Analysis Of Buffy The Vampire Slayer

The T.V show " Girlfriends" is very eye catching for young women between the ages of 16-35. It deals with girl related issues, for example: what am i going to wear on my first date, or do i look fat? These are some of the topics friends talk about. The show is based on four African American women who have been friends since early childhood, it takes place now in the present. The girls are in there mid-20's-early 30's. The characters names are Jone, Tony, Mya, and Lin. Some of the topics which they talk about include marrige, finnancial problems, legal issues, children, and fashion. Jone is a highly known attourney, Mya is Jone's secretary, Tony is a real estate agent, and Lin is a free soul.

In the TV show of Riverdale, the main character, Archie Andrews, is much like Socrates because both of their decisions are based on whether to save themselves or to benefit society. The basis of this is that Archie has to decide whether to do something that goes against his best interest, (due to the societal torment both him and Miss Grundy will receive if their relationship is discovered) but will help society as a whole (by finding out information to help with the murder), or do the opposite and help himself, but not help society. This connects to Plato’s argument in the Crito as Socrates has to make a similar decision on whether to save himself, and hurt society, or save society and let himself die.

Freaks and Geeks is a show about the relationships between the so called “freaks” of high school and the “geeks.” The show tries to show that the two groups are very different yet the same in many ways. Does the series premiere of this show reflect these ideologies?

“Friday Night Lights” is a true story about a run-down town in Texas called Odessa. There are two high schools in Odessa, Odessa High School and Permian High School. The “slums” of the town were usually where the minorities lived, compared to the nicer parts of the town where the whites lived. When the two schools were combined, a black politician started a movement to s bring together the minorities and whites. The minority school was shut down (which is not what was intended) and the better athletes were sent to Permian High and the rest were sent to Odessa High. Because Permian was better known for their athletics, they received all the more athletic minorities. As the story moves along, Boobie Miles, the star running back for the

Analysis of Friday Night Lights Friday Night Lights is a good view of how football envelops the live of everyone in the Texas town of Odessa. While it does use football as a main theme, I don't believe it is a book mainly about sports. The story is mostly about the people in a town that has nothing to look forward to except football. The story chronicles the lives of a few players and their parents. The author describes their background, characteristics, and reactions to football and life

Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s debut in 1997 reinforces the concept that “...since the late 1990s/early 2000s, the sympathetic vampire…has become distinctly more common in popular fiction and film than the monstrous stereotype as a vicious killer” (qtd. in Parke and Wilson 179). Throughout the Buffy series, one of Buffy’s main love interests has been Angel, an outcast vampire who has empathy for humans (e.g., he does not harm humans unless provoked, he protects Buffy and her friends from other vampires). As opposed to the other vampires in Buffy, Angel has a soul and experiences guilt for his past crimes. Writer Lorna Jowett (of Buffy, Dark Romance and Female Horror Fans) introduces the idea that Buffy the Vampire Slayer has impacted science-fiction (paranormal, in particular) by a theme of “dark romance”: “…its male protagonists are powerful and dangerous, often presented as stereotypical bad boys, and the fact that they are vampires or werewolves positions them ‘naturally’, both monstrosity and masculinity” (qtd in Stuller 92).

The movie, Girl, Interrupted, displays Susanna Kaysen’s eighteen-month stay at a mental institute in the 1960s. This film was an adaptation of a book based on a true story of the main character and author Susanna Kaysen. Susanna was checked into Claymore, a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts, after chasing a bottle of aspirin with a bottle of vodka. At first, Susanna denies this blatant attempt at suicide and constantly struggles with uncertainty of her thoughts and emotions. Although Girl, Interrupted exhibits several mental disorders one of the most prevalent disorder of this film is Susanna’s Borderline Personality Disorder. This film depicts majority of the signs and symptoms of a person with Borderline Personality. As stated in the textbook, “the lives of persons with borderline personality are marked by instability. Their relationships are unstable, their behavior is unstable, their emotions are unstable, and even their images of themselves are unstable” (Larsen and Buss 593). Susanna’s romantic relationships are extremely unstable and she frequently engages in casual sex. She jumps from one guy to another in a matter of few weeks. One scene that establishes this the most is when her boyfriend at the time comes to visit her at Claymore and expresses his true feelings for her and she instantly withdraws. He asked her to go to Canada with him and she turns him down immediately. She also kisses Lisa who she befriends at the mental institute, displaying a switch of

