“Hush” is an popular episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This is due to the twenty-nine minutes of the characters not speaking because their voices are taken away. The characters see the value of communication to solve their issues. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is related to life problems such as insecurities and weaknesses. Some of these insecurities and weaknesses involved are identities, relationships, and responsibilities. Also, adolescence because it is a time of growing and realizations. They mature through their experiences and battles of everyday life. This occurs in a place called Sunnydale, where monsters lurk and are hunted. In the episode “Hush”, the voices taken away from the residents of Sunnydale represent the theme that communication …show more content…
She has inconvenient conversations with him. She admits it to Willow when discussing about Riley to her. In addition, she gets anxious, lies, and makes excuses mainly due to her secret identity. Riley also having a secret identity contradicts the communication between them. Both, want to be comfortable to tell each other and progress their relationship. By concealing their secret identities, they hide a part of themselves. As a result, they feel that they are lying to each other and it creates the difficulty of being able to converse. At the end of the episode, Riley states to Buffy “I guess we have to talk” and she agrees. It is significant since during most of the episode is silence, and it ends with having to speak to understand the events that occurred. The lack of communication is the obstacle in their relationship. Because of speaking, they can get to know each other better and figure out how to improve conversation in their …show more content…
The people cannot yell or scream for danger when the gentlemen come. The only thing that could be relied on is noise and sound, but it is not easy to identify as being in danger. Also, it could be considered danger. For example, when Tara is running and knocks on the doors in the college and there is hesitance. Likewise, in the college, explanations are not efficiently explained. Giles had to try a certain amount of times to get his points across. He relied on drawings, writing, and gestures to teach. It slows the process down, while speech can summarize and clarify. Therefore, communication is valuable in safety. As well, to understand one another and have society act
In the prologue of Friday Night Lights, by H.G. Bissinger, football team, Panther, has players who have fears/problems to overcome before a important game with their biggest rival the Midland Lee. The main characters include Boobie Miles who had dealt with a tragic accident on his knee the last game he played causing him to get surgery leading him to not play as well as he did before, Jerrod McDougal who knows he can’t make a collage team because of his height, Mike Winchell who lives in poverty with his mother, Ivory Christian who has a love/hate relationship with football, and Brian Chavez who is a gifted football player and student being on top in every class.
for half an hour. It is mostly aimed at young people from the ages of
Whedon said that he wanted to create a show that would portray women having power and sharing it. While we have Buffy with power, there is not much power being shared within the series. In “What’s My Line? Part 1”, we are introduced to another female character, Kendra, who claims she is the new slayer. Buffy is confused and does not want her around, it appears as if she feels threatened by Kendra’s arrival.In this episode we see Kendra’s quest for legitimacy, to be accepted as the first generation slayer, but is denied because of the threat she poses to Buffy’s identity as the slayer (Wilcox, 90). Throughout most of the episode she insists that Kendra leaves and makes no real effort in getting to know her. Near the end of the second part of the episode, Kendra decides to help Buffy save her vampire boyfriend, in this sequence we see the two slayers working together to save Angel and stop the evil characters. Despite Kendra helping Buffy and her friends, she is still sent away at the end because her staying would still threaten Buffy’s position as the main slayer (What’s My Line? Part
When the characters have their voice back, everyone sits down and has a serious conversation with the people who mean the most to them. Willow and Tara talk about their similar passion in witch craft; Xander and Anya make up and talk about their relationship and how they both truly feel about each other; Giles and his lover Olivia talk about Giles duties of a watcher and fighting monsters, vampires, and demons. When Riley goes to see Buffy in her dorm room they sit down on the bed and Riley says “I guess we have to talk” Buffy replies “I guess we do” but then neither of them say anything they just stare at each other. Overall, “Hush” shows the importance of communicating with the people you care the most about, and how it is something that is often taken for granted.
... her to be the Slayer. Her only chance to find motivation in the world is to find a new desire. Both characters approach the same center, but from different ends of the drive-symbol spectrum. Thus, Whedon not only makes use of the Lacanian "between the two deaths" concept, but he also plays with making it dynamic (Spike) and with inverting it (Buffy). Then, at the very end of the episode, the two experiments are united in an elegant closure.
Glee: Defying the Mainstream The herd will take care of it” (Glee). This is not a reference to cattle but rather a reference to high school students; this quote was said by a teacher on the show Glee, indicating that students enforce the status quo. Ironically, this show does the opposite. The episode “Pilot” from the show Glee by Ryan Murphy is unique for television shows because it reverses the stereotypical views of society, and this essay will analyze it by summarizing the show, applying the Rhetorical Method and the Gender & Sexuality Method, discussing an outside source to further explain the creators motives regarding the show, and evaluating the text as a whole.
