I remember the days when cartoon network used to air cool superhero shows and bad guy good guy comedies. I remember the old Teen Titans, Loony Tunes, and Johnny Bravo. But now, the only programs cartoon network are airing, are re-makes and fakes. There is now "Teen Titans Go!", "The Loony Tunes Show!", and "Johnny Test". I think this is an absolute outrage! The old cartoon network used to air programs that were funny, taught you a lesson, inspired and entertained,etc. Now we have vacuous things like Uncle Grandpa, and Steven Universe that not only contaminate the minds of children, but cause them to lose their privilege of watching television. Parents see that their child is watching something idiotic, and as a result the child is told that he/she cannot watch television. It is not as if the child has much of a choice, it is simply the growing ignorance of cartoon network. And this becomes a whole other issue when the child starts mirroring the brainless antics they are taught on television. They grow up to be the type of people they see on TV and society say that parents are too blame! They cannot control what is aired on TV. I say that cartoon network is corrupting the minds of children everywhere, and although parents do play a part in it, cartoon network is to blame.
Jeremy,
ReplyDeleteI agree completely. The things that are aired on Cartoon Network are entirely useless and aren’t even entertaining. TV is supposed to teach you a lesson and these new shows are just a joke. I loved your strong vocabulary/ emotive language in this piece because it makes it very persuasive. The repetition of blaming the channel made your view very strong also. As well I liked how you used logos by saying that the children will ‘mirror’ what they see on TV and used pathos by saying directly that ‘parents are the one to blame’ and that children are ‘taught’ to do this through watching this program. It was smart to underline that word because it was a strong point. We hadn’t learnt about using this technique in class yet but you used it as well as using italic which was great and a little extra which is always good. It was a good idea to but the ‘I’ in italic because it was showing that you were concluding with your personal view.
Very good.