Cartoons

After stressful days or when I get frustrated or when I feel like having a laugh, I watch the very popular show on Nickelodeon, Spongebob Squarepants. Even though it is targeted at children, I find it one of the funniest shows I have ever viewed. Lately when I have homework to complete and Spongebob is on the television, I find myself focusing more on the cartoon characters rather than my school work. However, when I watch it, I think about the characters and their personalities and what they all portray. For example, Mrs. Puff represents a person who has been turned to insanity and often going to jail because Spongebob doesn’t know how to drive which often leads to destruction. She is driven to insanity due to all of the traumatic incidents Spongebob has made her experience. Also, Spongebob represents an adult who is a child at heart. This is displayed by how he has a career as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab and lives on his own with his pet snail Gary, but is immature with his friends and reactions to events such as playing with bubbles and constantly crying. Although statistics have displayed that watching Spongebob Squarepants has resulted in the downfall of IQ levels, my sisters, cousins and I watch it constantly and we all receive high grades. I don’t think the idiotic actions or plots in the cartoon present a risk to a child’s academic level. Instead, I believe that this show helps children with their imagination. For example, there was an episode where Spongebob and his friend Patrick created different scenarios and sat in a box acting out them out. Squidward, their neighbor, did not know what it meant to use his imagination. He heard them playing in the box and thought that they had some sort of technology producing the noises of explosions and rocket engine sounds, however, Spongebob and Patrick were making the noises themselves. To me, this shows how one can use their imagination to have fun and I believe that this cartoon shows children how to be creative and imaginative with how they spend their time and how they do projects or activities.