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Glee Kayla Von Drasek College of DuPage Composition I Eli a!eth "nderson 1#$%$1&

GLEE ' Glee (he (ele)ision sho* Glee portrays young adults dealing *ith issues through real$life plots+ relata!le ,hara,ters and situations+ and also inspiring themes and musi, to go along *ith a spe,ifi, situation that is o,,urring- "lthough ea,h episode is different+ the ,hara,ters still use musi, to help them through situations- (he musi, they relate to their situation emphasi es the inspiring theme and it helps them reali e ho* to sol)e something or e)en sho*s them their life in a different perspe,ti)e- (here are so many positi)e things a!out Glee+ and some of them are: Relata!le ,hara,ters and situations+ the plot+ it inspires to help impro)e life+ musi, helps emphasi e the main themes of the episode.hen it ,omes to the relata!le ,hara,ters and situations+ I *ould say that is one of the !est parts of the sho*- It/s ni,e to !e a!le to relate to something+ it also helps *ith keeping things interesting so that you *ant to keep *at,hing to see ho* things *ill turn out and if it is similar to your situations- "n e0ample of a situation in Glee that ,an relate to some people *ould !e *hen the students in their s,hool *ere against people *ho *ere gay- It ,aused the student named Kurt to get !ullied more+ and he *as not a,,epted for *ho he *as- (he students in Glee a,,epted him though so he *as a!le to ha)e some ,omfort at times if he needed it- I *ould say that is relata!le to some people out there in the *orld !e,ause I am sure there are people *ho are afraid to say *ho they really are !e,ause they are *orried they *ill get 1udged- (hat spe,ifi, episode *as !asi,ally dealing *ith a,,eptan,e and !eing different- It sho*ed ho* Kurt *as a!le to ,ome out and !e *ho he *as- 2e a,,epted that !eing gay *as *ho he *as and nothing *ould e)er ,hange that(he plot in Glee is real life *hi,h is helpful for *orking through young adult issues- It takes pla,e mainly in their high s,hool- (here are times *hen they go outside of the s,hool !ut

GLEE & most of the time it/s in their ,lassroom or on stage at their s,hool- 3eing at s,hool helps the students in Glee to *ork through their pro!lems !e,ause they ha)e so many people around them that ,an help+ and some of their issues o,,ur !e,ause of another student- 4or e0ample+ 4inn and Kurt *ere !oth in Glee ,lu! together and their parents ended up getting together- "t first that *as really *eird and un,omforta!le for 4inn so it ,aused him to ha)e an argument *ith Kurt *hen they *ere dis,ussing ho* to de,orate their room at home- I think that !y them !oth !eing in the same ,lu! at s,hool all the time it helped !e,ause they had to !e around ea,h other- (hey *ere a!le to talk !ut mostly they sang- 5inging is *hat al*ays seems to help a situation *hen it ,omes to Glee- (here is Ethos in the plot *hen it ,omes to the adult ,hara,ters !eing relia!le sometimes and other times notGlee has so many different types of musi, in their episodes- E)ery episode is a different theme- (hey ha)e had all sorts of different musi, artists like the 3eatles+ and 6i,hael 7a,kson(he Glee students !asi,ally sing e)ery song that is out there- Ea,h one of the songs that they sing relates to their life in some *ay *hether they kno* it at first or not- 5ometimes they ha)e to sing the song first and then that helps them reali e ho* it relates to them- "n e0ample *ould !e *hen 5antana and 3rittany *eren/t sure if they lo)ed ea,h other or not and they *eren/t sure if they *anted to !e open and put a la!el on their relationship- (hey *ent to talk to a tea,her a!out ho* they *ere feeling+ and then they sang a song together that related to their feelings- "t the end of the song it opened their eyes more so they *ere a!le to see *hat they truly felt and *anted *ith ea,h other"s you ,an see+ Glee is an ama ing tele)ision series- (hey ha)e real life plots and situations+ relata!le ,hara,ters+ and inspiring themes and musi,- I feel like there is an episode out there for almost e)eryone to relate to- Glee helps sho* us ho* to get through hard times+ and

GLEE 8 ho* to learn to gro* up- It sho*s us that *e aren/t kids anymore *e ha)e to start a,ting like adults- Glee also helps portray ho* musi, ,an really help people through things and ho* it ,an inspire so many people- It sho*s ho* e)eryone is talented and they shouldn/t !e afraid to !e *ho they truly are-