The “I Love Lucy” show and “The Andy Griffith Show” are two older TV shows that have some similarities, but are generally very different from one another. Both of these TV shows were very popular and both ranked among the top most-watched TV shows in the United States. These television series’ have had a major impact on the television industry and the countless people that have watched them. “I Love Lucy” began in 1951 and lasted for 6 years, until 1957. Even to this day, this black and white film is still a very popular and influential TV show back from the 50's.
I have found a television show that outshines all others. Reign is a show that has kept my attention whenever I have free time. It is loosely based on actual events in the 1500s. It shows how female power was viewed and the role in which women were forced to play in the time-period. It also has a love story that shows how imperfect relationships can be.
I believe some adults act like they were never teenagers. This happens due to adults living in a different generation as a teenager. Looking at our lives, they question our motives. Living in such a laid- back and chilled teenage hood caused adults to stiffen and toughen up due to the changes throughout the year.
Next question is what is my favorite tv show? Wait, who gets to watch tv? The last favorite tv show I had was I Love Lucy. I realize it was in black and white, but in my defense, the jokes were timeless. I am also a sucker for the crazy, sweet, unpredictable romantic comedy that it depicted in the story line as well.
Television situational comedies have the ability to represent different values or concerns of their audience, these values often change every decade or so to reflect and highlight the changes that the audience is experiencing within society, at the time of production. Between the years of 1950 and 2010, the representation of gender roles and family structure has been addressed and featured in various sitcoms, such as “Father Knows Best” and “Modern Family”, through the use of narrative conventions, symbolic, audio and technical codes. These representations have transformed over time to reflect the changes in social, political, and historical contexts. The 1950’s sitcom “Father Knows Best” traditionally represents the values of gender roles and family structure in a 1950’society, with the father, held high as the breadwinner of the family and the mother as the sole homemaker.
During this scene of the chapter, the reader is introduced to a room in which Oliver is grateful to call his own. It is in this room where one would walk in to find Oliver sitting by a window, amidst piles of books, studying to further his knowledge about the world. The author uses this room as a symbolic image to represent Oliver’s starting point on his path to an education. The room happens to be on the “ground-floor” of the novel because his journey has only just begun. The books that pile themselves upon his desk are there to associate the reader with the experience of learning and discovering new information.
Since then, the family sitcom has become the yearly ritual for television pilots. Furthermore, the question remains; Have family sitcoms changed? The First family sitcom to make it big is the eternally classic I love Lucy. In addition to being a pioneer of the multi-camera setup, it is considered one of the most worldwide popular shows of all
I also liked that Mitch, played by Finesse Thompson, contrasted the bright colors of the children with her all black attire. It showed a wonderful idea that as children we are all colorful, happy, and expressive, but as we become adults our imagination and creativity dwindles. The overall style and mood of the show was quite light and a little immature at times. Even when the show was dealing with hard topics, it still found its way back to a light-hearted approach. I also appreciated the fact that the show made some social commentary on current
Examine characterization. Which characters are particularly impressive? In my opinion, Maya is particularly impressive and I agree that she may feel she has nowhere to go since she finished her goal. The director Kathryn Bigelow depicts Maya (Jessica Chastain) in the film Zero Dark Thirty, as a young CIA agent who arrives to the agency straight out of high school 12 years earlier, and commits her life to find the terrorist, Osama Bin Laden.
Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen was highly criticized for undeniably demonstrating woman’s issues in the 19th century. While the play doesn’t change setting much at all, Ibsen clearly focuses in on the characterization of three insightful characters: Mrs. Linde, Nora, and Helmer. Mrs. Linde is a minor character; however, that doesn’t alter her effect on the play. She provides the mold for the perfect, idealized wife. Nora, the main character, develops rapidly in the play, and her character is a stark contrast to Mrs. Linde.
According to Virginia & Lee McAlester in “A Field Guide to American Houses” The Modern movement in domestic architecture developed in two stages during the years from 1900 to 1940. The first phase, the Art and Crafts movement, turned its back on historical precedent for decoration and design. Ornamentation was not eliminated but merely “modernized” to remove most traces of its historic origins. There were two distinctive styles of American houses. The first was the Prairie style (1900-20), which began in Chicago under the leadership of Frank Lloyd Wright, who designed many houses in the style during the period from 1900 to 1913.
Doctors, astronauts, farmers, students, teachers, athletes, police officers, and people from all walks of life, come together, to compete against each other, on the Game Show Survivor. They live off of bugs, coconuts, and anything else they can scavenge with a machete and axe, and sometimes, they are lucky enough to win a fishing spear and gain the ability to catch fish. Each person comes in knowing who they are, their morals, values and limits, but they can easily come out a ‘rat’, ‘cancer’, ‘snake’, or thief. Surviving, starving, competing, conniving, and strategizing to win a million dollars, warps their sense of self, and many castaways struggle to balance their morals with the demands of the game. The self, how people present themselves, appear to others, and perform themselves to themselves, may have some consistent elements, but differs depending on the context and changes when the person takes on different roles.
Charles Duhigg, a New York Times reporter is also the author of “The Power of Habit”. This scientific yet easy to read book is a true exposure of the science of productivity, self-discipline and belief in our daily actions. It focuses on why habits exist and how individuals can change them. As a result, Charles explains each exploration in a short story that embodies his research and passion for the topic. In order to change a habit loop, Charles states that an individual must understand that habits exist, and believe that he/she is in control of changing it.
Sarty from barn Burning Name University Sarty from Barn Burning Barn Burning is a short tale by William Faulkner, which discuss 10 year old boy, Sarty Snopes’ dilemma over assigning priority between his family and social justice, truth and righteousness (Ford, 1998). The story seems to be revolving around Sarty’s unceasing contemplations about his father’s integrity and justice’s philosophies and system. However, in the story, Sarty’s father, Abner Snope is used to burn the barn and notorious as an incendiary but, Sarty’s views on justice are far different from his father, and it appears that Sarty, however having younger age, possesses deep and upright stances than his father’s peculiar justice view. The entire story based on the son’s dilemma over following his authoritative father’s immoral actions and sticks to family welfare programs or goes for the self-sacrificing and moral attitude, he inherits from her mother.
Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House is a play set in 19th century Norway, when women’s rights were restricted and social appearance was more important than equality and true identity. In A Doll’s House, Nora represents 19th century women entrapped by society to fulfill wifely and motherly obligations, unable to articulate or express their own feelings and desires. Ibsen uses Nora’s characterization, developed through her interactions with others as well as her personal deliberations and independent actions, language and structure in order to portray Nora’s movement from dependence to independence, gaining sovereignty from the control of her selfish husband, deceitful marriage and the strict social guidelines of morality in 19th century Norway. Initially, Nora appears to be a dependent, naïve, and childlike character; yet, as the play unfolds, she appears to be a strong, independent woman who is willing to make sacrifices for those she cares about as well as herself.
