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    Homer’s greatest challenge, in my opinion is getting the whole town to accept him, especially his father. He wants himself to be the focus of the town sometimes. He wishes that he and the gang could have a trophy in the trophy case alongside the all of the football trophies. His father is a harder egg to crack though. Ever since Homer started to build rockets, his father gets angry when he destroys things like his mother’s rose garden fence or the mining company’s property. These challenges have

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    Cosby Show Family Values

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    Family values have always been major conversation matter in the United States and it is often huge key points when it comes to decision making by politicians and business. Many people asked the question of how a single person perceives those values. The answer to that is people often judge family values through two sides of the spectrum, one side being how normal other people behaves towards each other, and the second side being how they believe others families behave. Nowadays, people in our society

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    Simpsons and Philosophy

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    Simpson's and Philosophy In the chapter Thus Spake Bart: On Nietzsche and the Virtues of Being Bad, Mark T. Conard shows us why people believe Bart Simpson is similar to a philosophical theorist named Friedrich Nietzsche. Bart being the bad boy of the Simpson's and Nietzsche being the bad boy of Philosophy. Conard says that Bart does not take on the chaos like Nietzsche says but he is just an empty being of bad actions. This argument is ridiculous; Bart Simpson is as creative as creative gets

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    Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust tells the story of people who have come to California in search of the American Dream. They travel west hoping to escape less than perfect lives and pursue success in Hollywood. The characters in this novel dream of a life of luxury, having lots of money, and living happily ever after. They eventually come to the realization that the seemingly picture perfect life that California represents is not as easy to attain as they once thought. The characters

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    Analysis of The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West Nathanael West’s The Day of the Locust tells the story of people who have come to California in search of the American Dream. They travel west hoping to escape less than perfect lives and pursue success in Hollywood. The characters in this novel dream of a life of luxury, having lots of money, and living happily ever after. They eventually come to the realization that the seemingly picture perfect life that California represents is not as

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    Squeaky may be small and scrawny, but she can win any track meet. Compared to Gretchen, they both are similar in many ways. In “Raymond’s Run”, by Toni Cade Bambara, Gretchen and Squeaky fight their way to the finish line. Their differences may split them apart, but they both are similar in many ways. Both girls are similar more than they know it. Squeaky loves to run and be the best, while Gretchen runs to try to beat Squeaky. They both were the forgiving type when they came to an agreement and

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    Mr Simpson Case Study

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    Confocal Microscopy of Cerebral Cortex Neurons damaged by Doughnutostupidiotis Introduction The Simpsons are constantly in the limelight with their own reality television show however, celebrity status does not protect Homer Simpson from a diagnosis of stupidity, caused by the over indulgence of icing coated, ring shaped boiled pieces of bread. According to the Butter and Jelly (2000) the overeating of this food item lead to Mr. Simpson falling into a coma for several weeks, before waking up. Doctor

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    Fred Vs Shaggy

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    Fred vs Shaggy Scooby Doo was an integral part of anybody’s childhood. Children and adults alike can enjoy them, whether it’s for their mystery solving capabilities, or simply nostalgia. The diverse characteristics the cast had made the group dynamic exciting. Other than their animation, the gang hardly changed since they began in the 60s. Velma is the smart one. Shaggy and Scooby are bait. Daphne is always captured. And Fred is the leader. Two of the most differentiated characters are Fred and

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    Family Guy and The Simpsons have differences in comedic style and family friends and similarities in family personalities . To begin off with, Family Guy and The Simpsons have differences in comedic style. Family Guy uses humor that has to be taken lightly, Family Guy overuses a joke until it dies and Family Guy takes a joke from zero to hundred in about six seconds. The Simpsons use humor that is funny, but doesn’t kill your braincells. For instance, in Family Guy there was an episode mocking terrorism

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    The Simpsons Up Close and Personal There is a fine line that exists in TV land that had never been crossed until The Simpsons graced the television sets of over one million Americans. This sitcom has become one of the most popular television programs in America. Is it because The Simpsons is a cartoon? My answer is yes! This show is able to sneak through the wormholes of TV land because it is a cartoon. People are overlooking the underlying issues conveyed through the characters because

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