Willow Rosenberg is a character from the incredibly successful American TV show “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” created by Joss Whedon. Buffy The Vampire Slayer ran for 7 Seasons and was centered around Buffy, who at the age of 15 arrives in Sunnydale with her mother following an incident involving a gang of vampires at her old high school in Los Angeles. She is the latest in a long line of women who are destined to be “Slayers” and defend the world from Vampires and various other evil forces. Around the age of 14 buffy began to gains “Slayer Powers” which include incredible strength, speed, and fighting ability. In the beginning of the series, Buffy resents her destiny and wishes to live the life of a regular teenaged girl. Willow Rosenberg is the first student Buffy meets at her new highschool in Sunnydale. Willow introduces Buffy to Xander who has been Willow’s best friend since they were very young. After Buffy saves Willow and Xander from some vampires, and explains who she is, the three of them become best friends. Buffy, Willow, Xander, and later some additional characters who join forces with them to fight the powers of evil are collectively referred to as the “Scooby Gang”.

Buffy the Vampire slayer, started of as a film broadcasted in 1992, and was later developed into a television series (CITE). The television series was a supernatural drama that was created by Joss Whedon, who was also the original creator of the film (CITE). Whedon wanted to take a unique approach of the gothic, horror genre. As he stated “I’ve always been a huge fan of horror movies and I saw so many horror movies where there was that blonde girl who would always get herself killed. I started feeling bad for her. You know, I thought it’s time that she got a chance to take back the night. So the idea for Buffy came from just the very simple thought of a beautiful blonde girl walks into an alley, a monster attacks her

“Prepare. Sacrifice. Endure.” (Feehan 72) .These are the words by which Ivory Malinov lives her life. In the novel Dark Slayer Ivory is a dynamic character as she changes in the novel, as a result of finding and spending time with her lifemate, being re-introduced into the Carpathian society, and facing the aftermath of her battle with her brother. These events have a profound effect on her as a character. Ivory slowly transforms from a reserved, strict slayer to a trusting, loving, and compassionate lifemate and warrior who is unafraid to embrace her femininity. Beginning with the discovery of her lifemate, Ivory develops into a dynamic character in Dark Slayer written by Christine Feehan.

I've never seen the movie Vamp growing up, so whether or not it actually holds up today, that I can't tell you. What I can tell you, is that the film is a cheesy, funny vampire flick that gets bogged down by pacing issues.

The T.V show The Vampire Diaries is a CW teen drama series that involves danger, romance, action and suspense. The show is not just about vampires and werewolves, but it also has other supernatural elements such as hybrids, witches and vampire hunters. Let’s just say that even though it’s compared to the Twilight movies, The Vampire Diaries is an old fashion love story where you can expect the unexpected. Where the audience can also connect with the character’s situations. Even though it’s a fictional show, it involves real life situations that an ordinary person can go through. The producer Julie Plec did a beautiful job with the plot, the relationship of the characters, how the show itself connected with the audience, and the setting.

Lj Smith, the author of the Vampire Diaries, wrote, “...but right now everything looks strange to me, as if I don’t belong here. It is me that is out of place, and the worst thing is that I feel there’s somewhere that I do belong, but I just can’t find it.” In 2016 65.3 million people are refugees around the world that are displaced throughout the United Nations. These people now have to adjust to a new life, in a new country, and a new “home.” Although some might believe that newcomers, immigrants, and refugees adjust and adapt to culture easily, Lahiri illustrates through Interpreter of Maladies the difficulties and issues men and women experience when adjusting to a place and culture where they do not feel at ease.

In the movie Girl, Interrupted the plot surrounds a period in the life of Susanna Kaysen played by Winona Ryder who was institutionalized at the Claymore mental hospital in the 1960s. In the movie, the main character Susanna is diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and undergoes treatment to which at the end of the movie she is released. It is at this hospital that Susanna encounters many other patients of which she shares many experiences with. One of these patients was the longtime resident and popular amongst all the other patients Lisa Rowe played by Angelina Jolie whom Susanna became close with and would mid-movie escape the hospital with to only return on her own and find that Lisa would be back a few days later. Lisa, while being the protagonist of the movie, was very charismatic in her own way and based on her behavior and revelation in the movie is diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder, particularly a sociopath in the movie.

Veronica Mars is a television show about a teenage girl moonlighting as a private investigator. In the town where the show is set in, there is a sharp class divide between the wealthy, white “09ers” who live in the 90909 zip code and the poor, Hispanic “PCH” bike gang. The 09ers and the PCHers have very set prejudices about each other. This a psychological concept, known as a schema. Schemas are the way a person organizes information on a concept or the way a person thinks about the world. In the episode “An Echolls Family Christmas”, one of the PCHers, wants to buy into an 09er poker game. The 09er says, “Look, my only concern is property values going down if anyone sees you in my house without a leaf blower or a skimmer”, and “We don’t take food stamps,” showing his preconceived schema about Hispanic people being poor and working for the white people.