Grey's Episode 2

Last week on the show we learned that George’s dad died from cancer and this week we expected to see him go through a grieving stage, but we didn’t. Instead of moping around and wanting to keep to himself, George turned to sex to ease his pain. He turned into kind of a sex addict. His poor girlfriend couldn’t take it anymore and asked his best friend Izzy, to keep him occupied and away from her for a while. Izzy tried to talk to him and get him to let his feelings out, but he wouldn’t really budge. It wasn’t until he had to operate on a person that had the same condition as his late father, that everything really hit him, and he finally started talking. What are the different ways that we go through grief? Is there any right/good way to help ease the pain? I think that everyone deals with death in different ways. The best thing we can do is be there for the people we love when they have to go through tough situations like that. Izzy and George’s girlfriend, Callie, were both there for him and although he kept it inside in the beginning, he finally leaned on them for comfort. After his talk with Izzy, George realized that life is too short. He then rushed to Callie and asked her to marry him. I think that George definitely loves Callie, but I think he is acting too impulsively with the marriage idea. I believe that Callie thinks the same way, which is why she hasn’t given him an answer yet. We’ll have to wait until next week and see what her answer is!

The signs of advertising

The purpose of advertisements is to sell the product and most advertisers will do anything they can to trick us into buying their products. In this article they discuss the fact that we are more likely to buy brand name items, like jeans, because they project a certain image. I agree with this because so many people today spend their money on expensive brand name clothing, even if the quality of the product doesn’t live up to the extremely high prices. People have the mindset that the products with the brand names attached to them will make them feel confident and sexy. This is why most advertisements use “sexy” images because they know that sex sells. I definitely think that these kinds of ads sell better in our society today, because most people have a common goal of trying to be sexy, and they believe that with buying these products maybe they could achieve that. However, some people can take the ads in a very wrong way and see them as a threat to our society. Like, the calvin klein ads mentioned in this article. The ad for underwear featured younger boys in their underwear and many people thought that it was promoting homosexuality and it qualified as child pornography. I thought that it was a little crazy for people to take it that far. How are they supposed to sell children’s underwear, without having children wearing the underwear? How come it’s okay for adults to be in an ad wearing their underwear? Like Victoria secret, for example? All ads are going to offend someone somewhere, so there is really no way to keep everyone happy.

Weasel Words

I thought this was a very interesting article. It’s amazing all the words that advertisements use to trick the viewers into buying their products. Before reading the article, I never really paid attention to the amount of weasel words that are used in most ads. Some ads consist only of weasel words and do not even say anything about the product. It astonishes me that we fall into their traps and purchase their products just from watching these ads without even knowing exactly what we are buying half the time. I knew of some of the weasel words mentioned in this article like “help” and “new and improved”. However, I never thought of words like “virtually” as being a weasel word before reading this. I think that ads use more than just the words to persuade people to buy their products. The way they lay out the ad with the objects, colors, and scenery also play a big part in attracting consumers to their products. For example, if an ad consists of “good looking” people I think they are more likely to sell their products. After reading this article, I’m definitely more aware of the words and objects that are used in different advertisements. Now I will take more time to look behind the weasel words and see what the advertisement is actually saying before I jump right in and buy the product.

Grey's Anatomy

One of my favorite shows on television right now is Grey’s Anatomy. I was excited to hear that the show won the golden globe for best drama this year, and I definitely think they deserved it! The show follows the lives of a group of surgical interns and their crazy work schedules and complicated relationships.

In this week’s episode we learn that George’s dad, who just went through surgery for cancer, was only hanging on with life support and the family had to decide whether or not to continue with the life support. George and his family are very close and they immediately looked to him for the answer. Although it was extremely hard, George explained to them that he was going to die so they should put him out of his pain and take him off the life support. Together the family agreed with George’s decision. When they took George’s dad off of the life support, it was a very emotional moment in the show. They did an excellent job of expressing each characters emotion and that in turn pulled me in and heightened my emotions as well. I can relate to George and what he went through because my family had to make the same decision with my grandma. It was one of the hardest things my family has ever endured, and I think that the show did a great job showing the hardship that George and his family encountered.

Meredith, another intern, was inspired to mend her broken relationship with her dad because she saw the wonderful relationship George had with his dad and she wanted to experience that before it was too late. She took a small step and asked her dad if he snores, because her boyfriend, Derek, had been complaining about her loud snoring and she knew that she didn’t get it from her mother. Although it was a silly question, the question helped them hold a conversation, which is something they haven’t done in a long time. I’m glad Meredith built up the courage to talk to her dad and help restore their relationship. I think this episode had a good message, saying that life is too short, and we should not live it being mad at family and the ones we love. We should do everything we can to keep our relationships with our friends and family alive because we never know when they will end.