‘The Waltons’ and ‘The Simpsons’ In this essay I will show a comparative study of the two views of American family life as shown in the two television series ‘The Simpsons ‘and ‘The Waltons”. The “Waltons” is an American television series narrated by one of it’s characters John Boy. It began in 1972 and ran until 1982, the story is set in the period 1930-1940, it illustrates the lifestyle of an exemplary country American family that …showed first 75 words of 2544 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2544 total…the family lifestyle is totally disastrous and it represents a failure in a family. With such a family the country would not be prosperous and there would not only be an economic collapse but also social be de-generation In spite of all the positive points of the Waltons, I prefer the Simpson family as they seem more normal and realistic, probably because of their dysfunctional nature, which conforms to the viewer’s opinion of families.