Historia

Points of comparison | In the essay “ Primal Screen” | In the short story “ The pedestrian” |
What is the writers focus? | What television watching is doing to family life | What televisionis doing to American society in general |
What problems are identified? | * People don’t pass time with the family, it can cause fights. * People don’t have communication. * Peoplechoose peace and quiet when they let the kids whatch tv ustead of running around the living room. * People now prefer to “relax”. * Parents don’t make any restrictions on the number ofhours watched tv by their kids. | * All people were in their houses watching television. * In the future all people would be inside their houses only waching tv * It would be strangethat people get out their houses and just take a walk * Making a walk may be something really strange and consider a crime, just because people don’t use to get out their houses. |
Whatsolutions are recommended? | * Developed programs that shows the consequences of not making restrictions to watch TV. * Doing more activities so that kids don’t have the enough time to watch TV* Make more educated programs so that the TV could be more influenced in a good way | * Making the habit to do more outside activities instead of just waching tv all day * Promote to domore activities outside by the tv and that way use the tv with a more educated way |
What methods are used to convey the message? | Making us see that TVmay have consequences because the tvcontrol us and influenced us in the way they want. And I think that the author is trying to tell us that see tv it is not bad if we control what we see and the time we see it. | * The authormake a story that could be real in the future so that the readers can image how would life be like and making an hyperbole by telling us that the police may arrest us for take a walk |