Artie Abrams Character

such as Janis from hit movie Mean Girls who assumes her own unique and creative identity and is as a result mocked and unpopular, whilst main character Cady slowly transforms into the archetypal dumb mean girl in order to gain popularity. However, Cady immediately loses this popularity when she embraces her individuality through expressing her passion for Math. Similarly, Janie chooses to fall under an archetype instead of being herself. Therefore, it can be argued that Janie has never gained any power as she is still suppressed under a false guise of

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 first time dealing with a lot of social rules that many teenage girls deal with today. Her first friends that she met at this new school are pretty much complete outcasts, Janice Ian Dyke and Damien, later on she finds herself crossing paths with the three most popular girls in the school called, The Plastics. Regina George who’s “The Queen Bee” of the group, leading this group of 3 girls, tries to make Cady be apart of this clique by introducing her to their crazy rules and luxury lifestyles. She told Janice and Damien that

In the book, The Short Bus, Jonathan Mooney’s thesis is that there is more to people than their disabilities, it is not restricting nor is it shameful but infact it is beautiful in its own way. With a plan to travel the United States, Mooney decides to travel in a Short bus with intentions of collecting experiences from people who have overcome--or not overcome--being labeled disabled or abnormal. In this Mooney reinvents this concept that normal people suck; that a simple small message of “you’re not normal” could have a destructive and deteriorating effect. With an idea of what disabilities are, Mooney’s trip gives light to disabilities even he was not prepared to face, that he feared.

Artie and Vladek have had a rocky relationship ever since Artie came back to get war stories out of his father. Consistently, he has just been wanting information and has never truly cared to get to know his father, or even attempt to mend their relationship. However, whenever Vladek would bring up Anja, her family, or her story, Artie would immediately respond by being interested in the stories and would probe to know more details about those relationships. These stories allowed for a break in the war stories that Vladek was telling, but showed that Artie was more interested in getting and knowing information about his mother rather than his father. Any time that Vladek would mention Anja, Artie knew that is where his interests were, and these

In Nancy Mairs’ article for The New York Times, “Disability”, published in 1987, she expresses her distaste with the media's representation of handicapped people. Mairs, who struggled with multiple sclerosis herself, clearly and sharply conveys this disgust by stating, “I’m not, for instance, Ms. MS, a walking, talking embodiment of a chronic incurable degenerative disease.” (Mairs 13), and that she is actually, “the advertisers’ dream: Ms. Great American Consumer. And yet the advertisers, who determine nowadays who will get represented publicly and who will not, deny the existence of me and my kind absolutely”(Mairs 14). Mairs is greatly upset that disabled people are defined by their disabilities and, therefore, are underrepresented in public media. This might lead to one asking themselves, but why are they? And the answer, according to Mairs, is quite simple, “To depict disabled people in the ordinary activities of daily life is to admit that there is something ordinary about disability itself, that it may enter anybody’s life”(Mairs 14). Mairs concludes by pointing out how this effacement could have dangerous consequences for both disabled people and, as she called everyone else, TAPs (Temporarily Abled Persons) alike. Treating disabilities as an abnormal characteristic (as opposed to viewing them “as a normal characteristic, one that complicates but does not ruin human existence” (Mairs 15)) can cause one of these repercussions, as it makes the

Throughout MAUS, it is shown that Artie and Vladek do not have the greatest father, son relationship. The first line of the comic proves this, “I went out to see my father in Rego Park. I hadn’t seen him in a long time - we weren’t that close” (11). When Vladek needs help from Artie, he either declines to do so or feels burdened by what is being asked of him. There is a small lack of respect towards one another in

Cady enters her first classroom and meets two interesting classmates; Janis, an apparently goth outsider with a artistry for revenge, and Damian, an outgoing friendly fellow who Janis describes as, “Too gay to function”. The two amigos view Cady as a cry for help and take it upon themselves to inform her of the most prestigious and superficial clique in the school, the Plastics. The Plastics’ leader is Regina George;an arrogant, malignant bitch whose taste for evil is only matched by her beauty and will to dominate. Janis describes her perfectly,

Unspeakable Conversations by Harriet McBryde Johnson is an article about her experience visiting Princeton University to exchange views and challenge Peter Singer, a professor who strongly believes that all disabled people, like herself, are “better off” not been born at all. The article provides an insight into Johnson’s life as a disabled person. She takes the readers on a journey that explores both sides of her own and Singer’s contrasting beliefs. She protests the prevalent stigma and prejudice of disabled people and gives voice to this marginalized community. Johnson challenges stereotypes of disability, uses her a personal experience to better understand the world and help others, and attempts to directly address oppression by arguing against Professor Singer’s theory and assemble a group of diverse and like-minded people for social change.

