Phenomenon
As I began my search for a phenomenon, one that is not only current history but one that also sways towards the evil, negative side of childhood life - violence - a gamut of ideas ran through my mind. I thought about all the ideas that were mentioned during class - Rave parties, arcades, Pro-wrestling, etc but none of them truly peaked my interest. Early Saturday morning as I was slouch down on the sofa half asleep it came to me. I wasn't at all very happy about lying across the sofa because I was so looking forward to sleeping in. Somehow the evening before I was talked into taking my nephew home with me. I had originally thought, "Okay, not a problem, he'll be ten in a couple of weeks, he'll probably want to sleep late just like I so desperately need to do." Much to my surprise here we are slough across the family room looking at cartoon. As I stared at the TV, I became astonished; every channel my nephew turned to was full of violence. They were all cartoons of some sort but everyone or thing in them was getting smattered, smacked or totally obliterated. I asked my nephew, "Are there not any decent cartoons on TV? He said, "This is decent and right after this Pokemon will be on. Well since my children are grown I hav
You play a young boy who strives to become the greatest Pokemon trainer in the history of mankind. I knew I wanted to an ethnographic component to this exploration but I had no idea what I was in store for. As I investigated this craze further, I learned some key fats about this phenomenon:· Pekemon is Nintendo's pride and joy debuted in Japan in 1995 as "Pocket Monster" for the Game Boy. Now I lay on the sofa staring between squinted eyes at what I later come to learn is not only a craze but has also been labeled as a phenomenon. In Japan, there's a Pokemon song that basically goes, "Can you name all the Pokemon?" and then lists the 150 species names. has yet to catch up with the Poke-fever and consumer orgy (as it is called in Japan). Apparently, kids who can't memorize all the names are socially shunned. I should have bought the tickets in advance but as we all know hind-sight is 20-20. You'll capture, raise and train monsters to assist in your quest to capture even more monsters. In addition to a trading-card empire, Pokemon boasts a line of comic books, videos and its own nationally syndicated TV series.
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