Crbing the One-eyed Monster

Subject: English I

Overview

The owners of television stations are highly wealthy people. They don't give us the whole story. Their major objective is to keep us in the hands of advertisers as long as they can. The common folks are sick of being protested against. The simplest and most straightforward approach to remove our home television set or to place it outside. We might have missed some extremely helpful programs and ended ourselves alone. However, we can do something truly meaningful with the free time. Real life is possible for us. We can familiarize oneself with the higher levels of literature, art, and music. However, television misleads us by showing us reality in fragments and at its lowest quality. We are unsure of what reality is. We follow the instructions of advertisers or affluent individuals. With our money, we fill their pockets to the brim. Therefore, avoiding television is the best method to prevent misinformation from reaching us. We have been made to believe that living naturally is inferior, and as a result, we are obligated to live artificially.

Curbing the One-eyed Monster : Fiona C. Jenkins (1947)

Summary

The negative effects of television are highlighted in the book "CURBING THE ONE EYED MONSTER" by Fiona C. Jenkins by exposing how it curtails our free time and creativity. The author claims that a small group of outrageously wealthy individuals control corporate media. These corporate tycoons produce pricey TV ads with little content. When a customer is brainwashed and buys the product, they realize that the commercial's unfavorable elements have entirely hidden the truth behind it.

Fiona also tries to convince the readers by highlighting its shortcomings. All readers are urged by Fiona to put the television away and make an effort to immerse ourselves in the best works of art, music, and literature. Additionally, Fiona exhorted everyone to stop watching TV in favor of scheduling time to read books, engage in conversation, enjoy sunsets, and travel. In the essay's end, a few words from the poem "GREAT SCOTT! GADZOOKS" are displayed, and the two look to be strikingly similar, indicating that she has been profoundly affected and heavily influenced by it. Fiona also urges readers to stop imitating and replicating other people's cultures. She asserts that we have mental power over ourselves. If we don't watch TV, advertisers will ultimately stop watching phony advertising. We should introduce and develop beneficial attributes that will make our life sensible rather than becoming television addicts.

Application of Four Levels

  • Literal Comprehension
    • The folks who own television stations are very affluent. We are not given the complete narrative. Their main goal is to keep us dependent on advertisements for as long as possible. The average person is tired of facing protests. The simplest and most direct method for removing or moving our home television set is outside. It's possible that we would have ended up by ourselves had we missed some really useful programs. However, we may use the spare time to accomplish something truly worthwhile. We can live a real life. We can become acquainted with more advanced works of music, art, and literature. However, television deceives us by presenting reality to us in shattered and degraded form. The nature of reality is unknown to us. We do what advertisements or wealthy people tell us to do. We stuff their pockets full of our money. Therefore, the greatest way to stop false information from reaching us is to avoid watching television. We are forced to live artificially because we have been led to believe that living naturally is inferior.
  • Interpretation
    • The author of this essay might be attempting to persuade us that instead of watching TV, we should focus on exposing ourselves to the best in art, music, and literature. Super-rich people own the majority of the TVs. Tycoons use deceptive ads to completely brainwash the populace. Therefore, the thesis of this essay can be to never watch TV. The author might also be attempting to convince us that watching TV all the time will kill our imagination, cause it to decay, and dull our minds. Not only will watching those commercials clean our brains, but it will also inspire the dishonest and profit-driven advertisers.
  • Critical Thinking
    • Although the article has encouraging messages for all people, I thought several of its arguments were rather weak. Can a regular person give up television entirely? Are all of the television advertisements fake? Can't we just watch a few stations, like news and sports? Do we even need to give up watching TV? Are all television shows and commercials equally bad? Does television pose a threat to social freedom? With the exception of these issues, the essay is excellent and fascinating.
  • Assimilation
    • I believed that televisions were the best sources of knowledge until reading this essay. The advertisements on the TV would only be good for me. However, after reading the piece, I realized how harmful and destructive television was. It might manipulate consumers into purchasing the goods they see in commercials. I will therefore never watch TV's pointless programs again. I'm making a gradual effort to completely forgo watching television, and in its place, I'll read books, go on trips, and hang out with pals.

Referance

(Subedi, K.P. and Bhandari, M.B. (2014). Business English. Kathmandu: Highland Publication P. Ltd.)

 

 
Things to remember
  • The book "CURBING THE ONE EYED MONSTER" by Fiona C. Jenkins demonstrates the drawbacks of television by highlighting how it saps our creativity and leisure.
  • According to the author, a relatively small number of obscenely affluent people run corporate media.
  • The author of this essay might be attempting to persuade us that instead of watching TV, we should focus on exposing ourselves to the best in art, music, and literature.
  • The author might also be attempting to convince us that watching TV all the time will kill our imagination, cause it to decay, and dull our minds.
  • We have been made to believe that living naturally is inferior, and as a result, we are obligated to live artificially.

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