Teen Literature and Fan Culture talks about the sub culture of people that create their own storylines of their favorite entertainment franchises. This happens because the original writer of a series creates an entire universe with all these moving parts. The main storyline follows the main characters and whatever is relevant to their story, but what about the small things that happen? Fans will take said small things and make a whole new storyline out of it that correlates with the original story, and sometimes they turn out really good. On Novel Reading is about the novels little kids read since there are many with bad values for children to read about. Kids have wild imaginations and are easily shaped to think a certain way, so they should be reading the books that teach them good values and lessons because what they learn as kids usually carries over into adulthood. Frank Rose, author of The Art of Immersion, says many of the movies we have today are visually striking because of the technology we have today to make movies the best. These graphics make the films immersive, but the visuals aren't the only thing that can get people interested in staying tuned. Storylines and the content of a film can make it difficult for one to stop watching, and that is somewhat of a scary thing. If people get too attached to things in movies that aren't real, and expect cinematic things to happen in real life, those people could lose touch with reality. My Zombie, Myself, talks about why people are attracted to zombies and why they are so popular in our culture. We have shows like The Walking Dead and Santa Clarita Diet, and movies like Zombieland and Night of the Living Dead. Chuck Klosterman believes our interest comes our commonalities with the undead, but not because we are dead. He compares people's attitude towards everyday life to a zombies behavior since people sometimes dread their everyday schedule and act like zombies. The Matrix was a revolutionary movie that is about Neo's consciousness in a device that he learns to take control of. The author of Escape from the Matrix, compares social media outlets like Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook to the program Neo learned to master. Social media creates a a simulation of real life with the people you follow because what they post shows up on your timeline. And since it is all connected to the Internet, and the speed of the Internet is quick, what is seen is nearly real time. People get sucked into their phones and sometimes never look up. I see this everyday in public areas. In Why Video Games Should Be Played with Friends, the author explains the dangers of playing online with strangers. When you're playing with strangers, anyone could be on the other side of the screen doing whatever they want. Usually everyone has a microphone when playing, so anyone can have a conversation in a public lobby. Many people pose to be someone else to keep a conversation, and it can end in a ton bad ways. There have been cases of adults luring kids to meet in real life because they tricked the kid into thinking they were another kid. Gerard Jones, the author of Violent Media Is Good for Kids, thinks that kids need violent outlets or entertainment to deal with their emotions. He says they need brave heroes to learn how to take care of themselves even if it depicts violence. Kids will learn who they are by doing bad things and having hostile behavior. And lastly, Michael Chabon, author of Secret Skin explains that comic books really are a platform of creativity and art. People that didn't grow up with comic books might be intolerant of them and disregard them as an art form. Chabon was really trying to get the point that it really does help kids in their stages of transformation while growing up.
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