Informative Essay On Board Games
Board games? Card Games? Generation Y? Those terms are rarely mentioned in synergy. That’s because you will hardly ever see us Generation Y’s sitting down by a round table with our families playing Scrabble or Monopoly, unless it’s McDonald’s limited promotional offer or solely for the purpose of drinking games. Other than that, we live and breathe technology. But what I will be explaining in this report is specifically how the Internet took over Generation Y’s lives, like the movie starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke, Taking Lives. However, before I get into all of that good stuff, I’m required to give a description about the history of Generation Y and the Internet, and the reason why we succumb to this evil, yet amazing, delightful,
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Joe Fox: Well... if I hadn 't been Fox Books and you hadn 't been The Shop Around the Corner, and you and I had just, well, met...
Kathleen Kelly: I know.
Joe Fox: Yeah. I would have asked for your number, and I wouldn 't have been able to wait twenty-four hours before calling you and saying, "Hey, how about... oh, how about some coffee or, you know, drinks or dinner or a movie... for as long as we both shall live?" (IMDB, n.d.)
This conversation from the movie is a clear depiction that things would be different had they met in person. Kathleen Kelly, the role of Meg Ryan also states that the Internet can express someone’s life as she connects to the Internet and into her email, having anxious feelings just to see if Joe Fox, or in this case, NY152 replied:
Kathleen Kelly: What will NY152 say today, I wonder. I turn on my computer. I wait impatiently as it connects. I go online, and my breath catches in my chest until I hear three little words: You’ve got mail. I hear nothing. Not even a sound on the streets of New York, just the beating of my own heart. I have mail. From you. (IMDB, n.d.)
This particular quote describes how the Internet has shaped Generation Y’s lives and how it can play a vital role in the way they
Joe Fox: Well... if I hadn 't been Fox Books and you hadn 't been The Shop Around the Corner, and you and I had just, well, met...
Kathleen Kelly: I know.
Joe Fox: Yeah. I would have asked for your number, and I wouldn 't have been able to wait twenty-four hours before calling you and saying, "Hey, how about... oh, how about some coffee or, you know, drinks or dinner or a movie... for as long as we both shall live?" (IMDB, n.d.)
This conversation from the movie is a clear depiction that things would be different had they met in person. Kathleen Kelly, the role of Meg Ryan also states that the Internet can express someone’s life as she connects to the Internet and into her email, having anxious feelings just to see if Joe Fox, or in this case, NY152 replied:
Kathleen Kelly: What will NY152 say today, I wonder. I turn on my computer. I wait impatiently as it connects. I go online, and my breath catches in my chest until I hear three little words: You’ve got mail. I hear nothing. Not even a sound on the streets of New York, just the beating of my own heart. I have mail. From you. (IMDB, n.d.)
This particular quote describes how the Internet has shaped Generation Y’s lives and how it can play a vital role in the way they