Argumentative Essay

In modern society, the media is one of the best means for us to come closer to celebrities. However, the media place more and more heavy emphasis on the opinions and actions of these people. In my opinion, it is not really important to pay attention to these opinions and actions because it will badly affect on their private life as well as ours.

First of all, paying attention to what celebrities think and do will bring their private life intense annoyance. Whenever they appear, they always try to keep their image as a perfect person in the eyes of the public. Their actions are often noticed, even  small ones such as smiling, making-up, dressing, particularly their love. For example, the romantic relationship between Kristen Stewart, a charming American actress and a popular actor Robert Pattison has cost a lot of paper and ink of the media for a picture of Kristen kissing a director posted on many newspapers. Later, Robert was deep into stress. Although it is just a matter of one’s own life, the interference of the public in this situation causes the negative effects which destroy mostly what they have tried to build.

Secondly, eyeing to the celebrities’ actions and opinions also has effect on ourselves. Many young people spend a lot of time to catch information about the celebrities on the Internet. However, the fact is that most of the young prefer to have access to ridiculous websites relating to the show business. This not only wastes so much time but also distracts them from focusing on studying or working. In addition, the young’s behavior has been influenced by the famous people’s. They tend to imitate the celebrities’ lifestyle, actions and thoughts. For instance, many students like changing their hairstyles and fashion style as many Western stars. It seems somehow modern, but not suitable to our cultural standards.  However it is, try not to let the celebrities influence ourselves.  

Some people say that celebrities are talented and successful, so we should pay attention to their actions and opinions to learn from them. Nevertheless, some stars get famous not by their own efforts. For example, Lance Amstrong, who is one of the most famous cyclists in the world, used drugs to win seven championships of the race Tour de France. Furthermore, some stars are not well-behaved, which gives us nothing to learn. Imitating these bad actions misleads people to something unacceptable, such as arrogance, unsuitable fashion style, and so on. To conclude, celebrities are not always the good mirrors for us to follow.

In summary, whether our own life afflicted by the opinions and actions of celebrities or not is decided by ourselves. Whatever the celebrities’ opinions and actions are, we should not take our precious time on them too much because fame is just the representative of the  talent, not the goodness.