Conclusion

     With all these observations, I have realized that our society now focuses on things that are not that important. Houses, money,mad things of that nature are the primary focus of our lives. We want to make a lot of money so we go on reality television shows or game shows to gain money or win money in a way where we don't have to go to school to earn this money. We have cities such as Bridgeport that do not have a strive for education and are lacking in that area earning them less money in their households. Our focus isn't on the things that will bring us far in life like our education,creativity, and other factors of like that isn't tangible. Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends promotes creativity and individuality that is need to be taught since we are slowly losing the importance of those things. We need to teach our children and people of our age that it is better to be in school than to go on television. It will gain us the houses and the money but we must first focus on what is important in life. We are losing our focus slowly and it is affecting our generation. It is causing us to be less than we are and is polluting our minds to not be as significance as it should be. By watching shows such as Bad Girls Club, we are exposing ourselves to violence and accepting what shouldn't be accepted. By not having a bachelors degree, we are putting ourselves in a situation where we must work harder than others to make money. We are selling ourselves short and we must step away from all that is corrupting us and instead focus on what will help us in life. 

Creativity and Individuality

     Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends promotes individuality and creativity. In the show, there is all types of imaginary for ends that are seen and are made by children for a purpose. The show either reminds teenagers or adults of imaginary friend they used to have or tells a child now that it is okay for them to have an imaginary friend. It enhances the child to have an imagination which can die out quickly if not used. The show promotes making imaginary friends that make you happy whether that means making an all blue on or making one that doesn't really make sense to others but does to you. The show shows that being different is okay and that not everyone's imagination will be the same. Everyone has their own interests and  who they are. All the imaginary friend are different, none of them are the same in anyway. This is like our human race. We are all different and no one is going to be the same. It shows children that being different isn't wrong but they should embrace it. Even the boy in the show, Mac, is suppose to not believe in imaginary friends anymore which shows how our society tried to take away creativity and imagination from our children but Mac still decides to hold into his imaginary friend and in return becomes friends with other imaginary friends. The show also tells us not to judge a book by its cover. One of the imaginary friends, Eduardo, is a huge monster like imaginary friend. Though he looks tough on the outside, he is soft and weak on the inside. It shows that some people are not what they look like. You mist get to know them and understand who they are before you can judge. These themes should be thought to our children more often since it seems that individuality and creativity is dying slowly and we are all slowly beginning to be the same and do the same thing. There should be more shows as this one that teaches that creativity isn't a crime and being who you are is okay. This show teaches that everyone has a meaning and that no matter how different you look, you are this way for a reason and that creativity is key to a better view of the world. 

Shows Now

     Game shows and reality television promotes easy money and embracing the worse side of yourself. By running an obstacle course or fighting with someone on television, money is made without needing an education or working. Easy money is something that many of us want now. We all want to do nothing but make a lot of money. Even jumping from slippery courses is better than sitting in a classroom and preparing yourself for a job. It is about getting money fast and now. The wait isn't necessary when you have all these simple ways to make money on television. With shows such as American Idol or X Factor promotes making money of of your talent instead of going to school. It is fine to make moe y off of what you can do but education should be more of a primary focus and can enhance your talent to be more advanced than it is now. These shows influence making money is the easiest ways possible by using our talents, winning a game, or doing really nothing at all. It promotes a lack of excitement for going to school and making money by working at a job that you love. Instead it promotes to go on televisions and embarrass yourself or move on to not be as successful as you would hope. Shows such as Bad Girls Club really promote becoming famous by fighting and making a girls reputation sink terribly. It makes girls feel that they can do all that these girls do and it is okay. It is okay to curse like a sailor and to fight whoever doesn't feel the same that you do. It lets them feel that they need to party and not have much care about their future. Television now with these type of shows doesn't help our younger generation at all. It doesn't teach them anything beneficial at all. 

      Also, by making these shows entertainment, it makes it okay to those who watch it. So when a fight breaks out at school, they think it is fine and encourage the fight instead of doing the appropriate thing of getting a teacher. People watch someone slip and fall, they laugh instead of help them up. It is making our generation incapable of doing the right thing. It makes us more violent and accustomed to being lazy in a way. Though doing insane stunts isn't really being lazy, it is taking the easy way out which is in turn being lazy. These shows do not help our generation to strive but it is helping them to not work as hard in school and to be the next doctors, lawyers, or other jobs that can make them more successful in life than what these television shows promote. 

