School Is Hell Analysis

There are many who have gone through great depths to obtain a formal education. Striving through the strenuous institutionalized setting, through lectures, assignments, papers, and examinations, to finally being able to stand under the raining of square caps. But after all, what is this institutionalized setting; what is school? Most may claim that it is an inevitable step: a key to unlock doors and pathways, which would eventually lead one to a promising future. Others may perhaps refer it as a haven— a disparate realm void of burdens of society, enabling one to pursue in the attainment of knowledge. For some however, school is what Matt Groening explicitly states within the title of his works: school is hell. Groening’s comics are fused with hilarity: the generalization of teachers and students, the sardonic remarks about the hierarchical structure of the institutionalized setting. His portrayals of school life are cynical, even sarcastic at times. Still, it does reveal an unwavering truth about particular facets of school. There are certain aspects of school life that contributes to the idea of school being like hell: the constant exposure to pressure, demanding teachers who evaluates students with unreasonable schemas, and most of all, how actions may seem futile— …show more content…
I could not help but fall into defeatism, and convince myself that my purpose was to remain a “dull little obedient sheep” and “knuckle under to petty authority”, identical to the protagonist in the second comic from the School Is Hell packet. Given the hierarchical relationship between my teacher and myself, I also knew that challenging his decisions is futile. I subsequently began to loath his classes, and viewed them as a burden. I constantly questioned his actions, teaching style, his rules, and his assignments, in the same manner as the protagonist in the third comic within the