Blog 45: Whoops!

I realized the blog for yesterday was the title exercise, so I'm doing that today. The title for my paper is "A Great Divide". I kind of like this even though I came up with it in class when she told us we had to write it on the board. However, it sounds like its too vague. So, I think I'm going to with something like "The Rich's Understanding of the Poor". However, I also don't like this, but I thought of it in about 30 seconds, so I'll probably end up finding another one. Anyway, here is the opening paragraph to my commonplace paper, subject to change,

Picture a celebrity. This celebrity comes from a rich family, has tons of money, and hasn’t really worked for anything in their lives. They live in Beverly Hills and get paid millions of dollars to live their life in front of a video camera. One day this celebrity realizes that they aren’t in tune with the lower class, and they have a change of heart. They start to donate to charity, give speeches to the lower class; maybe even visit a third world country. After they have started this huge public campaign to help out the lower class, they start to proclaim that they “get” the lower class. In reality, all they really did was address the problem in ways that made their own image look better. They still do not know what it’s like to not know the next time they will eat, live on minimum wage, or not make payments on a house. All they know is what it’s like to give money to the lower class and talk to them in impersonal venues. The only person who really benefits is the celebrity; people are more likely to adore them because they have shown a care for the lower class. 

I promise it makes sense in the end.

Matthew