thic mouse who's only purpose is to kill and torture Scratchy, a cat. Nearing the end of the episode, Marge realizes that Itchy and Scratchy is not hurting anyone. They take a satirical view to the situation when a group of mothers try to stop Michaelangelo's David from visiting the Springfield Museum of Art by means that it is pornographic. (Koger and Wolodarsky) Unlike many sitcoms, “The Simpsons” is more like everyday life. Homer works in a power plant. In many other sitcoms, the father works a popular job, such as an accountant, or with a television studio. The Simpson family is not a wealthy family living in a $300,000 house. Many children can relate to this. (Rebeck, 622)In some cases, “The Simpsons” is educational. Karen Brecze credits Homer Simpson with saving her 8-year-old son, Alex's life. Bence, of Auburn, Washington, says the boy was choking on an orange when his 10-year-old brother, Chris, used the Heimlich maneuver, which he learned from "Homer at the Bat", where Homer is choking on a doughnut. Unlike Alex, Homer doesn't receive help and coughs up the doughnut as his co-workers look at the Heimlich maneuver poster. (Dyer, D3) “The Simpsons” affects kids, just as anything around them will. Perhaps people fear “The Simpsons” because they can see a little of “The Simpsons” in themselves. We all have inner child's trying to get out that behave just like Bart. We all do "pull a Homer" sometimes. It just happens. The show doesn't make us do it. It just happens. If this world did not have “The Simpsons” children would behave in the same manner, they just might not laugh quite as much. 1.What images come to mind when you think of “The Simpsons”?2.What words come to mind when you think of “The Simpsons”?3.Do you think “The Simpsons” influence you?...
