Futurama: Characters Connected By Emotions

The characters in the movie showed they were living in a time of poverty. Pete’s family

This is an aspect of the show that keeps it from being similar to Family Guy, which portrays a blue-collar family that almost never worries about anything. The Belchers, on the other hand, worry about everything, and that gives the show the stakes that other adult cartoons lack. When the family’s car breaks down in “Family Fracas,” they end up competing on a game show to win a new minivan. In “Sheesh! Cab, Bob?”, Bob gets a second job driving a cab at night to pay for Tina’s special birthday party. The need for money also drives the family into doing super strange things, like getting paid to pretend that mother Linda and her children are actually the family of landlord Mr. Fischoeder in order to trick Mr. Fishoeder’s ex-wife into getting back together with

The “nearest town was twenty-five kilometres east’’ really implies that the family were economically insecure because they were not able to purchase a property in a town surrounded by people. In ‘The Strong One’ Rachel and Jerra “barely survive on the dole” which implies they can barely afford for Rachel to attend university. Luckily, Rachel received “a cheque from [Jerra’s] parents every month so that she could continue going to university. Winton proves how having a baby caused Jerra and Rachel to have an abundance of money

Having parents that tried so hard to set themselves apart from society, all while struggling to earn money, had an impact on their children's lives, and it wasn't for the better. These children lived to struggle. With a bad home life, and parents that didn't seem to care for them enough, Jeannette, Brian, Maureen, and Lori Walls all eventually moved away from their careless parents, to New York. Although it took time for Lori and Jeannette Walls to save up what little money they had, due to the fact that the father continually stole it, they were able to move to New York successfully. Later in the memoir, their parents also decide to move there, except they don't try to better their lives like their

Out of the four families in this movie called "what's cooking?" the Nguyen family had it the toughest, there son Gary was suspended found to have possessed a gun, there daughter jenny was in possession of condoms and was dating a guy without their permission, there oldest son JImmy who did not come home to visit for thanksgiving but went with his lover to another family and lying to them saying he was gonna be at class, and they dinner was burnt to a crisp so they couldn’t have a turkey. All of these issue just show that they struggle the most in the situation they were brought to. The other family had like only one or two issue while they had

Most of the time, there wasn’t a steady income coming in but when there was her father, Rex, who was an alcoholic spent the money on himself. So not only did their mom put herself before the kids, but a lot of times the dad did as well. They never had a lot to begin with, but the money they did have never went to the kids. Rex and

The television series, “The Walton’s” was about a family living through the Great Depression in the Blue Ridge Mountain area of Virginia. Their daily struggles through all of

Imagine a single mother who has has the task of taking care of multiple children, all on a minimum wage budget. This mother’s mind is overwhelmed with worries. Will she be able to pay next month's rent? WIll she be able to put food on the table for all of her children. The single mother lives each and every day with this anxiety, and even with government assistance: Is it enough to live comfortably?

Reality is never really shown on television. Especially in 1950s sitcoms, reality situations such as economic and race were often hidden from audiences. On sitcoms, poor people made enough to have essential belongings. There was never unemployment or major financial problems. The truth as Coontz states, "Throughout the 1950s, poverty was higher than it is today" (Coontz 40). This sort of reality is often apart of the plot shown in today's sitcoms. In "Gilmore Girls", Lorelei would be considered middle class, and she had financial problems when she wanted to open an inn. For awhile, being unemployed she had to borrow from her parents and friends. This gives audiences a sense of reality that can be seen in happening to somebody watching the show. This makes sitcoms today much more believable.

To give some context to the story, what is currently happening is the Dad and mom have no real stable way of living income wise which has left them with dirty clothes, no food, and depression. How this theme was introduced here was on page 69 in this quote: “...her face was swollen red ‘It’s not my fault if you’re hungry’ she shouted. ‘Do you think I like living like this? Do you?’”. This has shown how the family is paying for the choices that the parents have made and this continues on in the rest of the story with the family still struggling to live free without any from of constraint. The event results in a vicious cycle of depression as demonstrated in Welch when they had to move because of low income and the kids had to go through neglect or abuse from the mother of Rex and when they moved into a broken down house with no heating to try and fend for themselves for winter. This was due to the parents refusal of jobs and wanting easy money, and judging by the context where the mom’s eyes are “swollen and red” she is crying.

The weather for this family living in Kansas was not great at all. Due to the drought in the south lead to dust storms that destroyed crops. Crops then turned to dust which meant that there was no food to be sent out. Because of the Dust Bowl, homes were buried, there was no food to be served, not many jobs and most people were either sick because of bad air quality, or unemployed. Since the crops that farmers had were ruined by the drought and the dust bowl, they had no food for themselves or to exchange for other food or supplies they needed. Soup kitchens and breadlines offered free or low cost food for people. Many farmers migrated to California and other Pacific coast states because of being in a bad state of living where they were at.

More specifically, one story talks about Shelly Comer a divorced 43 year old mother of three who also take care of her oldest child’s friend, Michelle. Shelly has worked her whole life doing a variety of jobs. She recently became a registered nurse and now works night shifts and makes an annual income of $70,377. Regardless of these things, she is currently going into debt so that Michelle can go to college. This article not only explains the “many average Americans that are struggling from rising costs” but also how it’s getting harder for American families to have any money for themselves.

The pursuit of happiness is the American dream that immigrants envisioned. Immigrants crossed the Atlantic Ocean in droves, as they pursed the copious amount of opportunities that were available to them. Over time, the dream has been in a steady decline and ultimately soured into a nightmare for Americans. The United States’ debt is currently trillions of dollars and American households are also in serious and debilitating debt with no chance at recovery. The cost of living in American has escalated in recent years, but the minimum wage has not followed suit. As a result of the higher cost of living, American people were forced to take out loans and credit cards to charge basic living expenses. As an example, having a child costs around $250,000

Money plays a huge part in this story. Hester, the mother, is obsessed with having more and more money. She lives the life of a woman with money, never allowing anyone to see past the family's small income, "The mother had a small income, and the father had a

The Sheridans are an affluent family of New Zealand; they are prominent and social, often hosting parties and luncheons for other families of the same social rank. They live in a world protected from the realities of life such as poverty, death, and unhappiness, and this bubble contains all the joy, perfection, and grandeur that is stereotypically accompanied with having an abundance of wealth. As a whole, the Sheridan family is one-dimensional; they cannot see beyond their own way of life, and cannot comprehend the hardships faced by others. The family consists primarily of cold and self absorbed individuals, but these characteristics are only revealed when their way of life is challenged or infringed upon; often they appear to be lovely, happy, and fortuitous citizens who are enjoying the benefits of their propitious life.