Creative Writing Argument

The John Lewis advert was confusing, terrible and unrealistic. It is also unrealistic and unscientific; these are the adverts hat give children false hopes! An example of this is when the snowman lasted the long, trekking journey without melting. This idea is absolutely preposterous! My question is how can a snowman be a magical creature? Another way that this advert infuriates me immensely is when they represent Christmas as an idealistic image, that Christmas is always perfect for everyone. This image infuriates me because Christmas isn’t perfect for everyone, and people should remember there are many people across the country that are less fortunate who are in poverty, and this advert doesn’t bring this across. What is Christmas really about?

Firstly, one part of this advert that brings utter outrage to me, purely for the fact that it is so improbable is when the huge herd of sheep come rampaging towards the snowman. Practically the snowman would of melted like a vapour in the sun. This could cause false hope for children that snowmen are indestructible, and could cause emotional distress for when the snowmen are no longer there. Do parents really want to see adverts, which can affect their children in a horrible way? In addition the snowman’s facial expressions change throughout the advert, which makes me question what is reality in an advert? How much factual, scientific information is involved in adverts? A snowman is not a real creature, it is just a structure made out of precipitation in the form of flakes!

Secondly a scene of the advert that irritates me beyond belief is when the snowman returns to the snow girl with a present of a hat, scarf and some gloves. Some people may say that this is a miracle; I think that it is ridiculous. How could a snowman acquire these objects? Have you every seen a snowman walking around the streets at Christmas? To continue with this idea that a snowman can acquire these objects, the snow girl then goes on to open the...