House

I really enjoy the show House. I watch it when it comes on weekly and I watch old seasons on DVD frequently. I believe that a great strength of the show is the characterization of house. He is so gripping because he is shown as brilliant, but amazingly flawed with personality issues, trust issues, relationship issues, addiction issues, friendship issues, etc. However, as an audience, we still cheer for him. I would like to examine how this is done in a classroom situation. I could pick a segment of an episode, show it to a class and ask them to identify what we are shown about House and how it makes us feel about him. I believe this would help us to understand how films help us to connect with their characters.