Blog_7 Highschool is Hell

“High School is Hell” is quite an interesting article. It’s main point is that as cultures change over time, so does the way in which we deal with fears, and express what is going on in our culture. In “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” metaphors such as vampires and monsters are used to represent actual problems and things that happen in a real high-school environment, obviously in a non-fiction way. Rather than having a show that shows directly what goes on in reality, this science fiction series mixes those actual problems and events with a fantasy story line, creating an entertaining program that demonstrates real problems of typical high school kids, in a subtle way. I think this is a very genius and creative how writers do these types of things, but it seems that there is always a message behind the plot, given that it is a good show. As times change, so does modern culture, and to be able to adapt to these changes and keep up with the demand of entertainment is very impressive. There are so many things to say about high school, and too many possible stories to tell. The writer generalizes the important aspects of life through a high school student, while adding in supposedly interesting science fiction, as a metaphor for the morals expressed in the show. Metaphors are sometimes more real than reality, for in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” Buffy is the slayer and slays all of the vampires, but does so in context of a troubled high school girl with common everyday problems, like the rest of us.