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Analysis of the Television Show The Simpsons

The specific children’s series that I will be discussing is entitled “The Simpson’s”. The main characters consist of Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie Simpson. They reside in a town called Springfield, one that is typical of an American suburb. Some other characters which appear on a regular basis are Mr. Burns, the owner of the Springfield chemical plant, his assistant Weiland Smithers, the Flanders family, which resides right next door to the Simpson’s, and principal Skinner. He is the head administrator of the elementary school that Bart and Lisa attend. The episode that I would like to evaluate is one, which consists of two parts. This episode’s main focus is the accidental …show more content…

Slowly but surely, Burns’ greed for money began affecting every aspect of the community; this spawned anger in everyone, young and old. “I’d like to settle his hash too!” Are the words that came out of Lisa Simpson’s mouth, a girl attending the third grade. The level of violence and anger escalates very rapidly. Especially when Bart's dog was struck by a piece of metal when another part of the town was being destroyed due to another oil well springing out from under the earth. Later, when his grandfather came over to stay with the family, he was showing his grandson Bart an old gun, which Marge promptly took away, at the same time mentioning where she was going to hide it. Basically this two part episode recounted Burns’ taking over of all the facilities, like educational institutions, care facilities, water consumption, and finally electricity. The money that Burns was collecting by drilling allowed him to take control of the town. He even went so far as to invent a giant disk that would block out the sun’s power, therefore forcing the town’s people to use an insane amount of power. This was the last event that enraged every individual in Springfield. The outcome of the episode? At a town meeting held by mayor Quimby, Mr. Burns strolled in and presented everyone with his new sun-blocking device.

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