Escape Reality Essay

Reality is an option you may choose when you think about how you’ll want to live your life. Some don’t always choose reality, because their reality may be too painful, they could choose to take a hit of drugs until they’re numb so they won’t have to suffer. Living in an alternate reality whether it’s made by drugs, the people in power, or mind-numbing programs won’t actually benefit or put you ahead in life. Momentary lapses of escaped reality could be beneficial to staying sane. Reality isn’t always a joyous experience, but it won’t get better if you’re constantly in a dream world. In the story The Pedestrian the people in power dictate what everyone can and can’t see. The problem is that it seems that no one besides Leonard Mead seeks to

The song gives a description of the lead singer, Damon Albarn’s, addiction to heroin. The name Beetlebum in itself is a reference to inhaling smoked heroin which is called “chasing the beetle” and a supposed term from Damon for drug addict. The song talks about how Damon uses the heroin to escape the struggles his life brings, he calls the drugs “she” detailing how “she” lets him slip away, get numb, get nothing done, let violence’s be gone, and how can nothing be wrong while he’s on drugs. Heroin is toxic to Damon, it both health and in relationships, and he’s aware of it but he doesn’t know how he could live happily without “getting numb”. Addiction and escaping reality seem to be a common theme in popular Blur songs. In the Blur classic, The Universal, a world is presented to us where the world takes a universal drug that clouds reality and every acts as though it is fine. The music video for The Universal mirrors the imagery seen in Stanley Kubrick’s blockbuster film, A Clockwork Orange, but that’s not the only Kubrick film referenced with this track, the single cover art is in reference to an iconic scene in 2001:A Space Odyssey. Both of those films are hard to follow for the casual film-goer but the deeper meaning of both of them in societal corruption. Blur’s song Coffee and TV, written by guitarist Graham Coxon, tells of

Dreams can become a reality in a sense, but too much dreaming or using a substance to initiate dreaming can become a problem. The Pedestrian, The Monkey’s Paw, Beetlebum, The Universal, Coffee and TV, and Trainspotting are all prime examples of escaping reality being a negative solution of getting through life. Whether escaping of reality is self induced or spoon fed to the public by programs it is someway harmful. The true question is though, is it better to be a follower or a