Stranger Things Character Analysis

• Goes 'against the binary'
• Characters move beyond simply good or bad. 
• Steve an Hopper are examples of complex characters.
• Novelists- multiple story lines and characters that stretch over a number of episodes and seasons.
• We ma seen flashbacks that explain the characters background. 
• Systemic change - isn't just focused on one individual.
• "Communities facing challenges and dealing them by embracing or rejecting their own diversity"- Jeff Gomez

Representations

• Teenagers- There are two groups of teenagers being represented;the young group of boys and Nancy, Steve and Jonathan. 
• Family life and relationships- There are multiple families which are being shown. There is Mikes's family and Will's family who are mainly being shown in Stranger Things. 
• Mothers
• Absent Fathers
• Police
• Government