ENGLISH 101

When i read Plug in Drug, firstly i recall my best friend’s brother who called Doruk. He is eight years old now and he is hyperactive boy. When he was three or four, his mother usually let him to watch cartoons and some videos which are related to the songs. He had really interested in these programmes and watched them approximately four or five hours in a day. After a while, his family recognized that, he has started to spent time on his own. Thus, he did not communicate with their family and did not play with his toys. He generally insisted to watch his favourite television programmes regularly instead of explain his feeling and ideas. When his family worried about his state of mind, they went to a hospital. Doctor suspected to his behaviour and said that; Doruk can be autistic. As a result of some determination, the problem is revealed. He was not autistic but he had a serious communication problem owing to an addiction to television. This case also led to some unreasonable and ridiculous attitudes which are indicated themselves in Doruk’s life frequently. His family has taken crucial precaution in order to restrict his free time which is belongs to watch television. As a result of it, now, he is mentally and physically fine. However, if his family would not give enough important to alteration which shows themselves in Doruk’s behaviour, he will probably have serious mental problem. As we can see in this example, despite to the fact that television seems like funny machine which enjoys us, it plays a major role in shaping of our psychology and life style. Moreover, it influences our mental health, and communication skills, especially in play age and childhood period. I think that, the problems are not only related to the family bonds. Of course the relationships and commitments are significant factors in family life. However, under the difficult conditions, if the members of family are healthy, they can talk and solve their problems or share their opinions. I accept that, television damages their bonds and it reduces communication between family members. Hence it is harmful. On the other hand, i believe that, if they want, they can again eat lunch together, go to theatre etc. with no dependency to television. Because they are still conscious and they can aware of what happened inside and outside of the family. Conversely, as in other side of Doruk’s example, if the addiction becomes incurable and the member of family deprived of his mental health, they have no opportunity to regulate what happened before and their relationships.