Mr Burns In The Simpsons

This episode is definitely the most favorite episode from The Simpsons that I’ve watched since it tackled a character that I absolutely fascinated about, Mr. Burns. At the beginning of the episode, we saw Mr. Burns’ character a lot as he were dreaming about his past where he left his life of poverty (and his beloved bear, BoBo) to go off and live the life of a luxury with a heartless millionaire. The first scene of him agrees to leave his own family without any hesitation and choose to live with a rich stranger is a way of writers to hint us that Mr. Burns is a heartless man that will give up anything for his own goods. The episode then revolves around Mr. Burn’s birthday and how he wanted Homer Simpsons to become a comedy performer for his birthday party. However, in …show more content…
Burns and how he was always depicted as evil or sometimes “satan” by the writers. Despite the fact that he is extremely rich and powerful, Monty Burns finds little in the world to be pleased about, he is not a happy man and the cause for this come from different sources. Burns doesn’t like how he looks, he doesn’t like the fact that he has long list of diseases and that he is old. Moreover, his unhappiness also lies in the way he perceive the world around him. For example: in the episode, Burns doesn’t like the fact that Homer was making fun of him to entertain the audiences and how the people in the party don’t know how to celebrate his birthday properly. According to Daniel Barwick, Burns’ particular way of looking at the world cripples him emotionally and is “echoed increasingly in the way we interact with our own world.” (p.115). Moreover, we can also see Burns as an epitome of rich people who are creature of gross excess. Everything about him is big including his house, power, ambition but none of his excesses can bring him the happiness. “Despite being surrounded by people, he is alone. Despite his vast wealth, he wants ever