Edd N Eddy And The American Dream
Ed,Edd n Eddy and the American Dream
Ed, Edd n Eddy is a television cartoon series on Cartoon Network that follows the lives of three young friends who have a variation of the name Ed, but completely different personalities. Ed is the ignorant dimwit, but the brawn and heavy lifter of the group. Edd, or also known as Double D, is obsessive and intelligent, and Eddy is a greedy, loud-mouthed control freak. Their only pursuits in life is getting their hands on a jawbreaker and fitting in with the other kids. In order to achieve this, Ed and Double D help Eddy with his plans to scam the other children in their cul-de-sac out of their money; however, they always run into problems. This cartoon can, in some ways, reinforce …show more content…
In Ed, Edd n Eddy, the material item that they are constantly searching for is a jawbreaker candy, which brings them pleasure until they finish the candy and want to consume another; this leads to them plotting a new scheme to cheat the neighborhood kids out of their money. This is very similar to people who think that they can do anything and get what they want without trying. They will lie, cheat, and do whatever it takes in order to fulfill their desires to consume and gain profit because the modern American is convinced that they can only be happy as long as they keep consuming. The ‘American Dream’ is a delusion, an illusion meant to keep people dissatisfied with what they have and hungry to spend more money, in the hopes that the next purchase will be the one that buys them the happiness they are promised. (Sunfell) This same concept applies to the Eds because they represent the modern American; the neighborhood kids signify the media and societies influence, while the jawbreaker symbolizes materialism and consumption and the cul-de-sac is the trap that captures all of them. Their desire to fit in with the rest of the neighborhood kids and pursue any chance they can get to gain a jawbreaker has turned them materialistic and …show more content…
Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.” (BrainyQuote) The only thing that most people in America do is dream. They content themselves by telling themselves that they have the ability to do whatever they want, but never have the motivation to actually do anything; this effectively destroys the idea of the ‘American Dream’ since no one actually gets up and tries to rightly earn it. In Ed, Edd n Eddy, there is a character named Kevin who demonstrates the kind of lazy attitude that most Americans have about success. He is the local jock in the cul-de-sac and is cynical, sarcastic, and cruel to the Eds and other children at times. Kevin has a garage full of jawbreakers because his father works at a jawbreaker factory, which he loves to brag about and ultimately earns him popularity and the respect of the other children. He hates the Eds to the point of extreme paranoia, but especially despises Eddy because many of Eddy 's scams have gotten him injured. The two are mortal enemies and often go entirely out of their way to humiliate or physically harm each other at the first opportunity. Overall, Kevin represents how Americans do not try or work hard in order to succeed anymore, yet they have high expectations and want most out of life. Americans have a nonchalant perspective when
Ed, Edd n Eddy is a television cartoon series on Cartoon Network that follows the lives of three young friends who have a variation of the name Ed, but completely different personalities. Ed is the ignorant dimwit, but the brawn and heavy lifter of the group. Edd, or also known as Double D, is obsessive and intelligent, and Eddy is a greedy, loud-mouthed control freak. Their only pursuits in life is getting their hands on a jawbreaker and fitting in with the other kids. In order to achieve this, Ed and Double D help Eddy with his plans to scam the other children in their cul-de-sac out of their money; however, they always run into problems. This cartoon can, in some ways, reinforce …show more content…
In Ed, Edd n Eddy, the material item that they are constantly searching for is a jawbreaker candy, which brings them pleasure until they finish the candy and want to consume another; this leads to them plotting a new scheme to cheat the neighborhood kids out of their money. This is very similar to people who think that they can do anything and get what they want without trying. They will lie, cheat, and do whatever it takes in order to fulfill their desires to consume and gain profit because the modern American is convinced that they can only be happy as long as they keep consuming. The ‘American Dream’ is a delusion, an illusion meant to keep people dissatisfied with what they have and hungry to spend more money, in the hopes that the next purchase will be the one that buys them the happiness they are promised. (Sunfell) This same concept applies to the Eds because they represent the modern American; the neighborhood kids signify the media and societies influence, while the jawbreaker symbolizes materialism and consumption and the cul-de-sac is the trap that captures all of them. Their desire to fit in with the rest of the neighborhood kids and pursue any chance they can get to gain a jawbreaker has turned them materialistic and …show more content…
Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.” (BrainyQuote) The only thing that most people in America do is dream. They content themselves by telling themselves that they have the ability to do whatever they want, but never have the motivation to actually do anything; this effectively destroys the idea of the ‘American Dream’ since no one actually gets up and tries to rightly earn it. In Ed, Edd n Eddy, there is a character named Kevin who demonstrates the kind of lazy attitude that most Americans have about success. He is the local jock in the cul-de-sac and is cynical, sarcastic, and cruel to the Eds and other children at times. Kevin has a garage full of jawbreakers because his father works at a jawbreaker factory, which he loves to brag about and ultimately earns him popularity and the respect of the other children. He hates the Eds to the point of extreme paranoia, but especially despises Eddy because many of Eddy 's scams have gotten him injured. The two are mortal enemies and often go entirely out of their way to humiliate or physically harm each other at the first opportunity. Overall, Kevin represents how Americans do not try or work hard in order to succeed anymore, yet they have high expectations and want most out of life. Americans have a nonchalant perspective when