Samantha Slater

Subject: the strictest parents is a show that takes two teens who are not nice and/or doing bad things and they send them to another familys house for a week to try and straighten them out. Mainly the familys that the children are sent too are christian families. durring the show the teens make mistakes and they test the limits with their new families and recieve punishments that are suposed to teach them a life lesson. In they end they either go home changed and on a better path or they fall back into thier old ways.

Content: Teens these days take alot of things for grantant and they take alot of people for grantent. alot of teens dont realize what they have until they go somewhere else and live a different way just like these kids do they take on their new families rules and regulations. They disrespect and they are uncalled for and in society today alot of teenagers have alot of hardships but we all know hurting the ones we love is not the way to go about things. and like alison said in the begining it is a bumpy road but in the end they realize what they really had and how good it was and how easy they had it and they need to learn to respect what they have and appreciate it.

Evaluation: usually the families they go to are chirstian families and like allison said i think its a good thing because then they can atleast for a week strengthen their relasionship with god or atleast create one. also children who watch these shows can learn how rude and spoild you can seem and hopefully they realize by watching what things can infulence you and how bad it can seem. This show also shows like allison said shows “christ in the common” because these ordinary people take in others from the goodness of their heart and try to teach them to be better people and to better their lives not for the childrens sake but for their parents and loved ones who they are hurting.

Subject: the secret life is a show about a teenage girl in highschool wh meets  a player and they have intimante times together and she ends up with a baby. Her life is falling apart she wants nothing to do with the boy who is the father and she has pressure from her current boyfriend to have sex and her parents are getting devorced. Along in this twisted story is a girl named grace who is a strong christian who finally had sex and not long after her father died and she thought it was gods punishment for her sin to make him die and she blames herself for his death. later on in this story grace learns to move on from grieving and amy the girl with the baby is still having a hard time.

Content: in society there are alot of teen pregnancys and alot of devorces and deaths but this show shows the proof of how real things like this can be, and how hard it can be. like amy no one ever thinks that they could be the one to get pregnant. grace on the other had there are alot of strong christians out there who take blame on themselves for something they should be hard on themselvs for. Devorce is as common as teen pregnancy it seem like thats all that goes on these days. you get knocked up at a early age end up marrying them to find out that its not all that it seems to be and your unhappy and you had to take on a task that your not ready yet to take on and it leads to a split.

Evaluation: this show also has alot of christian views such as grace the girl who was so wrapped up in god and suddenly had sex just to find that her father died and she thought god made that the punishment for her sin. since then she hated god she put blame on herself she wouldnt come out of her house even to go to her fathers funural. later grace realizes there are lots of people who are there for her and she decides to finally come out and accept what happend and that she cant blame herself. Not only does it show wha happend to grace but it also shows amy and her long journy and even though she dosent cling to god in this time she remains strong trying to get along with the father while dealing with the devorce of her parents and her failing relationship with her boyfriend. but through it all god stays to play a part in this realistic story of the secret life of a american teenager.

SUBJECT: In the movie Paranormal Activity there is a girl names Kate who has been being followed by this demon since she was 8 years old. She noticed that it had been following her since her house burnt down. Now Kate has been living with her Fiance Mica and they have been noticing stange things are begining to happen more often. Mica went out and bought  a camera and has set it up in their bedroom and it tapes the paranormal activity that has been happening and taking controll of Kate and yet she dosent even know. They have had people come in and see if they can assist getting the demon out but it dosent work so Mica takes matters into his own hands and tries to get rid of it but all it does is make the situation worse. In the end the demon wins putting Mica to death and now Kate is nowhere to be found…

CONTENT: I agree with Kyle when he says that these things do happen and they should not be messed with. People take things way to far in society one persons fear may not be anothers while they may be able to try and help they may also be making the situation worse. For example Mica when he tried to help getting the demon out he angered it more resulting in it breaking pictures of his face and having more paranormal activity come harsher and more often. taking over Kates body and killing Mica goes to show that helping isnt always the best answer sometimes its just better to let the professionals do their job.

