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The Great Gatsby Documentary

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When you raise your head, you can see many media like TV, cell phones, computers, and so on. Many people who are alive today are exposed to lots of media. Mistry of Culture, Sports and Tourism(MCST) showed what people do in their leisure time in a graph. The graph says that most of the people(36.2%) spend thier leisure time watching TV, napping, or breaking, And the 25.4% of people go shopping, search the internet, and do games in their free time. Outside of that, participating sport clubs or traveling is also their leisure life. But overwhelmingly the electronic media account for many parts of the graph. People use them as taking adventage of and enjoying with them. Media occupy our life before we knew it. They became a part of our leisure life.
After waking up, people read newspapers and check today’s news. And then, they start their daily schedules. In the intervals of their work, they use their break time by searching internet, contacting with friends, or watching some videos that are being issued . Also, they chat with their companies and friends. When they finish their daily work, they back to home and watch TV or …show more content…

Even still now, a homosexual is blamed because just they are different with ordinary people. This movie is recommended to such people. In this movie, Bobby is a homosexual. He confessed his secret to his family. Except his mother, his family started to understand him little by little. But her mother was not. Her mother was a prejudiced religion and conservative woman. She tried to change her son. She thought that she can change him by praying. But it made him painful. Bobby decided to kill himself because he can’t be free from guilt. His mom made Bobby feel guilty. She thought her son should be cured. But after dead of her son, she changed her perception to a homosexual positively. She realized that “God did not heal him because there was nothing wrong with

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