Should Celebrities Have On Our Lives Deborah King Analysis

Since ancient times, celebrities have always been looked up to as gods—someone better than ‘regular’ people. In his short essay response, Collin Palmer feels as if our obsessions are being falsely exaggerated. In reality, most obsessions aren’t as bad as Deborah King makes them out to be. Although Collin Palmer did not address how admiration may guide teenagers down the wrong path (that's not their own), I concur that many teenagers today do not let celebrities change who they are and their future. King believes that we have left our own reality, and trapped ourselves in the reality of the people we look up to. Palmer, however, truly believes, that the obsession and passion we have for the people who get far in life, isn’t as appalling as

In King’s article, “The Impact Celebrities Have on Our Lives”, she states, “Angelina Jolie is another celebrity who, although she had a very rocky and well-known past, has come to be one of the great spokeswomen about the living conditions children in various third world countries face, and was given the title of UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador in 2001” (6). This shows that some people can actually have a tragic past, and still get themselves out in the world, exactly like Angelina Jolie. If Angelina Jolie can recover, can’t someone else recover from an obsession? The article, “Celebrities: Why are some people obsessed with celebrities?” by Oliver J. R. Cooper, states, “A consequence of this childhood trauma is that one's true self is covered up and denied. It creates a disconnection from what is actually true and real. [...] This means that all that has yet to be realized on the inside will then be projected externally and onto other people. And one will then have a tendency to look up to people that display the characteristics that they have yet to realise themselves.” This shows, as someone is recovering, they will use celebrities as a comfort-since they didn’t have anyone else. This isn’t exactly an obsession, but perhaps, a diversion. Over time, you will grow tired of it, and move on, like everyone else. So even though King has been trying to put teens on the ‘right’ path, while most of the time, it will