Big House, Small House

     Going through Greenwich today, I was surprised by how gigantic the houses were in the part of Greenwich I was in. Most if not all of these houses had a tennis court in front and had lavish gates that enclosed these mansion like houses and the long, swerved driveways that lead up to them. These are not the type of houses that someone would expect to find in Bridgeport. There is more multi-family homes and apartment buildings than huge, luxurious homes. It is fascinating to see how houses throughout the Fairfield County change throughout each town. The obvious reason is population. If there is more people in a city, then of course this town will have to make previsions for the people who are living there. But, the people who live there is the real reason to why there is such a huge difference when someone looks at the homes of each city in Fairfield  County.

      There is more African Americans and Hispanics in Bridgeport than any other city or town in Fairfield County. The household income is less as well compared to places such as Stratford, Cos Cobs, and other Cities and towns in Fairfield County. Does this lack of money and races play a factor in the different houses? It can play a huge factor. Overhearing my mom, "Greenwich is full of rich people." Of course, you have to be rich to have a tennis court in your yard but when looking at the census of Greenwich, there is a limited amount of African Americans and Hispanics. Where there is over $50,000 in income of the household, there is a gap of whites and African Americans and Hispanics. With Bridgeport being below, there is a very close amount of whites, African Americans, and Hispanics. Education is a factor as well. With Bridgeport, there isn't many people who have past their bachelor's degree making it harder for them to strive. 

       Yet, can this all be seen as cultural? In a sense it could be. If many people of a certain race isn't going to college, then they children and children afterwards won't do so as well. It leads a trend in the culture because soon many of these people are not going to college. With this lack of education leads to a lack of money. I feel that because these races do not take great pride in moving forward, they settle to what is out there for them which is a multi-family home and not a gigantic house with a tennis court. I am not saying that they must live as so or that they are comfortable with living as so. Who wouldn't want an enormous house? But to get there, education is needed and since there is a lack within the people then there is a lack of the houses with so much luxuries. The people who live in these towns and cities really determine what kind of houses are there in the towns and cities. 

Meaning of Ownership

     Houses are owned. Clothes are owned. The computer that I use to write this essay is owned. Ownership is possession of an object. It is the process of seeing and taking. It is making something your own. When someone owns an object, it shows who they are and what they want. Aristotle states that ownership of tangible goods helps to develop moral character. This can be seen as true. For example, owning a phone will build a much different moral character than owning a book.  But, are objects the only thing that someone can own that builds their characters? Jean-Paul Sartre argues that ownership extends beyond objects to include intangible things as well. Can someone own love? Own peace? Or maybe even own the feeling they get when we see their favorite dessert? If ownership is possession of an object and is seeing and taking then the answer to these would be yes. People can have possession over love and peace. They have the power to own the feelings they have each day. Ownership branches out much more than objects but is rooted by our own characteristics and is built from there. 

     As no one is the same, no one will own the same thing. A football player will not own the same equipment as a soccer player. They are two different types of sports having two different types of rules enforced in the game. As people's characteristics are different, what they own will definitely be different as well. Someone who is playful and active may own a dog while someone who is more serious and laid back will probably own a cat. What people have shows how different everyone is. Also, people's actions show this. When someone gives away their last pencil, it shows that they are selfless and willing to help. These actions show the intangible ownership that they possess. Not everyone will study for a test a week in advance, but for people who do then they own the ability to be studious and prepared.  Not everyone can play an instrument, but for those who can may own dedication and a love for music. There also is the factor of two or more people that own some things that are the same but not everything that they own will be the same. With both tangible and intangible, there are many different types and people choose the type that fits them and who the are.    

     Characteristics don't just appear after we own something though. They must be there from before. Notice how Aristotle says develop and not make. It isn't that characteristics come with ownership but that ownership comes with characteristics. Someone who is peaceful may not own a rifle. It wouldn't fit with their characteristics and the way theta they want to live. Who someone is plays a big part in what they will own. Ownership isn't random. Everything from the type of sheets someone buys for the bed to the house they own to live in all follows suit with what who they are. The characteristics are the base and ownership only moves from that base.

     Characteristics and ownership work hand in hand with each other. Though one comes before the other, someone really can't have characteristics and own nothing at all. Everyone have emotions and feelings at they possess inside of them. Ownership isn't just things that someone see but is also the unseen as well. So when people look at all that they own, they find who they truly are. Because ownership means to express the characteristics that someone has.