Monday, October 18, 2010

Composing America

When I found out we were going to have to blog on history I was kind of sad because I have never liked history before. But once I started reading the pages we had to read I became very interested. I did indeed actually enjoy this reading. I agree with what they were saying at the beginning of the reading where they talk about how it is hard to tell how real the history being told is or how fabricated it is. They talked about how television might do this. Of course it is going to be educational and tell you the majority of what happened in the event, but television producers will fabricate certain events to make them more viewable to the audience. The companies want the audience to watch their show or movie and half of America will believe that really happened in the past due to the fact that they were not there for that event or happening. When they do add a love story to a movie that takes place during a history event, it really does make the movie or show more interesting. But if you think about it, it is kind of sad that many people might think this is exactly how the event took place so many years ago in history. They do not take into account the fabrication that takes place in the movie. So all in all, people in America will never know true history unless they have experienced it themselves.

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