Boys Meets World Analysis

In the 90’s, a widely popular youth television show was “Boys Meets World” which was greatly acclaimed for its cultural impact. The show was a simple show about a young boy going through life with his troublesome best friend. Despite the initial simplicity, the show was popular due to its controversial topics such as child abuse, sexual harassment, religion, and interracial dating. Despite the high popularity, the show did end but managed to gain a spin-off years later. The spin-off “Girls Meets World” is a continuation of the old, now regarding the daughter of two main characters from the original show and how she survives life with her troublesome best friend. However, despite the growing anticipation the show greatly lacked popularity than

William Carlos Williams, a modernist poet, had very similar views in regards to romanticism. The modernist period was the time period after the Romantic era in which writers and artists would experiment with different and candid forms of works to directly combat romanticism. One of W. C. Williams’ most famous poems is “The Red Wheelbarrow” in which a scene is described of a red wheel barrow with rain on it, next to white chickens. Many people will try to analyze and, most of the time, overanalyze the poetry written by Williams. However, a key factor is the background behind W. C. Williams’ in which it shows that he is a modernist and preferred to describe mundane, simple scenes in poetry. “The Red Wheelbarrow” may not have a large existential definition full of nuance emotions, it is supposed to simply conjure up an image of a rain covered red wheelbarrow next to white chickens. This directly combats romanticism as it refuses to construct a fantastical scenario where everything is idealized. Rather than an idealized and “happy” tone, W. C. Williams’ poems describe everyday scenarios and brings out the beauty in the simplicity of such actions with a mostly neutral tone. Over-romanticism creates a façade and inflated expectations of reality for those who are immersed a society that is such. The over romanticism in modern society creates elevated expectation along with superficial thoughts and shallow depth of emotion. It creates an atmosphere in which people lack the weight to language and certain words that are to express our emotions, yet in this extremely sentimental society the word “love” is of the same depth of any other appreciative word. Williams seemed to have recognized this trend and made poetry that mediated this heightened expectation from reality. His simplistic muses created a sense of reset and to appreciate details in the mundane