through the night from that, “one small nub”.

“Forget Prince Charming” is similar in the idea of imperfection through out human relationships. It argues the certain traits a mate should have, and the feelings he should show. The grandmother in this poem has three granddaughters, how are all of marriageable ages. She goes on to state that she gives them advice on how to judge a man, saying that, “they want a truth speaker.” Also they want a companion that works well with children and explains that, “Anyone who stops to admire a baby probably had a good parenting,” which means the loyalty and kindness is in the mate’s life. Lastly they should have humour. Not over the top humour just to get attention, but enough humour to turn a situation around.

Both Authors have their own opinions on how a relationship works, and how they shouldn’t be. I think that Alice Majors would be rather pleased by the grandmother’s advice in “Forget Price Charming”. She never gives the young granddaughters fairytale like advice, which will eventually prepare them when they become of marriageable ages. However telling a young child of price charming and of a knight in shinning armor wouldn’t be the end of the world. It would give them brightness and maybe, just maybe, they will find their perfect prince.