LEANING ACITIVITY SHEET

Torres, Sheila Mae N. Communication, Culture & Society

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Tom and Jerry is often thought of as frivolous entertainment for children. It's simply something
pleasant and familiar that's aired on television, both on kids networks and on local stations, for decades
on end. However, this iconic cat and mouse have a bit more prestige than you might expect.

I have always loved cartoons. As a 20-year-old, I might not watch as many cartoons as I did when I was a
kid but I enjoy them now way more than any other adult I know. A significant part of my childhood has
been spent watching cartoons, especially Tom & Jerry. The twisted friendship between Tom and Jerry
draws a brilliant analogy with the relationships we share with people in today's world. I can say that it
does not contains violence because if you go deeper in their movies that sums up Tom & Jerry's very
twisted friendship just like all of our friendships. It also gives us an insight into our relationship with our
siblings. Somehow, they never give up on each other even after going through the worse of the
situations. Our life is basically a maze with several blocks which is brilliantly illustrated in the show. We
constantly juggle with problems of diverse nature and somehow, we meet them face-to-face when we
least expect them. Tom and Jerry create those obstacles in this eccentric string of events which comes
across as a mirror image of what happens to the best of us. There are instances in the show where Tom
or Jerry try to take a shortcut, it ends up pretty bad. This is a slight hint towards a bigger lesson that
there is absolutely no shorter way to achieve what we really want in life. Take it or leave it. Even
through all the fights and crazy mayhem that they created, Tom & Jerry never really hurt each other,
emotionally. In the worst of times, they were there for each other. You will meet a variety of people in
your life. You don't need to like everyone but you need to find your 'special' people to make life
bearable.

We fight with our friends but we are always there for them, just like Tom & Jerry