Topics that I could potentially talk about, representation of media,politics, society, Western culture, law, religion, human nature, the modern family, human condition, enviroment, treatment of civil servants and the elderly.

I have decided to focus my whole essay on The Simpsons because with over 500 episodes there are plenty of themes and messages that are seen. The keys issues and themes usually have mulitiple message and are usually presented the same way through out. I am now going to read up on the Simpsons in some of the many published academic papers on it, and get an idea of what sort of topics and how in depth in satires them.

After the amount of content and topics I could write about with just one of the  shows , I have decided that it would be more approaite to choose one show and discuss it more in depth, rather then only lightly touching into the subjects.
 With a show like South Park or The Simpsons I could go really in depth into issues such as how law is represented. And if I did one of these shows only I could go into alot more detail of not only how perticular social aspects are represented but also the underlying messages being conveyed.

I'm thinking about doing a comparitive essay comparing and contrasting how animated shows present different and similar themes and messages. Like Comparing how youth is represented across many of adult animated shows like South Park, Beavis and Butthead and The Simpsons.