Aliens in Roswell

The show Roswell was very interesting to me even though it was my first time watching it. I don't like to sound racist but it kind of made me feel as though the show was putting an interesting twist on the way illegal immigrants are viewed or as they are often called illegal aliens. The characters were from a different place but struggled to not stand out, they tried to act as normal as the other kids but yet they were different and alienated (even if by choice). Much like illegal immigrants they stayed to themselves to conceal their differences and fear of being treated unfairly because of the differences.

What was interesting to me is the relationship between the sheriff and the aliens. After the incident where one of the aliens Max saves a girl the sheriff becomes very suspicious and sort of obsessive. The show doesn't really show much of a relationship or trust issue with any other adults except him. The Sheriff's suspicions rise when there was a shooting and one of the teens who people witnessed being shot was risen from near death with no wounds at all. Being that this show was one of the first teen dramas to air after the Columbine shooting I don't see any out of the ordinary monitoring that you would suspect should happen. I could see how someone could tie the connection with the kids being different and socially outcast, as were the Columbine shooters. The argument that I am making here is that the monitoring to me was very understated because the teens were suspected of doing something and it was not just the Sheriff monitoring them for their differences.

Roswell does a decent job of showing the teens relationship with the aliens. Liz the one who was saved has known Max the one who saves her for years but the way the story goes never really made any contact. I like how the show has the character show interest in the alien who is so different even after knowing that was the case. There was even a point where he told her this can never work because we are different. I think the show does a good job of showing that differences don't mean that you can not intermingle with others and can even be friends or more.

Roswell- Adult vs Teen Relationship

It seems that adults and kids have a trust issue when it came to the characters in Roswell. Ever since the Columbine scenario in 1999, adults had started to decrease their trust in teenagers. When the 1999 Columbine scenario occurred, the nation became aware of their surroundings; every little move that a person does can become very suspicious (in that person's perspective). Trust has decreased dramatically and suspicion was on the rise. Even today, gun violence by teen/young adult has increased dramatically in the United States. Schools, a place that should be safe, along with other locations, can no longer provide the safety that it use to, to people everywhere.

In Roswell, we can see a shooting occurred at a restaurant. After a teen, Max, saves Liz's life, the town become suspicious of the scenario; what occurred? how was Liz saved? who is telling the truth etc. We can see that even though Liz tries to cover up what really occurred, adults try to reveal the truth. The police doesn't believe our protagonist. The adult to adult relationship was good if it had to do with solving the cafe case otherwise, the policeman was being questioned because he believed in aliens.

The teen to teen relationship is based on the group of people.The aliens all have a secret bond that they must keep secret. They understand each other because they are different from every other human on the planet. They also feel pain because every year, a celebration of an alien crash is celebrated in the town. The relationship between Liz and her friend was questioned through out the episode. Her friend, Maria, saw her get shot while Liz told the police that a glass bottle of ketchup broke on her. Maria was feeling distant when her friend didn't tell her the truth and she threatened Liz that she was going to report her to the police if the truth wasn't revealed. Eventually, Max's friends (the aliens) and the girls had to quickly trust each other and work together to get the policeman off their back (from the investigation).