Nowadays, advertisements became more popular than how they used to be a few decades ago. From publicity on TV to posters on the street walls, it can have both a positive and negative impact. Some individuals think that advertising encourages us to buy products we may need to improve our daily lives, others,on the other hand, say that it motivates us to buy useless things. Personally, I partially agree with both ideas and this essay will discuss my point of view in the following paragraphs, including some examples from my own experience.