To me the real strength in this argument comes from the fact that nearly all of us who are reading it have been through high school and all the horrors it has to offer. In the article High School is Hell: Metaphor Made Literal in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the connection of just how wild and crazy high school is, is made. In high school there are always problems afoot and there are always those that antagonize those minor almost miniscule problems to become dramatic obsessive issues. In this article, Buffy The Vampire Slayer takes every school day insecurities and problems such as: pressures, image, reputation, and violence, and personifies these problems into actual horrors. From the show not only are these horrors giant problems in the protagonists life, but school events such as homecoming, speeches, prom night, and cheerleading tryouts are also right up there as well. This shows just how important surviving high school and just how more difficult it is than fighting any monsters and demons. It is very ingenious for the writers to add these metaphors into the show; for not only is the target audience to anyone that has been terrorized in high school (everyone that’s actually attended), but it also might ease the transition into high school for the younger ones. Giving them a sense that they are not alone in their meaningless high school quibbles and problems.
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