Thursday, September 20, 2018
Fake Love-This is Emo
In the article, "This is Emo" by Chuck Klosterman talks about the idea of fake love. Fake love is being in love with the idea of love rather than being in love someone. Many people see fictional couples and they aren't realistic expectations of what real love is because they are often in situations that ordinary people are not. An example of this is Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez from the High School Musical trilogy. This couple exemplifies the idea that each partner fills the other's needs and makes their dreams come true. After they find each other their lives are happily ever after, which in real life is not usually the case. Young people see this in the movies and expect that their lives will be like this and this will happen to them. It gives kids unrealistic expectations of what to expect from true love. Not every relationship is going to be like Troy and Gabriella and people need to realize that there are ups and downs to relationships and it isn't happily ever after. Although all of us want to obtain the relationship status of many fictional couples, it shouldn't be the expectation.
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In response to your point, "Not every relationship is going to be like Troy and Gabriella"- in reality none of our relationships will. There is no person out there who is capable of solving the entirety of our problems. It's important that people realize that this love is impossible rather than rare, as people often think they are capable of being one of the rare few to find this "true" love that simply does not exist.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, it is important for people to be self-aware and realize that what they see in movies and television shouldn't be the expectation.Otherwise, if they don't then they will fall in the cycle of having unrealistic expectations of love.
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