Clyde Bruckman's The X-Files

5. Radel and colleagues (2011) conducted a study of how feeling overly controlled makes you desire—even unconsciously—more freedom. In their study, 52 Canadian undergraduates played a video game in a laboratory and were randomly assigned to either:

Some people believe that the more money a person has, the less satisfied the person is in life. Women’s emotions are not affected the same, but some women’s emotions are affected differently by dealing with different men with different income compared to other men. The show, Mad Men, takes place in the 1960’s New York, portraying the life of the protagonist, Don Draper (Jon Hamm), the Creative Director of Sterling Cooper Agency, an advertising agency owned by Roger Sterling (John Slattery). Don Draper is praised for his work, but many of the employees in the company, like Draper, are filled with arrogance and disrespect that not only the men face, but the women tolerate. The episode “Shoot” mainly focuses on how Don does not want his wife, Betty Draper (January Jones), to model again, on how the agency is trying to figure out how to stop John F. Kennedy’s campaign on the air, and how Don is trying to figure out to leave Sterling Cooper Agency and work for McCann-Erikson Firm, a different advertising agency. Throughout the episode, many can notice the men degrading and utilizing the women in the episode by making rude, sexual remarks towards the women or competing to be better than the women. Betty symbolizes a married woman who becomes more dependent as her husband becomes more successful. Betty’s expectation to be a dutiful, nurturing mother is displayed in her mother-daughter relationship. This episode’s depiction of working, single women indicates that single women are

If one has no desire to look further in life and discover new ideas or uncharted territory, they will eventually lose the voracity for their existence. The author even goes to say that the curious are the only ones with lives worth living and a tale worth telling.

People develop multiple reasons to why they like to receive these odd and fear emotions, which now in society we call insanity. In the “Why We Crave Horror Movies” by Stephen King, whose main argument is that we watch horror movies to satisfy our curiosity. In the “How Tabloid Train Wrecks Reinventing Gothic Literature” by Carina Chocano, whose main argument is to prove how gothic literature is very similar to gossip; for example, gossiping makes people turn into ghosts, unnatural. It’s tempting to see Gothic tales as escapism, but these stories will sum up during times of trouble. Fascination with fear or Gothic stories satisfies some emotional need of individuals and of society by making people feed on their inner childhood that is inconstantly needed of satisfaction. People can do that by watching horror movies or reading tabloids and that is why they enjoy scaring themselves.

To be able to have control over a situation, first you need to have control over yourself. We can use as an example Stephen King´s novel Cujo written in 1981. In the book, Donna Trenton´s four year-old son dies and the reason for that is because Donna wasn´t able to grasp control of the situation. Her desperation didn´t allow her to think clearly and she never actually stopped and tried to figure out a solid plan, she just did everything as she went along. If Donna had been able to have control over herself and stop her desperation from clouding her mind, she might have been able to

The viewers are positioned in the group of people who are educated by crime knowledge. Television helps viewers to shape the way that they understand the world. They were educated to understand the social world and to recognize of right and wrong. The show warns the audience that the crime happens anytime any place. However, Even though the world contains crime and violence, people would not be hopeless because the police as a moral authority and they are the embodiment of justice.

Although accomplishing anything can be difficult without passion, too much passion leads to obsessiveness. Unlike passion, obsessiveness causes the mind to go mad by disregarding its surroundings and dedicating every moment to one sole purpose and focus. This tunnel vision affects a person’s ability to make choices that will benefit oneself and those around him or her in the future. This scenario presents itself in several pieces of literature including Wuthering Heights, “Porphyria’s Lover”, and Frankenstein. Besides singular language being used to explain the thought processes of obsessed characters, some authors primarily focus on giving the actions only to the obsessed character.

Why individuals partake in certain acts has been questioned since humans were able to think for themselves. This very question is at the heart of Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, wherein Jekyll, through chemical transformations, creates another version of himself named Hyde so that he could partake in certain acts that he felt were not possible as things stood. Jekyll’s creation of Hyde appears to be preposterous, but as Hyde, Jekyll is able to keep his reputation unharmed, indulge all his desires, and further study the human mind.

Web. 2002. X-Files. “Little Green Men” By Chris Carter. Perf. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.

The Truman Show was an odd show because the idea of the plot could potentially be in effect at this very moment. Just like how The Matrix could also be in effect, but this show seemed very creepy to me because of the plain lie to Truman. One thing that hits a button within me is the whole concept of lying. I don't know if I was lied to once when I was young and how it made me feel never changed, or if it is the idea that the truth for whatever reason can't reveal itself is such a bullshit idea. I think that even if the truth is so bad the person still deserves to know even if not knowing would be in their best interest.

“The X-Files”, a spine-chilling sci-fi that gets you on edge about the unsolvable mysteries of the paranormal. With a mix of factual truth, in some cases or episodes from “The X-Files,” are actually based off of true stories that will give you the heebie-jeebies. From aliens, monsters, to serial killers, and religious cults, any person observing this show, it will be enthusiastic to occupy oneself with more seasons of “The X-Files.” If you're not the one that likes ”spooky” films, then this show will suit you as well. There is plenty of sarcasm and wisecrack with the side of enchantment to give the show the ultimate twist of ineffable.

Some people may say that having control over someone or something can bring satisfaction and a sense of power. In the an article called “Gunman Kills Himself After Hostage Drama (584)” written by Charles P. Wallace and Tim Waters loss of control and the feeling of being helplessness makes Robert B. Rose commit a last act of asserting control over himself. In another article written by Martin E.P. Seligman called “On Learned Helplessness (585)” the feeling of loosing control of oneself is something that can cause someone to do things that they thought they would never do. What is hard to understand is that some of the things the someone may commit may implicate the lives of others in a negative way and the ending result could be death.

In human nature there exists a morbid desire to explore the darker side of life. As human beings we make every effort to deny our curiosity in the things that frighten us, but deep down we secretly thrive on that cool rush of fear. Despite our efforts to maintain a balance of our emotions, we are a society of people who slow

An individual’s personal control plays a vital part in the ability to just enjoy life as it is. Some people have no cares in the world but also may have little motivation to achieve goals. I feel having the right level of control in your life is very important to happiness. “In modern cognitive theories of OCD, control issues are implied in the concept of inflated responsibility, which involves attributing to oneself exaggerated “power which is pivotal to bring about or prevent subjectively crucial negative outcomes” (Salkovskis, 1996, pp. 110–111).

I believe that control is merely an illusion that we like to believe we have. In one of Dr. Caulder's sessions with Ethan, the guards are asked to leave and soon Dr. Caulder is held captive by Ethan and is demanded to write down what he has lost. Dr. Caulder answers “control” but Ethan says no and asks a few more times. Finally realizing what Ethan is talking about, Dr. Caulder writes down “illusion.”Ethan then explains how we only have the illusion of having