Analysis: The Simpsons SOC 100 July 21‚ 2014 Sandra Hightower Abstract This paper takes a look at a satirical animated family of the television show‚ The Simpsons from the symbolic interactionist perspective and how society is harmed by social inequality bias. There are two distinct social inequalities in the episode‚ “Luca$” that deal with skinny verses obese and outlaw verses law. The skinny characters of Marge‚ Lisa‚ Maggie and the outlaw characters of Snake and Bart were seen as
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The murder case of the former NFL hero‚ O.J. Simpson captivated the audience all over the United States. Simpson nicknamed “The Juice‚” won the Heisman Trophy in 1968 and then went on to become one of the most famous running back in the history of the NFL. Simpson broke single season rushing records and still holds records in the NFL. 1979 Simpson retires from the NFL and is inducted into Pro Football Hall Of Fame. In 1985 Simpson marries Nicole Brown having two children‚ while he also was having
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What is personality? Personality is partly reflected in what we do and say. For example‚ an optimistic person will work joyfully and speak about positive things while a pessimistic person will work sorrowfully and speak about negative things. Personality captures the central features of a person and it influences the person in different aspects of life such as work‚ marital life‚ studies and so on. Thus‚ people have interest to find out about themselves. In addition‚ this explains the reason of the
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shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly‚ we should die.” Personality is a pattern of behavior thought‚ and emotion unique to an individual‚ and the ways they interact to help or hinder the adjustment of a person to other people and situations (Wright‚ 1998). It has always been a cliché saying that our personality defines us‚ but it is true then. These are the things which could describe the kind of person we are. But the catch is that‚ we shape our personality and our personality
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and the relationships we acquire. Two landmark films in American cinema‚ Citizen Kane and It’s a Wonderful Life‚ touch upon the topic of the valuation of a man through different means and character development. Along with the television series The Simpsons‚ both of the aforementioned works expounds upon where value genuinely lies in American culture. In Orson Welle’s 1941 masterpiece Citizen Kane‚ viewers follow the life path of newspaper mogul Charles Foster Kane. The film begins with Kane on his
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Argumentative Synthesis of The Simpsons and Parody Parodies‚ today‚ can be found just about everywhere in literacy and in some forms of media; TV or internet. A parody is a literary term meaning‚ an exaggerated impression of another literary works’ style. Prominent examples of parodies are found in the film industry. The Simpsons is a great example of a show that uses parodies. The Simpsons usually has parodies of films‚ most conspicuous example is the film Citizen Kane. In the episode Rosebud‚
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In 1995‚ OJ Simpson was tried for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson (his ex-wife) and her friend‚ Ron Goldman. Surprisingly‚ the twelve jurors found OJ Simpson not guilty in spite of a lengthy and highly publicized trial. I believe the jury’s not guilty verdict was a result of many reasons. The defendant was a popular athlete and actor whom many looked up to and admired. His main defense lawyers‚ Robert Shapiro‚ and Johnnie Cochran were top notch. During jury selection‚ both defense and prosecution
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Determinants of Personality Following are the factors which help in shaping one’s personality: 1. Heredity - Heredity refers to factors that are determined once an individual is born. An individual’s physique‚ attractiveness‚ body type‚ complexion‚ body weight depend on his/her parents biological makeup. 2. Environment - The environment to which an individual is subjected to during his growing years plays an important role in determining his/her personality. The varied cultures in which we are
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forgotten‚ and items will perish. A spiritual teacher by the name of Adyashanti offers a theory for that: “When we make a purchase and/or get what we want‚ we are temporarily happy and fulfilled. But the reason for happiness is not because we got what we wanted‚ but because for a brief period of time‚ we stopped wanting‚ and thus we experience peace and happiness.” The short story ‘Approximations‚’ by Mona Simpson demonstrates the belief of materialism
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’trust’ could also be considered when evaluating the text. The text “skin attack‚ sex attack” produces assumptions of a situation‚ yet it is still ambiguous to who‚ what‚ and how the situation has occurred. Thus linking back to what Fusco stated "Simpson points to the inadequacies of language - written and photographic” (1993‚ p27)‚ as here both image and text produce ambiguities. Thus alike to Martha Rosler‚ Simpson’s within Simpson’s work image and text are also inadequate at producing the transparent
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