The Simpson’s just happens to be one of the best shows and is amazing that we get to watch it in class to relay little things we have been learning. There are several things in the episode that we watched that portrayed some of the things we had discussed in class. Mimetic desire, happens to be the most prevalent of the things we have learned in the show. For instance, when Bart dumps Greta and she starts to date Millhouse; Bart gets really upset and wants her back for the sole reason of having her because Millhouse does. Bart only wants her back because he really starts to realize that she liked him along with the fact that she is rich. The other occurrence was in the other episode when Lisa wants to go to the private school because all of the other students are. Another form is the homological bond between Homer and Greta’s dad. Homer is always around her dad because he is an actor and is extremely rich. Money is a big deal to Homer, which is why he tries to make as much as he can.
Scapegoating is another big issue. When the children are stranded on the island from Auto wrecking the bus; many of the kids start to blame each other for little things. A boar had eaten the food out of the cooler and everybody tried to blame it on Millhouse. Nelson, the big bully, threatens to kill him just because he can. This is also a form of mob violence. All the kids join Nelson or else he will pulverize them.