Love, Internet Style

I choose to do my final project essay on Love, Internet Style by David Brooks in Chapter 6. This essay argues for internet dating and how it brings back a process that was once shown in all dating relationships. I agree with what David Brooks is arguing, he says that for many generations Americans had a certain ritual that they followed when getting into relationships. The boy would ask the girl to a movie or a simple date where the boy would probably meet the father, then maybe after a few dates the boy would ask the girl to go steady. Now people do not take their time with relationships. Sex is a possibility on the first date which was unheard of over past decades. Brooks then argues how internet dating has changed that. He talks about how the two people that meet over the internet will exchange emails for a few weeks, then exchange phone calls for some time, then finally meet in person where the date will be simple like dinner or a movie. I agree with Brooks when he says that thanks to online dating people have started to get back into the same ritual as we have seen in years past. Online dating slows down the process that Americans have put into place now. Brooks argues that online relationships are at least as powerful as once that are met in person and that online relationships have a better chance of lasting than people that have sex on the first date.

compare and contrast essay

For my compare and contrast essay I have chosen to use The Blind Side. The Blind Side is a book and a movie about the struggles Michael Oher went through during his childhood. He is taken in by a nice family and later on becomes and NFL player. I will compare and contrast the different ways the book conveys it's message from the ways the movie conveys it's message. I personally think that the movie is more effective than the book in delivering the message due to the amount of emotion that the actors show. The book describes how the characters would act very vividly but to me it doesn't give the reader the same feeling watching the movie does. Seeing the actors put all of their emotion into how the characters would act, and live, and actually seeing images of what Michael Oher's life would have been like really grabs my attention more than reading the book does. They do have many similarities that I will also be able to discuss. These include the people in Michael Oher's life, major events that are talked about, and how Michael is portrayed.

Music Decoding

The song I choose to decode was let it burn by Usher. The main theme or meaning to the song is about Usher letting go of his wife. They went through a divorce and he sings about the steps he is taking to move on with his life. He starts by saying he knows he has to move on because its better to do it now then to hold onto her and hurt her in the end. He sings about how hard of a decision this is for him and he is speaking from his heart but there is nothing that can save their relationship. He continues to sing about how it is best for both of them to be apart even though it hurts. He explains how he wants the relationship to be over but does not want to see her with anyone else. Then his point of view changes and he starts talking about how twisted his heart is and how he can not move on from her. He knows he made a mistake but its too late to say that because he has pushed her away and she is gone. His heart will heart until she comes back to him but he realizes she will never come back so he is now the one that has to try and move on. He now has to tell himself that its best for himself to move on because nothing will change if they were back together. He has to "let it burn."