Rushdie illustrates the reality Tv set with the Colosseum where the gladiators fight with the animals. I think this as an important point because today, people can be so furious and with today’s media becoming famous is a piece of cake. If these two trigger each other, dangerous results could occur easily and we could find ourselves watching two people beating each other  until one of them is death and even the worse we can find ourselves laughing and enjoying it!

In my personal idea, I see this as a ‘rating’ issue. The reason Tv channels produce these kind of shows is to get more people to watch them and rise their ratings. It could be seen as a mutual effect from the side of those who want to raise their own ratings and be on the front pages all the time.

I assume that Arnold, in this story is an imaginary character that is being shaped with Connie’s thoughts. What makes me think this is because of the way he acts in the story. He is described as a rebel guy like the type that girls want to be with and Connie sees him as a ‘boy figure’ maybe most like a sexual object. Connie wants him to like her and the way she looks and Arnold tells her ‘She is cute’. This makes Arnold an imaginary charecter because her ideas are dependent on Connie. She actually leads the whole situation.  While reading I got tired of Arnold’s insistence to Connie but there is reason for this: Connie can’t decide if she wants go with Arnold or not. So she saves some time to herself using Arnold and eventually decides to go with him. Even though she gives us the feeling  that she is trapped between Arnold and her parents and likely to dismiss Arnold, she doesn’t! This opens a question that she wouldn’t make him insist this much unless she wants to choose her family over Arnold.

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