The Element the TV Show

Choose a work of fiction (novel or story) or poetry, a film or television show, or a song, and provide an analysis of one aspect of the work and what it does. For example, as a graduate student, I once analyzed Monty Python and the Holy Grail and the film’s use of the aspect of defiance.
You will be able to choose any of the types of work that we discussed in class. You are not restricted to using the specific works we've talked about, but may study them in more depth if you would like. Did you notice an important element in a poem like “An Arundel Tomb”, in a song like “Sympathy for the Devil”, or a television show like Family Guy?
Identify this element or aspect and create a paper of 900-1200 words, double spaced, with a reasonable font choice (10 or 11 point Calibri or Times New Roman) with a focused thesis statement that clearly indicates your paper’s main idea. For example, the thesis of my Monty Python paper was that The Pythons use the element of defiance throughout the film, through the behavior of characters (like Dennis The Peasant, who does not accept Arthur as his king, or Launcelot, who attempts to act against his own particular idiom) and through their spoofing of a sacred cultural mythology, that they are encouraging their audience to defy traditional models of looking at the Arthurian legends. I focused my paper on exploring and developing this idea, but your paper for this course will be a lot shorter and focus on a simpler aspect of your chosen media piece.
So, in short:
Choose a work to analyze (novel or story, poem, song, film, television show, video game with story elements)
Identify an element of the work to focus on analyzing.
Create a clear thesis statement that indicates your main idea about this element and how the work uses it.
Use supporting evidence from the source material to support and develop your thesis.
Include a clear introduction and conclusion where you introduce readers to your thesis and main idea (introduction) and restate your thesis and summarize your paper’s main ideas (conclusion).
If you are citing a text, include in-text citations using MLA citation style (Don’t worry too much about this as you prepare your rough draft. We’ll discuss guidelines of MLA style before Peer Review, so you will be able to advise your classmates on how to use it.)