EVALUATION: In this movie it shows us some truths. It shows us the truth of Friendship and the truth and Respect jus like kyle said. It shows friendship because it shows Micas love for Kate and how he truly wants to help her get control of this demon that has been following her and wanting to take over her life. Even though he is risking his life he is willing to give that up for her even though he dosent know that is a possibility. The truth of Respect is that if you respect somthing than you get respect back but if you disrespect something then bad things can happen jus like Mica making a joke out of the whole situation. It jus goes to show that Friendship and Respect go alot hand in hand.

SUBJECT: In the movie Baby Momma it is about a women who cannot have children so is paying anothe women to carry her child and be her serragget mother. These 2 girls are nothing alike; but they work their differences out and learn to work with one another. In the end it comes out with a happy ending for the 2 of the women even considering their bumpy journy the two have had together.

CONTENT: The two women in this move have nothing in common but yet they stand eachother because they have a contract with the other. In society there are alot of people that you know/ work with that you are not gonna get along with but you have to learn to put your differences aside just like the women in this movie. You see the women grow and become friends which in society people i believe are becoming more acceptable of other culture and they are reaching out now more than they ever had to people who are not the type of person they are. In retun you can see that opposites can have alot in common and you can work things out and in the end it could be one of the best things you do. Also in this movie it shows how love can overcome anything. On the long journy these two girls have they lie, manipulate eachother and other people as well. In our culture people do sin! we all do it wether its to hide something or to make it so someone dosent get hurt by other peoples words.

EVALUATION: This movie fits into the christian culture because it shows how two different girls who have different ideas, and beliefs, how their worlds collide. In the bible god tells us he wants us to reach out and learn other cultures.. this movie may not be about religion and seeing what other people believe but this movie shows a trip two different people make; them reaching out to eachother when the other is needed. just like Jesus he reached out to people who he may have not been like and he wanted to help them and in the end he likes them either way. In the movie the girls have portrayed friendship, love, and thoes are things that god wants us to have. It shows how love is amazing and it can bring people together over one little miricle, and how the power of love and friendship, is the ultiment weapon.

Subject: In this song ethan described it as a man who has before givin into sin and the next time around its not going to be the same. He is going to stand strong and push aside the temptations that are being offerd. He is going to take what he has done and help other people break away from the sins that they are faced with.

Content: When ethan is analyzing on this song he describes of someone breaking his path of following sin. I think this isnt about sin…I think this song is about a war that these people are in and when his is talking about sickness and such i believe its not sin it is when you were in war along time ago there were many sicknesses that people got and there was nothing you could do about it. When he talks about hearig your v0ice but i didnt know ith was you i see it as his friend is laying on the ground, crying out for his help and he didnt reconize it was him and when he finally did he was sad he didnt help and its too late hes gone. Now that the enemy has got his hope the other person that helped him stay hes is angry and he wants to get them he is not scared of dying because the one thing that kept him moving is gone. This song tells a journy of what he went through not only durring the war but afterwards when he comes home and cant believe how easy people have it. They dont have to worrie about always watching their back not thinking of anyone but themselves.

“ I felt your sickness brush against my arm as I walked by you
Heard your voice but couldn’t tell that it was you
And slowly watched your sickness slip away
Into a place that I’d once feared
But I was not afraid this time”

This fits in with society today because we are all every selfish we dont worrie about others all we do is seek what can make our lives better but we forget about all the things that are going on in our world and how there are people out there with bigger problems than us.

Evaluation: Again i see where ethan was comming from with the whole sin thing but agian i find other christian views through this song. i see the begining of the song as the followers who were saying i once walked along with you…and when time came and the pharassis came to ask if you were a follower you denied it because you were afraid of the consequece you were to face. Then when it talkes about someone getting beat up i see that as what the pharassis do to Jesus and the nailing on the cross. Then in the middle and end of the song the Disiples and the followers ban together and go out and spread the word and help others who are in need of his guidence, the ones who before were scared to say they loved Jesus. In the end the word of the Lord and love conquired all.