High School is Hell

“High School is Hell” offered an interesting perspective on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It shows how metaphors were used by the creators to show problems that are actually occurring in the real world. I have never seen an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the show sounds pretty interesting from the article; however, I think that if I were to go and watch it now knowing the metaphors would kind of ruin the series for me. I like to enjoy what I am watching, not analyze, and knowing all the metaphorical references in the show I think would kind of ruin it for me. Not to say that I don’t think that what the writers achieved with the series is not great. It is amazing how deep the show is and how it relates to how teenagers in high school actually feel. However, after reading the article I feel like I would just be analyzing the story instead of enjoying it for what it is worth.

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As a reader I follow many different styles of writing, but some of my favorite authors are Tucker Max and Dan Brown. These are two of my favorite writers for very different reasons. Both Tucker Max’s I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell and Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code have been on the New York Times Best Seller List. As you can probably tell from the titles these books are very different. Tucker Max’s writings are very funny and usually extremely entertaining. While Dan Brown’s writing is more mysterious and keeps you guessing until the end. Although being very different Brown and Max’s books do have an underlying similarity in that both are very controversial, and since we Americans like controversy both have also been made into movies. The Da Vinci Code has received criticism from many Catholics because of its claims that Jesus had children and its search for the Holy Grail. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell has also received criticism for its controversial content about women and drinking.

Personally I take both authors books for what they are meant to be, which is funny, interesting, and entertaining. Whereas I think people that oppose these writing either have not read them and are basing their information off of other sources, or are simply going with what other people believe. Either way I think both of these books are great reads or movies, as I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell just went to theaters last weekend, for anyone who might be interested.

Serenity

My impressions of the first Firefly episode Serenity were that this sci-fi show was much different from both what I expected and what I have seen in other sci-fi movies. Firefly was different in that the story is not really told from the hero's point of view, but more of the common people just trying to get by with what they can.

Some things from the show that interested me were the Sheppard and how he gave Kayley money for the trip but also a strawberry. I thought this was a little odd and I'm not sure why this caught my eye but I found it weird that she would be so excited about the fact he had a strawberry. Also, the doctor surprised me I was guessing that he was not going to turn out to be a good guy, but although he was in trouble his intentions were good.

Overall the Firefly seems to be a good show and I am interested to see how the other episodes play out. As a side note watching sci-fi tv shows is a much better English class than reading a boring book that you don't care about and attempting to write about it.

Introduction

Hi my name is Zeke McVey I am a sophomore here at Ohio State. I am from a relatively small town called Zanesville here in Ohio about an hour east of Columbus. I am majoring in Chemical Engineering not sure exactly what I am going to do with it yet, but hopefully I can figure that out over the next few years.

I love sports mainly football, basketball, and baseball. I enjoy being outside and just generally having a good time with friends.