Us and Them Analysis

My initial reaction to this piece was I found it very entertaining.  The author describes how he basically stalked a family, the Tomkeys, that he thought was out of the ordinary because they didn't own a television. The author would stand outside this family's window and watch them eat dinner. He pitied  the childern because they were deprived or ignorant of aspects of life because they hadn't learned them from watching television.  I think it's the author who should have been pitied, because he thought the important things in life were knowing who Elmer Fudd was and Halloween candy.   The way the author describe how he and his sisters reacted to giving their Halloween candy away, I think that this was quite commical and ironic.  The author thought the Tomkeys were crazy, when he would put his self in anaphylaxis because he was greedy.    The Tomkeys seemed to have a fuller life,  they went on trips to the lake, they had more family socializing.  Compared to the author's family, who sat in front of the televison most of the time.    I personally could careless if I didn't have a computer or television.  I think this article was filled with irony of how one person can think one family's way of life this is strange, when their own way of life is just as strange.