Melinda desperately wanted to explain and rely on someone. Rachel showed indifference as she invited Melinda to the party and Melinda did something that she should not have, which could affect her potential high school status. After Melinda calls the cops at the party, nobody bothers to ask what’s wrong, not even Rachel/Rachelle, who was Melinda's best friend. The first interaction that Melinda had after the event was in the cafeteria with Rachel, where she whispers, “i hate you,” from where she is seated (5). Since the people involved are not even slightly curious as to why or what could have happened to make Melinda call the cops, she becomes alienated. Melinda later becomes friends with Heather, their relationship is based on using each other. Melinda uses Heather so she is not alone. While Heather uses Melinda, so she can help her complete activities to join the Martha’s. When you start relying on someone and you still get omitted, it doesn’t make you overcome the wound, in fact, it adds more injuries. Compared to Heather and Rachel, when Melinda meets Ivy and David Petrakis she starts opening up. David is a role-model as he is the only one who helps her speak up. David does not know what Melinda has been through, yet Melinda still went to him when she didn't want to speak for her suffragette presentation. He helps her but later tells her that,"The suffragettes were all about speaking up, [and she] can't speak up for [her] right to be silent." This connects Melinda to the women in the past, who spoke for their rights. In contradiction, Melinda stays silent for hers, which won't have as great an effect (159). Ivy is the first person to understand and agree with Melinda. She also thinks that Andy Evans, Melinda's assaulter is bad news. When Melinda realizes
Numerous times she displays both acts of violence and silence. One act of violence is when she yells at Conrad for not telling her that he quit the swim team. She is embarrassed that she had to hear it from someone else that Conrad quit. Instead of lashing out at Conrad she could of tried to discuss why he quit the swim team and why he did not feel the need to tell her about it. One example of an act of silence is when she is in the kitchen and Conrad walks in. It is obvious Conrad wants to talk to her about something but she simply refuses and ignores him to answer the phone. Instead of ignoring the problem she could of created safety with Conrad to talk about his
Silence teaches and creates things, it also leaves things bottled up inside and emotions running astray. In the book, The Chosen the characters didn't always know what was happening with others because they were silent many times. But some could know what each other were talking about like, Danny and Reuven. They could understand each other even when silent because of the close relationship they had Danny's silence is based on "Being raised in silence", "The technique and how it impacted Danny", and "How the method of raising a child can work out"
McEwan begins the chapter with a quote from Convey (1990), “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” This quote speaks to the importance of communication because it describes the importance of
This is emphasized through her village and in her school that is located across the bridge in white town. Stacey begins dealing with the loss of Nora, and elder in her town. And this in return begins the chain of events that Stacey begins on the path of self-discovery not only on herself but everyone around her. She begins to see things differently and clearly. Stacey is a very complex and confused character, and she begins to work through these complexities through her thoughts, statements and actions.
Speak starts with a young lady, named Melinda, attending her first day of school scoping out the school and staff without any friends. Melinda, being the quiet girl she is in the beginning of the school year, gains new friends, a new girl from out of town, and her art teacher. As the story progress, background on Melinda is revealed. She had lost her friends after calling the cops on the party because she was scared after being raped by a boy named Andy Evans. Melinda’s grades and relationship begins to dwindle down as the year goes on for Melinda forcing her to see the guidance counselor with her parents. She starts to talk a little more to her old friends as her new friend Heather has
Effective communication is a key principle for developing positive relationships with children, young people and adults. By ensuring that communication is effective it provides clarity on what behaviour is expected and a clear understanding of the tasks. In providing this children and young people will feel they are able to join in and it also provides positive experiences in variety of situations. The result is children will feel more at ease within the school setting and with those around them. By listening to what a child, young person or adult has to say a sense of value and self-worth can be achieved, which forms another factor in developing positive relationships, trust.
HBO's Sex and the City has become a cultural icon in its 6 seasons of running. Based on Candace Bushnell's racy book Sex and the City, the show exhibits an unprecedented example of the sexual prowess of women over the age of 35. The result is an immense viewing audience and an evolving view on the "old maid" stigma that a woman's chances of finding love are significantly reduced after thirty-five. In this paper, we will closely analyze the characters and themes of Sex and the City to explain the significance of what the show represents in American culture.
Another concern that some students might have is communication. Some students might not need to have a teacher in front of them and teach the course material to them, to whereas some students might need the te...