Sunday, November 21, 2010

Two and Half Men character analysis


name
Charlie
Allen
Jake
Berta
Evelyn
gender
Male
male
male
female
female
main character
Yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
occupation
Jingle writer
chiropractor
student
maid
real state
level of education
Dropped out of collage
collage
middle school
n/a they never say
collage
race
White
white
white
white
white
marital status
Single
divorced twice
single
divorced
divorced 5 times
age
40-50
40-50
10 or 15
40ish
60+
number of kids
0 that are known
1 sort of 2
0
4
2
appearance
Attractive
unattractive
cuddy
unattractive and fat
attractive
body type
Average
thin and weak
small and cuddy
overweight
thin
personal characteristics
Flirtiest
weak
always eats
sarcastic
self centered
Sexual
spineless
dirty
pessimist
horrible person
Humorous
cheap
rude
pot head
emotionless
Drunk/ alcoholic
clean
easily manipulated
humors
bad mother
musically talented
needed
slow
lazy
alcoholic
whormonger
leech
scary
wealthy
feminine
sarcastic
responsible
role of the character in narrative
villain
hero
innocent child
the comedian
villain
impact of character in narrative
negative
positive
no impact
negative
negative


The TV show is about a broken family, the two brothers blame their mother Evelyn for their horrible childhood, primarily because she had 5 ex husbands. Each of them died somehow and she profited from their deaths. The brother Charlie got rich from writing little corny jingles for adverts he finds an easy way to make money and do nothing all day and sleep with women. The story gets complicated when his brother Allen gets a divorce and his wife kicks him out of the house and takes all his money, when this happens Charlie takes him in and has to grow up since Allen has a young son. Charlie has to change in order to create an appropriate environment for Allen’s son on the weekends. This analysis has shown me the real message behind the show which is that when there are people that admire you and are influenced by your character you have to make some changes to become a better role model. 

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