Blog 6

Going over “The Train Job” as we did in class today makes me look at ‘Firefly’ a little differently than I previously viewed the show. I never really expanded my thoughts about the characters or specific moments; however, in most of my blogs, I tried to connect my idea to something that involved the real world. Today definitely helped me put two-and-two together. The part that was most significant to me, in this episode, was when Inara went back to Paradiso to rescue Mal and Zoe. By her doing that just shows that all of her characteristics are true. Although she seems to be of a higher social class than some of her crew members, she is extremely compassionate and looks out for others, such as this example. In this episode, she also gives advice to Kaylee about Simon. Although Kaylee seems to be from a lower social class than Inara, Inara speaks to her as if she is a really good friend. I truly believe that Inara means every word she says to Kaylee in this scene. This makes me believe that there are people like Inara out there. One person that comes to mind is Oprah. She is of the extreme high social class, but she is such a “normal” person. She gives advice to so many “regular” people and gives so much of her money to benefit others. I wonder what would happen if every person of that kind of status would do what she does? How many people would be affected? Would there be much of a difference between the social classes?