gimpytron
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Oct 29, 2005, 1:36 AM
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Am I getting the Simpsons?
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Hey, I have been trying to understand the Simpsons a bit deeper and was wondering if I am on the right track. I just watched the War of the Simpsons episode and wasn't sure if I got it or not. Let me know. War of The Simpsons
There are many themes found in this Simpson’s episode including love, child verses parents, new generation verses older generations, etc., but the most recurring theme is that even though the Simpsons family is completely dysfunctional, it still works and at the end of the day they all love each other. The setting for the majority of this episode is in a marriage retreat camp held at Catfish Lake. The narrator has done a good job at not making the Simpson’s too modern without making them seem old either (I know, a bit confusing), so the time frame could be anywhere from about the 1970’s all the way up to 2005. Some of the story also takes place at the Simpson’s house, their church, a general store, on the lake, and the local grocery store. There are many characters in this episode. The main character and obvious protagonist of the series is Homer Simpson. Homer has too many bad habits to list, but some include eating way too much, getting drunk and hanging around the bar almost every day, he is very self centered, and isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed. Homer is an extremely rounded character however, and although he can seem arrogant and unkind at times, he has the ability to be kind and very caring. Marge Simpson on the other hand is perfect antonym for the definition of Homer. She is fairly soft spoken and places Homer and the rest of her family at the very top of her priorities, even before her own. Because of this, she tends to get pushed around a lot and ends up exploding when her frustration levels boil over. Marge, like Homer, is a very round character which is seen by her taking care of Homer and the family even after all of the problems they encounter and the little credit and rewards she recieves. Maggie, Bart and Lisa are the three children of Homer and Marge and both Lisa and Bart share some definite characteristics of their parents. Bart is very outspoken and is quite rebellious, lying to his grandfather and throwing a party at this house. He is a fairly round character because like his dad he can be both kind and loving at times, but can be an absolute maniac at other times. Lisa is Bart’s sister, and she balances Bart out and keeps a check on his trouble making. Lisa shares more traits with her mother than with her father, which is shown by her intelligence and her excellent academic abilities. Although Lisa may seem like a very flat character, she is actually fairly round in this particular episode because she does participate in taking advantage of Grandpa. Maggie, Grandpa, the dinner guests, the Flanders, the fisherman in the gas station, the dogs, and the Pasteur are all characters in the show but don’t play significant roles and are all mostly flat characters. The plot of this episode is fairly complex. The conflict in the story is individualism versus paternalism, as seen in Homer. A good way to describe Homer’s situation is that he is like a wild animal that someone is trying to keep as a pet, only Homer is a wild individual that is attempting to become a decent parent. The main complication of the story is that Homer wants to do what homer wants to do, not necessarily what is best for his family. He gets drunk, doesn’t want to attend the marriage counsel, lies to buy bait, and goes fishing even after Marge has begged him not to. The Crisis of the episode is when Homer hooks the fish. He decides to stay in the boat and try to take down the fish instead of leaving and going back to the marriage retreat meeting. The climax comes when Homer throws the Fish back into the water. He and Marge reconcile their marriage and go home happy. The Point of View in this story is told from third person and is omniscient because the narrator knows thing about the characters that they themselves aren’t aware of. -Let me know what you think.
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