Scooby-Doo

have written a couple of stories since I have been here at college, but none have pertained to fantastical characters; however when I was in the third grade I wrote a very short story about a green knight. I can remember being inspired by the show Scooby doo. So I wrote a story about a green knight who was a villain. No one knew who he was, what his motives were, or anything else about him. He was completely mysterious, and the only thing for certain was if you entered his castle he would come…

gory origins it was to something that could be shown and acceptable to a younger audience. For example, Dora the Explorer was a detective, but she focused more on exploring and finding clues to solve crimes than on the actual crime solving. The Scooby-Doo show catered to younger teens, and showed them that being young detectives and solving crime could be fun, especially if you have the Mystery Machine and a groovy bunch of friends and/or…

dollars every time I cut the grass. I am a pretty athletic guy, I have played soccer, football, basketball, baseball, lacrosse, and the swim team. I have also been on the math team. I love games like checkers and chess. I have always liked watching Scooby Doo and I have recently discovered the Star Wars movies. I have always preferred action packed books like Percy Jackson and I would love to be a salesman. The people that live at my house are me , my mom, my dad, Jack,Porter, Emily, my dog…

discussed in class. Now, that the course is coming to an end, I take a stand back and say wow, how ignorant was I not to know much about the LBGT community. Going home excited to tell my husband about what I learned in class, him giving me the Scooby- Doo look and says what are you, learning? But, a topic that was brought up in class I took it home to give him a scoop on the inside about LGBT community.…

Vladimir the Vampire: The Representation of Vampires in Ethan Long’s Fright Club Recent releases of children’s films like Hotel Transylvania and children’s text’s like Monster Trouble have contributed to the rapidly growing genre of children’s horror. From the 1960s to present day, monsters have become a demanded topic in children’s media as they have transformed from frightening creatures to misunderstood, cuddly beings (Palmer). In Ethan Long’s Fright Club, a picturebook detailing a club for…

hear my mom’s voice on the other end. Mom sounded like she had been crying and I saw my grandma’s face turn somber very quickly. Grandma told me to just relax in the living room and that we would finish supper later. I turned on my favorite show, Scooby Doo, and she went back to her bedroom. It was almost three episodes later when she came out and joined me on the couch. I didn’t say a thing because I was too scared to know the news yet, I dreaded the worst. Soon after Grandma came back out she…

Paranormal television is a genre of reality television. Its scope comprises purportedly factual investigations of paranormal phenomena, rather than fictional representations found in such shows and movies as Scooby-Doo, Ghostbusters, and Rentaghost. In the print media reports of supernatural occurrences have always been common. When TV became more and more popular stations needed to find way of differentiating themselves. Starting in the 1960’s TV stations began to feature ghost stories. This…

I am an eighteen-year-old all American girl with the world waiting at the tip of my pen. I am the apprentice on her way to becoming the master of her own story. With my mind, I can delve into any place that lays beyond the outskirts of an ordinary imagination. I dream and I live those dreams within an infinite number of pages. With my writing utensil, I press pen tip to paper and by doing so I say, "here I am, baring my soul. Criticize how you will." Through the words I utter into the quiet…

An example of this is Velma from Scooby Doo, Velma is stocky and unfashionable with thick glasses and short hair. It is as if her intelligence is directly linked to the fact that she is not stereotypically feminine, sending a message that women cannot be slim, fashionable and also smart.…

The last few decades’ women have been portrayed to be fragile on-screen. For years, women’s role on-screen was to stay home to clean, cook, and to care for their family. Women were not given leading roles in films or television shows; instead they were just given secondary roles where they did not speak. They are given roles where the main character is a male and they are presented as being defenseless. Now there are many roles that allow women to start in films and television shows with a…