Samantha Drumheller 9-15-13 Eng 111 Kanyo This essay was written to show the widespread obsession with

h celebrity culture and wanted to e plore her ideas on the sub!ect"# The essay Don$t Super Si%e &e' Dumbi(y &e# was written by an undergraduate ma!oring in English at )lorida State *ni+ersity name Samantha ,alarusse" ,alarusse wanted to point out how people these days are more interested in what (amous people are doing then how things around us ha+e an impact on us" She states ,-- no longer displays only domestic and international news. war on terrorism. or crisis situations around the world"# /ith the di((erent celebrities she points out 0 would ha+e to say she is trying to open up young adults eyes on this +ary important matter" &ore young adults need to be more in(ormed about things that will a((ect them then what some one (amous is doing" She does a +ary good !ob pointing out how young people 1now you i( your (amous but ha+e no idea who you are i( you helped change history" /hen ,alarusse wrote this essay (or her collage she really wanted to open her (ellow student$s eyes to this growing problem with our young people" She mentioned in her essay on how she went to a party and the sub!ect came up about the war in the &iddle East and only a (ew o( her (ellow students new 2hutto had been assassinated and e+en (ewer 1new who 2hutto was" This is her pointing out how people her age are ha+e no clue about the things that matter around them" So many people are more worried about other people and not themsel+es and what can hurt them but it seems to mostly be collage aged 1ids that (all in this category" 3ite o(( the bat ,alarusse points out how ,-- will be tal1ing about one thing but will ha+e something about a (amous person scrolling at the bottom o( the screen" 4s you read through the essay she shows multiple e amples o( how little people 1now about li(e changing e+ent around us but 1now a whole lot about (amous people" 4t the +ary end she sums it all up by saying 0t seems more people li+ing in the united states care about silly celebrity (acts then a bill being passed in ,ongress5 more about 6ilary ,linton$s masculine-turned-(eminine appearance then the political issues she supports5 more about 4ngelina 7olie$s se li(e then her humanitarian e((orts" To ma1e her point e+en stronger she points out that being (amous is not all that it seems" She points out a (ew celebrities and how they went (rom being a good person to hitting roc1 bottom" 4t the end o( the day she would li1e (or all o( us to stop worrying about what the celebrities are up to and start worrying about how the war is hurting us at home" 6ow is the bill that the ,ongress is about to pass going to a((ect our e+ery day li+es" 8ou could e+en learn a little more about what the celebrities are doing to help those that are not as well o(( as they are" 4nything that can help or harm you and your nation is a good thing to 1now"