Big Paper

Throughout life i often wonder what make up a good and meaningful life to an individual. I noticed that it isnt just one idea or belief that surrounds one good and meaningful life but there are many. Many people have these theories that to have a good and meaningful life you have to surround yourself with family and friends, but within these lines are a thousand other ways to what a good and meaningful life is. From interviewing random people while on the streets of NYC and family and friends, I realized that many people actually were outside of these line with the theories i stated above. For example, one man who handing out free newspapers reported that a good and meaningful life is "Art," but when i asked to specify why art makes him have a good and meaningful life he said " because Im an artist." Anther random guy who was having alone time in the park stated that a good and meaningful life to him is "women, wine and song," which i did not understand what he meant but i found out that he was quoting a song. I assumed that a good and meaningful life to him is music because he quoted a song. Although these two men thought outside of these lines of just family and families there was one guy who still believe that family was apart of someone having a good and meaningful life. He stated that "family and accessories" makes up his good and meaningful life. There was one interesting comment that a candy man stated that you would not hear many people report. I asked him "what is a good and meaningful life to you?" he stated "I do not Know. Ask my Boss." I thought it was interesting to hear this because many usually involve family but this guy involved his boss, so i thought that his job was probably a good and meaningful life to him. I Life my good and meaningful life simply by sharing my love for my friends and family as well as my favorite hobbies such as writing and dancing. Sharing my love with my family and friends is the most meaningful things in my life because they are always there to give me a helping hand when i need it. But my hobbies such as dancing and writing are what make my life good. All of these things make up my good and meaningful life. Though we as people have our theories of what makes a good and meaningful life, we have the media that often give us ideas of what a good and meaningful life should be like. For example, we have MTV, there's people all over the world who watch this station. We often hear messages from this station that to have a good and meaningful life, you have to live your life like a celebrity, and the messages within this is to have the right body, wear the right clothes and be presentable(look good). Corporate media usually sends out three types of messages, they usually introduce the dominant, marginal and prohibited messages.