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Deconstructing Mean Girls Mean Girls is a movie about a group of girls that are the most popular in High School, the film offers many instances where race, class and gender are clearly marked and classified developing our ideas of how these work in social setting specifically on those of teenagers. From the start of the movie we clearly see the categorization of groups of students together because of their race, we see African Americans together, Asian Americans together and groups of white students

“Mean Girls” has produced a fan cult like following. It also fully portrays the real struggles of High School. This pure classic can be fully understood by all age groups. Tina Fey used Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman as the basis for this outrageous comedy. Not only has it become a social icon that fully represents literally archetype such as, the queen bee, loss of innocence, and the outcast. The Settings played a huge part in the “close to home’ factor and the two major locations

characters in the movie, Mean Girls, and in the novella, Bartleby the Scrivener, perfectly embody the benefits versus risks of conformity and self reliance. The movie and book work well in conjunction as they are cautionary stories for the extremes of either side of conformity or self reliance, showing that a medium between either end of the spectrum is best. In understanding conformity, Bartleby the Scrivener warns of the risks of being too non conformist while Mean Girls chronicles the risks

Mean Girls directed by Mark Waters is a coming of age movie which follows the high school journey of Cady Heron. Coming from being home schooled her whole life, 16 year old Cady must survive high school as she learns it is completely different from the environment in Africa. Mean Girls addresses subjects such as beauty is only skin deep in a light hearted and comedic manner, making it a movie that can be enjoyed by all ages while still spreading awareness. Moving from a secluded friendly place in

1. The Basics: Multiple Means of Representation As a future teacher I expect to have many unique students, therefore, the means of representation exemplifies an important factor in creating a classroom environment where content is presented in variety. Since I learn in many different ways it will be easy for me to transition between multiple teaching and learning techniques in order to fit the needs of all students. For example, let’s say I am teaching a lesson on Figurative Language. I will introduce

The mean girl phase is characterized by cruel jokes and the creation of “frenemies.” This phase is so common that many songs, books, and movies tell about the cruelties young girls put each other through like the iconic movie Mean Girls and Taylor Swifts song, Mean. . Even if a girl is lucky enough to avoid becoming the antagonizer during this stage, the odds are that she has experienced this stage of development from the receiving end. My memories are filled with moments when many of my friends

Ian Cumagun Jr. Professor Fox Sociology I July 30, 2015 Mean Girls Cady Heron is a 16 year old teenager who moved to a small town in Chicago where she also attended Northshore High School. She was homeschooled by her parents and they also stayed in Africa for about 12 years because of her parents job but since her mom got an offer in Chicago they have to move back. Since it was her first time going to a mainstream school, it was really hard for her to adapt especially her age. It would also be her

Why Are Girls Mean? My movie is Mean Girls. I have probably watched this movie more times than I would like to admit. This is a great movies because any high school girl can relate to it. Mean Girls is about a teenaged girl names Cady that movies from Africa after being homeschooled for all theses years, and she goes to a public school and eventually ends up part of “the plastics” and completely changes from who she was. (Waters 2004) This movie really hits close to home being a teenage girl at

Tragedy and comedy are used in Mean Girls in order to allow viewers to approach a new meaning about the characters and plot in the film. The movie Mean Girls uses the aspects of a tragic hero, such as tragic flaw, free choice, downfall, and discovery and change to add depth to the main character and to teach a valuable lesson about life. As noted by Johnson and Arp, a tragic hero is someone with good and powerful intentions or traits, but also a few flawed traits (1294). Cady is sweet, kind-hearted

Ian Cumagun Jr. Professor Fox Sociology I July 30, 2015 Mean Girls Cady Heron is a 16 year old teenager who moved to a small town in Chicago where she also attended Northshore High School. She was homeschooled by her parents and they also stayed in Africa for about 12 years because of her parents job but since her mom got an offer in Chicago they have to move back. Since it was her first time going to a mainstream school, it was really hard for her to adapt especially her age. It would also be her