. They don't do many other things besides watch TV. Also, the word couch potato adds humor to her perspective by the use of exaggeration. With this, she avoids making her piece boring by just listing reasons why TV provides an escape for us. Family is a major value that is being expressed in Spudding Out. "Compare your family to, for example, the Huxtables." (Ehrenreich 345) Throughout her piece, Ehrenreich is shows families that they may actually be dull. She wants the audience to realize that their family isn't perfect and by watching TV we are able to experience that excitement on TV. Freedom is shown in a negative way in this piece. Ehrenreich shows that we have the freedom to not be such a dull family. We can go out, have a picnic or do other things that can add excitement to our lives. But families don't do that. Instead they become "couch potatoes," living their lives through the lives of actors and actresses.
             Like Ehrenreich, Heather Havrilesky uses her perspective to show ho
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