1. Heather Havrilesky's main insight on Mad Men is how the american dream is perceived as easy to obtain but in reality it is not. I can tell that because in the second paragraph she the typical american dream but then she also says that it is harder to get nowadays because its just something that isn't realistic.
2. A small description on the bottom of page 170 states that Havrilesky works at Salon and she is a television critic. She wrote this story at the beginning of a brand new season of the TV show Mad Men, which is based in the 1960's.
3. The author definitely peaks the readers interest and emotion right away in the first paragraph. At the end of the first paragraph she says that once we start continuously viewing the best of things and people that it slowly effects us personally and we think that our lives aren't good enough anymore. Also, at the top of 171 Havrilesky sums it up and says that we are falling short, always have been, always will be. No matter what we pass this feeling of dissatisfaction to our children. Another paragraph that sparks emotion in the reader is the third paragraph on page 174. She basically says the "behind the scenes" of the american dream. Even though what she is talking about is a TV show, it still reflects an everyday life. The author gives the reader the brutal truth about the american dream and that it just isn't that special once we get it.
4. I have not watched Mad Men before. I understand the basics of the show and how it clearly represents the "American Dream". Havrilesky has made me want to watch it, the first episode at least, so I know what I just read. Throughout the story she used very descriptive details to describe parts of events that have happened throughout the series. The one detail that stood out to me the most was on page 175 the last paragraph she said, "...embodied most gruesomely in the lawn mower accident last season." That made me curious as to what that statement is pertaining to.
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