`` Mean Girls ' : A New Student At North Shore High School

Mean Girls is about a girl named Cady who joins an elite social group at her new school known as the Plastics. While socializing with the Plastics, Cady develops a new, mean girl, personality and ends up sabotaging the group’s leader, Regina, and becomes the new leader of the Plastics. Regina retaliates by spreading the burn book, a book the Plastics filled with insults and gossip about other students, around the school leading to a riot and Cady takes the blame. Cady realizes that her new personality

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

example of how friendships should be structured as instead of being mishandled in the wrong way. Mean Girls was directed by Mark Waters and was released to the public in 2004 which brought on similarities to real life scenarios. Mean Girls is a chick flick that clearly illustrates the struggle of friendships in a chaotic high school environment. It tells a story of Cady Heron coming back to high school and being exposed to an alternative environment. The director uses a strong sense of characterization

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

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

Queen Bees and Wannabes, the 2004 movie, Mean Girls, was directed by Mark Waters and the screenplay was written by Tina Fey. Through the use of cinematography and music, the viewers were able to experience the real high school society. Mean Girls is about a sixteen-year-old homeschooled girl and her first-time experience at a public high school. Through his movie, Walters portrays the damaging effects of female social cliques on every student in high school. The main characters of the movie are Lindsay

Application Paper: Mean Girls Introduction Mean Girls follows the story of Cady Heron, who is starting her first year in a public high school after being homeschooled while living in Africa (Michaels & Waters, 2004). She initially befriends two “outcasts”, Janis and Damien, but then is introduced to an elite popular group of girls named “The Plastics.” When these girls decide to befriend Cady, Cady is convinced by Janis and Damien to spy on the Plastics while pretending to be their friend. When Regina

the movie “Mean Girls” and Disney’s “Ratatouille”, both protagonists find themselves pretending to be someone they're not. In the end they’re changes don’t bring them the happiness they desired. It is important to be yourself because focusing on others will keep you from fulfilling your future goals. To emphasize, in the columbia production “Mean Girls”, Cady Heron, a new student at North Shore High School, finds herself befriended by a group called “The Plastics”. A group of rich girls with attitude

adult life to develop into successful members of society. In the 1990’s and the 2000’s, two separate films were released that depict the cultural norms, social expectations, and developments of teenagers at that period of time. Those two films, Mean Girls and 10 Things I Hate About You, successfully illuminate the motives and characterizations of young adult life and the troubles and tribulations that come along with it. 10 Things I Hate About You is a film about teenagers growing up in Seattle

similar” (Adichie). The film, Mean Girls demonstrates many different stereotypes about high school but also shows the effects of stereotypes on individuals proving that stereotypes are a big part of popular culture. Mean Girls is a teenage drama film that was released in 2004 but yet still exists as a very popular movie in contemporary society. An overview of the movie is that a new girl, Cady Heron, who has been home-schooled in Africa all of her life moves to a new school. She quickly discovers that