The Simpson Reflection

For decades, “The Simpsons” has been a comic relief for many viewers. It has become a franchise that many individuals buy into for the hilarity of the show’s characters and the ability for the cartoon to explain the messages relevant to the period.

In The Conspirator, the audience is invited to maintain the overall assumption that humanity is inherently good. In manipulating narrative elements such as opening and closing scenes, cause and effect and range and depth of narration, the audience constantly engages in the shattering of this hope.

Homer’s behaviors are very inconsistent. He often says that he won’t do something and shortly after something comes along to make him forget what he just vowed he’d never do. I think this chapter is really important to understand why people value the things that they do and why. The timing of absolutely everything seems to be a reoccurring theme to why everything happens in economics. People have different behavior based on if they procrastinate or participate on commitment devices. Homer procrastinates a lot through out every episode, one example in particular being when talking about a loan he borrowed. He says that he still has time to pay it in the future therefore he’s just putting it off or procrastinating. Homer also gets involved in many commitment devices. One of many examples being the time he’s persuaded to quit his job to commit himself more to finding a

Bart is a special character, who confuses people to make them look stupid. He is a trickster day in and day out committing errors and having fun while doing so. Additionally, he never stops which means that there is trouble all the time in the Simpsons’ neighborhood. One instance in which he displayed his trickery was when he switched papers with this kid named Martin and everyone thought that he was super smart and intelligent. He then went to a top level school and had a hard time so he got caught (Milthorpe).

A whole generation has grown up watching Simpsons and most people are at least familiar with the show. In the town Springfield there are stereotypical personas of the different townspeople for humor. Homer is the lead character and is a fat and lazy nuclear plant worker who constantly neglects his job. At home, homer is a family man with a poor education and a healthy drinking problem. The

The Watsons are a black family residing in Flint, Michigan. Wilona, the mother, is originally from Birmingham, Alabama. Although it takes place in 1963, she relocated to Flint after meeting her now husband, Daniel. Byron, their oldest son is a bully, and tends to find himself in all sorts of trouble. Kenny, who is the main character of the book, is intelligent and soft spoken. Joetta, referred to as “Joey” is the sensitive child who never breaks the rules.

It is shown and based on research that Homer has Intermittent Explosive disorder. Intermittent Explosive disorder is a condition that is characterized to unable resist aggressive behavior which can cause assault or property damage. Signs and symptoms in this disorder are irritability, rage, aggressive impulsive acts, racing thoughts during aggressive acts, despair and remorse after actions, and can cause divorce, job loss and suspension from school. (Psychology Today, 2015) . Homer has angry outbursts, implusive and gets into fights and has a share of destructive behavior. He often strangles his son Bart when he gets angry which is linked to his anger behavior. Homer most of the time regrets his decisions after he commits them (Pearce, 2015). An example to show that Homer has this anger disorder, in the episode I am Furious (Yellow), Bart makes a comic book series of

This is makes the audience skeptical and appears unrealistic. She goes against her stereotype because she is going against the norms of an eight-year-old girl. Later on in this episode, Bart gets a tattoo. This goes against the norms of a young boy, because you rarely see someone getting a tattoo that young. It adds comedic value as well. The tattoo parlor is being satirized because they are shown as irresponsible for allowing a child to get a tattoo. Homer is shown as an unsupportive father because he falls asleep when his children are performing on stage. He should be cheering and watching, but he goes against his stereotype, which also adds comedic value. Marge is the only one in this episode who does not go against her stereotype. She acts like a mother by getting angry with Bart and watches the school production and cheers on her children.

Throughout this semester we watched some pretty good movies and read some pretty interesting short stories. They three characters I chose to discuss are Royal Tenenbaum from the movie The Royal Tenenbaums, DJay from Hustle and Flow, and Harrison Bergeron from the short story Harrison Bergeron. The reason I chose these characters to write about was because they all had different struggles with their identity. Some were more obvious but some took a little bit of thought and discussion to fully understand the problem they had.

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Hello Ms. Hunt! Our 7th grade class at St. John the Apostle School, has read One For the Murphy’s. I enjoyed the book very much. I couldn’t decide if I was supposed to be thrilled or heartbroken when Carly left the Murphy’s to go live with her mother. I thought that your ending was very realistic. I would not have changed anything to the ending, except that Toni could have stayed longer after dinner. Toni’s edgy personality is one of my favorite things about the book. I also like Toni’s relationship with Mr. Murphy; I like the way she jokes around with him about the Red Sox. I would like to meet Toni. I think we could be great friends. I would love to see the play Wicked with her. I think she would make my life more interesting and full

In the episode of “The Secret to Successful Marriage”, Marge decided to kick Homer out of the house because he didn’t keep his promise and continued to tell other people about her secrets. She even came to father Lovejoy to get an advice, who then tells her to get a divorce. For Homer, without Marge by his side, his clothes are tattered and he’s living in Bart’s treehouse. He admitted that he couldn’t live without Marge and told her just how useless he is without her. Eventually, Homer was allowed to move back in the house, but he didn’t get to save even a little bit of face.

I still remember how captivating Mr.Carnie’s lectures about post-1500’s history were. During a lecture once, he briefly mentioned that our college was lacking a history platform, and that the community was doing him a disservice by suppressing the passion he (and many others) felt towards the subject. Mr. Carnie made a valid remark, the college community needed a History Club and it was up to us- the community - to take charge of this matter.

When interviewing Miss Simpson on November 01, 2017, I learned that fifty-years ago, Lockwood was a predominately African-American neighborhood. It was a neighborhood where neighbors would speak during encounters, participate in engagements in the community, take walks around the block, entertain each other in their homes, and watch after the children. Essentially, it was more than a neighborhood. It was a community. Fast forward to 2017, things are different at first sight. New houses that scream, “Gentrification” are being built on almost every block. At first, they seem to be out of place as they stand in comparison to the older houses. Houses that have witnessed more things than I could ever imagine. Houses that I would soon learn to have occupied by multiple generations. Houses that had a story.

Marge and Homer may be unorthodox parents, but their children do not seem to be much different. Bart is the oldest of the Simpson children; at ten years old this boy has gotten in himself into more predicaments and mischief than most children even dream of. He has done everything from cutting off the head of the town's beloved Jebediah Springfield statue to getting the United States in diplomatic discord with Australia. His rebellion is considered harmless "boys will be boys" behavior, and never treated as the potentially dangerous conduct he demonstrates. Whether his actions are out of a need for attention from his neurotic mother or to rebel against the angst he has toward his inebriated father, the community around him is the one that suffers from his delinquency.