#8

The article "High School is Hell" brought up some really good points. I've been watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer so i understood a lot of the messages they emphasized. It's really interesting to think about how writers can come up with all the things they do. There is so much irony and so many metaphors with every little point the show conveys. The creators of this show appeal to the viewer's thoughts in such discrete, inclusive ways that every body can relate to. It's crazy how much thought could go into all the episodes. The show shows that the fake things that people are afraid of in real life, such as demons and mythical monsters, are the things that are real in the Buffy world.  In the Buffy world the characters biggest horrors are not the monsters and vampires though, they are the things that we too have to fear too, well in high school at least, such as making sports teams, fitting in with the right friends, having a date to the dances, and having the perfect prom dresses. Then things like graduation, which for us is a huge step, something we would think of like end of the world really would be for them if it wasn't for the Mayor's ascension. So graduation is thought of as the last coming together of the class along with the mourning of the hardships every one will face trying to keep in touch but in Buffy's world it is a victorious day because they blow up the mayor and their school. The writers of these sci-fi shows, along with other writers of books, shows, and movies, are genius and how they can relate to the viewers in their ironic and metaphoric ways.