A Dysfunctional Perfect Family
"Ay caramba!" Bart, from The Simpsons, always makes audiences laugh when he uses this comical line. The rest of his family also has similar lines that are just as funny. Throughout most of the 90's, The Simpson family has entertained people with its great humorous adventures week after week. The show has affected people subconsciously into reinforcing the public's hopes for an American Dream of their own. The American Dream is to have a nice house, a good job, a happy family, and a lot of money. The Simpsons have all of this, but each benefit comes with a twist. This comical and entertaining cartoon represents the American Dream of a typical family life, which embodies America's widely shared culture through its portrayal of the perfect family structure.Homer, the father, is the main character that gets the most attention in most of the episodes. This may be because he is the most comical of all characters due to his stupidity. The irony is that he works at a nuclear power plant, where he hardly works at all. This symbolizes the level of technology in America and how any idiot can use and operate it. Homer cannot do his job adequately and is always causing accidents at the plant. The other normal people are the ones
The troublemaker in the family is Bart. He is rebellious and he is always involved in doing fun things like skipping school or running his own factory. Bart is the "cool" kid in school, but he still gets bullied around. This is typical of a normal boy, somewhat. Most kids get bullied at some point in their school years, so they can relate to how Bart gets bullied by other boys. Bart, however, is also popular in school. Most kids in real life are not as popular as Bart. Bart's life is a great fantasy world presented to the boys who watch the show. Boys can then project their dreams into the blue box and fantasize of becoming that popular witty boy who is admired by his peers. Even though the show has been running for many years with the same character, Bart is still an icon young boys look up to. Lisa is the genius in the family. This is not typical for young girls because boys are usually the ones in the American society that are viewed as smart. In the past, girls were supposed to grow up and catch a man to marry. But since this show is fairly recent, they made Lisa a girl with a real future. In fact, she is the most likely to succeed from the Simpson family. In one episode, Lisa thought that her father's genes would kick in and make her stupid, just like they did with Bart. By the end, however, Lisa gets to meet the women in the Simpson family. They all turn out to be geniuses and very successful women. It tells Lisa that she will do all right and that she can become anythi
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