Today I was eavesdropping on a group of girls behind me. They were talking about the show Greek. For starters I was amused because i am eavesdropping for a literature class and of course they are talking about TV. Anyways, they talked about how one of the main love interests of Casey is more attractive than the other and were debating which one she was going to end up with on the last season. Though i have partaken in such conversations, listening to one makes it very amusing. They were so intense and passionate about this show and these people who arent even real. I found myself wondering how the show applies to their lives. Why were some of them rooting for one character while others liked the other love interest. Do these characters remind them of their own personal lives, or are they discussing it because they find the show to be more interesting than their personal lives? Then i began to wonder what my motivations were when i had similar conversations about silly TV shows or whatever the case may be. The same can be applied to literature in some ways, why is it that we read books? is it because they remind us of ourselves, is it because we can insert ourselves in the characters shoes for a moment? or is it because our lives are mundane and it serves as a vacation from that? Or is the reasoning for such things relative? hmmmm i wonder....
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