Vladek doesn’t want to talk to Artie about Anja daries because it make him think a lot about Anja and what have happen to her. When Artie heard that the dairies have been burnt by his father, Artie call his dad a murder. When Artie call his father a murder, this show that their relationship would turn out bad. Vladek doesn’t like Artie smoking because he wants everything to be clean and not dirty. Some may say that Vladek have a bad relationship.

In Mean Girls (2004), Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) is a new student at North Shore High School. Throughout the film we hear the narration of Cady and witness the Bildungsroman of her character. Bildungsroman is known as “a specific subgenre of coming-of-age stories that focus on the protagonist’s psychological and moral growth. Hence, character change is extremely important” (Kusina, 2015). She has a major culture shock when she goes from being homeschooled in Africa to being a part of the most popular clique in school: “The Plastics”. In the beginning of the movie, Cady could be described as nerdy, awkward, and a typical home schooled “virgin”. She makes friends with Damian (Daniel Franzese) and Janis Ian (Lizzy Caplan) who tell her all about the politics of their high school. Janis and Damian give their outsider perspective multitudes of cliques at their high school.

Through Miley Cyrus’s years on her hit sitcom her brand identity and start text were made. Her original star text was known a young sweet innocent teenage girl that believed in love. As Miley and her audience matured she began to revolutionize her image by creating herself a new star text that was the polar opposite of her previous. Her new star text was completely self and media driven. Now her current start text identifies with heartbreak, drugs, activism and nonconformity. The extreme change of start text shocked and dismayed individuals. Many social media users and celebrity journalist wrote the transformation of, implying it as a lost girl in her twenties making mistakes she will eventually regret. Despite the negative comments she has embraced her star text using it for free publicity and media attention. Miley Cyrus purposefully modified her star text in order to make it in the music industry, she targeted a new market and generation using her controversial change, boosting her self-success, making her one of the greatest known evolved celebrities to a mass media level.

Little did he know she was a genius and after everything went down in her school she joined the math club in competitions against other schools. Cady had a mask on this whole time as she was like most girls who were going through a period where her social life became her main concern. She was a complete different person inside of school than she was

Damian. Janis is your average outcast teenager who loves to wear all black and Damian is flaming gay. One of the first scenes in the movie Janis gives Cady a map she drew of the lay out of the lunchroom. Each table is labeled according to the social group they identify themselves with. Some of the social groups she mentions include the “Asian nerds, varsity jocks, the unfriendly black hotties, girls who eat their feelings, the burnouts, and the worst of them all, the Plastics” (2004). Janis and Damian challenge Cady to “become one of the Plastics” so she can obtain the infamous Burn Book. The Plastics are the most popular girls in the school and the hottest and meanest of them was Regina George. Regina befriends Cady and she finds herself trying to acquire the label as an official Plastic so she will no longer be the new girl. Cady notices her classmates accept her new status and she uses this recognition in her favor. It is important to recognize that the behaviors of the Plastics are deviant and challenge social norms. Although this is obvious to the audience of the movie, the student body at North Shore does not recognize this because they are too distracted by the Plastics status quo. Cady’s primary deviance is seen in the scene where Regina invites her over to her house to hang out with the other Plastics. While hanging out, Regina shows her the Burn Book where she comes across a picture of Janis and her friend from math club, Kevin. The Burn Book includes

It teaches the viewers that how those with disabilities are treated is more limiting than the disability itself is, and that a disability can be an ability. Pixar allows children a more empathetic view by making these disabilities character traits and perks in contrast to making them theatrical plot points of the film. I believe “Finding dory” beautifully addresses societal issues that we face today in disability culture. It has opened my mind to the acceptance and perception of the people around me and I recommend viewing the film and learning to be a better human

Uncontrollable lonesomeness is often seen as one of the worst feelings, but the idea of being lonely in a crowd of people can be even more terrifying. Some people with disabilities are trapped within themselves with seemingly no means of escape and no means of connection. They are often ostracized or publicly ridiculed for being different and they begin to feel doubts about themselves and believe that they are incapable of outstanding successes. The prejudicial exclusion created by societal expectations and personal biases causes people to feel isolated, alone, and frustrated. Disabilities cause people to lack the ability to appropriately express or communicate these emotions, resulting in them lashing out or having a fairly negative outlook on life. The performing arts have taught people with physical and learning impairments to value themselves by building up their self-image and confidence levels creating a sense of inclusivity. Furthermore, it has led to improvements in their socialization and intellectual skills.