son and drunken husband. She may sound like her only weakness is being naive, but she has also made her mistakes in the marriage. In one episode Marge almost had an affair with her bowling instructor and deserted her family every night to go see him. Since, this is a lighthearted show she didn’t go through with the adulterous deed, but it shows us that even Marge is fallible. (http://www.snpp.com)Marge and Homer may be unorthodox parents, but their children do not seem to be much different. Bart is the oldest of the Simpson children; at ten years old this boy has gotten in himself into more predicaments and mischief than most children even dream of. He has done everything from cutting off the head of the town’s beloved Jebediah Springfield statue to getting the United States in diplomatic discord with Australia. His rebellion is considered harmless “boys will be boys” behavior, and never treated as the potentially dangerous conduct he demonstrates. Whether his actions are out of a need for attention from his neurotic mother or to rebel against the angst he has toward his inebriated father, the community around him is the one that suffers from his delinquency.Though Bart may be the product of his environment, Lisa, his seven-year-old sister, seems to have come out of this situation with a remarkable amount of morale and intellect. She excels in school and playing the saxophone despite her home life. Her studious demeanor may be due to the fact that she uses books and studying as a means of escape from the reality of having to live within the confines of her house and small town community that neglect her gifts and talents. Much like Marge, Lisa is not without her faults. She tends expect those around her to live up to the unrealistic expectations she has set for herself. When Lisa decided to become a vegetarian, her tolerance for her meat eating family no longer existed. She refused to understand ho...
