ENG-112, week 3

Gursoy 5

Taha Gursoy

ENG 112

Professor Sillah

09/11/15

ENG-112, Week 3: Outline for TV show analysis

I. Paragraph 1

A. TV Show: King of Queens.

B. Main Characters: Doug Heffernan, Carrie Heffernan, Arthur Spooner, Deacon Palmer.

C. Short Summary: The first episode, Fat City, focuses on women and their weight. Doug realizes that his wife Carrie might eventually end up adding weight. He realized this after going through his father in-law’s old photos and realized that Carrie’s mom used to have a slim body. He then sets out to be on a diet with Carrie do avoid her getting fat. In the second episode, Cello goodbye, Doug is concerned about the relationship between Carrie and her boss, Evan who he is giving her favors like driving her home, and a free ticket to a Cello show. Doug thinks that she might be cheating on him with her boss.

D. Thesis: Spouses develop fears regarding the changes in the physical and emotional conditions of their partners after long years of marriage. However, effective communication between the two of them is an effective tool to eliminate these fears.

II. Paragraph 2: First body paragraph-Episode 1

A. Topic sentence: Doug becomes conscious of Carrie’s weight after going through his father-in-law’s old photos.

B. Arthur tells him that all the ladies in Carries family eventually grow fat.

C. How it proves the thesis: After talking to Arthur Doug was certain that Carrie will become fat.

III. Paragraph 3: Second body paragraph- Episode 1

A. Topic sentence: Carrie gets mad at Doug because he thinks she has gained weight by proposing they get on a diet.

B. She tells him he could have just told her directly she has gained weight.

C. How it proves the thesis: Carrie talks to Deacons wife about the weight issue and Deacons finds himself in trouble for telling Doug that his wife gained 10 pounds.

IV. Paragraph 4: Third body paragraph-Episode 2

A. Topic sentence: Doug is concerned that Carrie might be seeing her boss, Evan, who has been giving her favors like driving her home in his Jaguar.

B. Deacon advice Doug to talk to Carrie about the issue if he finds it uncomfortable.

C. How it proves the thesis: Carrie confirms to Doug that her new job does not affect their marriage in any way and that she will always love him

Introduction

The TV show being covered in this analysis is the King of Queens. The main characters are Doug Heffernan, Carrie Heffernan, Arthur Spooner, and Deacon Palmer. The show revolves around Doug, who works for a parcel company, his wife, Carrie, his father-in-law Arthur and his friend Deacon from his workplace. The first episode talks about the critical weight issue, especially for women. Doug is concerned that Carrie might end up adding weight just like her mom did, and he is determined to ensure that Carrie does not end up like her mom. We see him carrying her on his arms with an attempt to figure out if she has gained more weight over the three years they have been married. The issue causes friction between the two which also extends to Deacon and his wife as Doug tries to get Carrie on a diet. On the other hand, the second episode is focused on Carrie her relationship with Evan, her boss. Doug develops some jealousy when she observes how Evan drops Carrie home in his Jaguar on a regular basis. He then sets out to find if indeed there is a thing between the two of them only to hit rock bottoms. Carrie also affirms to him that she is still in love with him and her love for him is not bound to change. Spouses develop fears regarding the changes in the physical and emotional conditions of their partners after long years of marriage. However, effective communication between the two of them is an effective tool to eliminate these fears. Comment by msillah: needed words Comment by msillah: "in the case of Carrie and Doug," Comment by msillah: Comment by msillah: "that eliminates...

Doug becomes conscious of Carrie’s weight after going through his father-in-law’s old photos. This makes him start developing fears that Carrie is also going to end up adding more weight after a being in a marriage for three years, (Mahoney & Naegle, 2006). In fact, Doug was not even able to recognize Sophia, Carrie’ mom in the photos because she was so slim back in the days. During his conversation with Arthur, Arthur does not appreciate Doug referring to his ex-wife as fat even though he finds it easy to say it himself. Arthur goes ahead to tell Doug that even though all the women in Carrie’s family start-up slim, they end up blowing up eventually. This raised Doug’s weight antennae so straight that he started observing Carrie closely. Doug was so certain that Carrie had started adding weight and even tried carrying her just to try and figure out how many pounds she had added. This shows that he believed Arthur's words that resulted to the development of his fears for Carrie adding weight. The fear also lead him to talk to his friend Deacon about the issue. He tells him that he and Carrie have a very open relationship, and he is going to talk to her about it. Deacon, out of the experience, warns him about the move because he is certain that it would mess things up between him and his wife, Carrie. Comment by msillah: It seems to me that this is your summary of Doug's feelings, not necessarily that of Mahoney & Neagle. Comment by msillah: This is not MLA formatting

Carrie gets mad at Doug because he thinks she has gained weight by proposing they go on a diet. Doug tried his best to bring up the diet issue without Carrie realizing that he was concerned about her weight. Carrie, on the other hand, realizes that Doug is targeting her weight and tells him he could have just come clean and tell her that she has gained weight after the three years in marriage. He makes an effort to try and make things better by telling her that she has gained just a few tiny pounds compared to Deacons wife who had gained fifteen pounds. Unfortunately, this only causes Carrie to get more upset because Doug talked to Deacon about her weight. The result is that Carrie starts acting weird while claiming to be on a diet. She also ends up talking to Deacon's wife about it, and this causes more problems to Deacons because he shared his wife’s weight issue with Doug. Eventually, Doug gets tired of the hard time Carrie is putting him through, and he ask her to let go of the weight issue so that their life can go back to normal.

Doug is concerned that Carrie might be seeing her boss, Evan, who has been giving her favors like driving her home in his Jaguar. When he is hanging out with his friends in the garage, they peep at the flashy car that brings Carrie home and Deacon teases him that it is nice to see him let Carrie date other guys. This makes Doug feel that maybe Carrie is interested in her boss because he is offering her expensive favors that he cannot give her. Deacons tell him that he should talk to Carrie about it if he finds the relationship uncomfortable for him. Dough makes attempts to find out if indeed Carrie and Evan have a thing. He goes to visit Carrie at her workplace and bumps into Evan. He tries talking to him about Carrie as if he doesn't know her, but Evan put him off by telling him that Carrie is a respectable lady who deserves respect. When Doug talks to Carrie about the issue after slagging through a Cello show that he found to be boring, Carrie confirms to him that she loves him, and she still treasures their marriage. This takes all his fears away.

Taha,

Most of what you have written is a summary of the show, not a critical analysis. You need to discuss your thesis statement and show evidence of it in the show. Your paper talks about what happens in the show, but you say nothing about how it supports your thesis/critical analysis. You also need to include direct quotes from Doug and Carrie.

Work Cited

King of Queens. Episode 1, Fat City.

King of Queens. Episode 2, Cello, Goodbye.

Mahoney, K. R., & Naegle, M. (2006). The relationship of partner support and coping strategies to marital adjustment among women with diabetes and their male partners. (Dissertation Abstracts International, 69-7.)