High School Is Hell” is an article that analyzes how the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a horror-genre, is easily relatable to the real world, especially issues of modern teenagers. Tracy Little argues that with the use of metaphors each episode can represent a relevant theme to modern teenagers such as low self-esteem, teenage lust and heartbreak and giving into peer pressure. These metaphors of high school life are what Buffy the Vampire Slayer is about. Little goes on and analyzes the classic monsters in horrors generally represent the same thing like vampires represent social drain of work and age, werewolves represent the beast within ourselves and zombies can represent the fear of losing one’s mental faculties.
Little spoke about how these metaphors with monsters can at some level be very real. Especially when she mentioned that Zombie myths in Haiti could possibly be related to the use of powdered blowfish, which slowed the process of the central nervous system so that someone could appear dead but then comeback to life as a Zombie.
Little continues her argument about how these metaphors can communicate themes on a deeper level with viewers that a straightforward language could not. Joining common references with new situations. With this approach, watching BtVS can connect to viewers in so many different ways and on a deeper level. The show emphasizes that the characters care more about not having a date for prom, reputation or getting a spot on the cheerleading team than imminent danger of demons and other forces of evil attacking. While fighting evil forces, Buffy struggles even more with self-identity, self-esteem and finding a new peer group at her new high school. As the title says, high school is hell because of what Buffy must deal with as teenager in high school trumps fighting monsters and demons.
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