Analysis Of John Sullivan's Getting Down To What Is Really Real

John Sullivan, someone who believes in the idea of perseverance, working through obstacles and not afraid of dealing with issues head on. If he had a problem with anybody he would let him or her know—not succumbing to the “two-faced” act of today. That was his mentality toward life. However, this approach may be slowly dying out, in “Getting Down to What is Really Real” Sullivan is able to interview the Miz and other various cast members from his favorite show since the debut season—The Real World and uncover just how misrepresented reality has become due to reality television shows. Sullivan asserts, “throwing carbonic acid on our castmates because they used our special cup and then calling our mom to say, in a baby voice, ‘People don’t get

His persuasiveness comes from how well he switches the diction depending upon the context of the situation thus able to emphasize the effect reality television has had on these younger generations. Waiting inside the club for the Miz to become free, Sullivan conversing with a girl was going to ask a question “if a little hoochie tunnel leading straight to the Miz’s presence hadn’t opened right at that moment, causing her to spring from my side toward his” (91). The diction he chose to use, primarily the phrase “hoochie tunnel” which portrays a pathway lined with “the sort of girls who, when dudes asks them to show their breasts and asses, show their breasts and asses” (90-91) dictates the tone of this paragraph—one of embarrassment for the generation. This young woman would drop everything in an instant to see someone who, in her mind was the epitome of a present day king. Reality television has these younger minds “whose very consciousness had been formed by these shows (97) believing that the actors and actresses (if you can call them that) are significant idols to strive to be however, that could not be further from the truth. The process in which these actors and actresses are chosen depicts an entirely different veracity than what the student generation would

Through maturing and experiencing the norms of life on their own, these students would eventually realize that reality television shows were not actually how the world functioned, putting the idea of behaving similar to their old idols behind them. Unfortunately, the possibility exists that the vast number of reality television shows could have slightly affected their personalities. By viewing how the actors and actresses perform on these shows and welcoming the notion that this type of behavior is acceptable could lead to potential social conflicts. The social conflicts could be minute as reoccurring arguments or sever enough to be terminated from their position if they did not acknowledge and make the necessary adjustment(s) to act as a normal and functional human being in a group setting (not to say those who suffer from personality disorders are any less