Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Everyday Girl And Vampire Slayer

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Rhetorical Analysis
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”: Everyday Girl and Vampire Slayer
Many people have different beliefs about the “supernatural world”. Several people believe that God, Satan, and even demons exist, but most people strongly believe that vampires do not exist. Joss Wheden’s interest in the “supernatural world” is what led him to create the television series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, which first aired in March of 1997. Joss Wheden created characters who must learn to live normal lives, plus deal with supernatural struggles that most people do not even realize are happening, at the same time, which is what I believe draws society to lay back and enjoy episode after episode of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”.
On the show, Wheden who is the creator and executive producer, turns an everyday girl, Buffy, into a Vampire Slayer. Buffy is “The Chosen One”, “The one with strength and skill to kill a vampire”(1). Buffy and her mother move to Sunnydale after her parents divorce due to the fact that she got kicked out of her previous school for burning down the high school’s gym, which was full of vampires. Her mother feels that her and her daughter are moving to a better town with a decent school for Buffy. Buffy soon realizes that two of the main characters, Giles and Angel, are right when both of them say “you’re standing at the mouth of Hell and it’s about to open”(1). Angel and Giles are two of the only characters that know about Buffy. If people, especially “normal” people find out that Buffy is a vampire slayer then it could put Buffy and the people in danger. Plus most “normal” people would rather not know about all of the “supernatural” occurrences going on. This is one main problem that occurs in Episode Five, “Never Kill a Boy on the First Date”. Buffy’s date follows her to the cemetery where the vampires are and almost gets him killed when he jumps in the fighting. He ...