Outcasts In Mean Girls

The movie Mean Girls favors popular culture when it comes to fashion, music, and trends. When Cady and Janis cut holes into Regina’s tank top a majority of the girls also did so because the most popular girl so it was considered to be cool. Most people try to fit in to avoid being harassed by those who are popular and those who dare to not conform are more vulnerable to harassment. The girls who attended Cady’s school were more likely to make fun of eachother than the boys.

“They could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live” (268). Mr. ------ is a white man, that lives with black people, has mixed children, and drank a lot of whiskey, at least that is what the whole town thought. Scout and Dill met Mr. ----- at the court house and he gave Dill a sip of his “whiskey”. Scout figures out that that was just a rumor and he does it because he wants too. Another thing he does is ive with the black people. He said the reason is that he wants to. He says no one will understand because they are not him.

In understanding conformity, Bartleby the Scrivener warns of the risks of being too non conformist while Mean Girls chronicles the risks of too much conformity. In Mean Girls, Cady Heron conforms to a group of malicious friends known as the plastics. When first meeting with them she does not intend to become actual friends with them, but then she is lured by the reputation she will

The movie Mean Girls follows Cady Heron as she experiences high school for the first time in her life. As she is thrown into a new society, this film provides the opportunity to socially analyze high school. From figuring out her new culture and society that she is engrossed in to realizing how social status can both negatively and positively affect her values and beliefs, there are many concepts that Cady learns and is taught as she makes her way through her first year of public school.

The movie chosen for this sociological essay is a very popular movie called Mean Girls. This movie was released in 2004, directed by Hollywood star Mark Waters, and screen play written by actor/comedian Tina Fey. For those who have never seen or heard about this movie, it is about a 16 year old girl named Cady Heron who lived her normal every day life growing up in Africa where she was homeschooled. One day, her and her family moved to America where Cady was enrolled into a typical public high school. This is what changed her. On her first day of school she met her two friends Damian and Janice who are students that are typically alienated from other students around the school. On her next day is when she meets the most popular and well known

In Chapter 20 of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Mr. Dolphus Raymond reveals some intriguing things about himself. He opens up about “not being much of a drinker” (268), instead he drinks “nothing but Coca-Cola” (267) in his paper sack. But why would he lie about being an alcoholic in public, if it presents a bad impression on the Maycomb community? Mr. Dolphus Raymond goes along to explain to the kids (Dill, Jem, and Scout), that “‘I try to give ‘em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason. When I come to town, which is seldom, if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond’s in the clutches of whiskey—that’s why he won’t change his ways. He can’t help himself, that’s why he lives

Dolphus Raymond also portrayed a specific outward demeanor in order to facilitate a reason for his peculiar behavior. Mr. Raymond, a white man, had married a black woman and had several mixed children with her. At the time, segregation was prominent, and people contemptuously looked down at mixed couples. In order to rid himself of the constant scornful remarks, Mr. Raymond carried a sack with a Coca-Cola bottle in public. The townsfolk assumed that the bottle contained whiskey and that he was intoxicated. As a result of his outer facade, Dolphus Raymond was able to persuade the citizens of Maycomb County as to why he spent an immense amount of time with the African Americans. By doing so, Mr. Raymond provided a suitable explanation, which

Raymond is so numb to society’s rules that he is able to see around them and their effects on how people perceive things. He especially understands that children are more sensitive than adults when it comes to society's rules and is why he tells Scout and others why he does what he does. However, there are levels of sensitivity and desensitization. Dill is extremely sensitive because of his young mindset, however, Atticus is greatly desensitized because of his older age. For example, after the court trial, when Atticus is talking to Jem, Atticus displays levels of being desensitized beyond normal levels due to age and his profession, “‘...They're ugly, but those are the facts of life.’” (Lee 295). Due to Atticus being one of Maycomb County’s lawyers, he witnesses society’s rules and effects they have on the community; he’s come to accept that not every rule of society is necessarily fair to some. It is also referenced a multitude of times in the book that Atticus is old, hinting that age is a factor as to why Atticus is mature enough to see everything from everyone’s point of view. Overall, Lee demonstrates how age can help one perceive society and its rules through characters of different ages reacting to a rule in

Dolphus Raymond is a prime example of the town's lack of judgment. Dolphus has been labeled as a drunk who lives among the black community. When Dill and Scout sit and talk with him, they find the only beverage he "abuses" is Coca-Cola. Basically, the entire town believes that some people should just be completely

One of the first cases where the theme of race can be seen is in the life of Mr. Dolphus Raymond. During the time of the trial, Scout, Jem, and Dill sit up with Reverend Sykes in a viewing balcony for colored people. That is the only place that the three could sit after waiting so long to sneak in to watch the trial. Scout ends up taking Dill out of the courthouse, because he began crying about how terrible Bob Ewell’s lawyer was treating Tom Robinson. Out of the courthouse they run into Mr. Dolphus Raymond, a man who is known as the town drunk. He reveals to them that he is only acting like a drunk person to better explain why he has a colored family. When Scout criticizes Mr.

To begin with, Harper Lee develops internal conflict through the thoughts and actions of Scout and Jem. When the kids watched Dolphus Raymond ride by their house on his horse, Jem murmured, “Don’t see how he stays in the saddle...how c’n you stand to get drunk ‘fore eight in the morning?” (180). This segment of dialogue allows the reader to understand how Scout, Dill, and Jem see Mr. Dolphus Raymond from a child's perspective. Because of the rumors spread around Maycomb, Scout, Jem and Dill have the idea that he lives his life constantly drunk. The kids assume that people are exactly who they perceive them to be. What they do not know, is that

The last way racism appears is how Dolphus Raymond is not accepted to either the blacks or whites communities because he has half-black, half-white children. He drinks from a bottle covered by a paper bag to give the impression to fellow white southerners that he is a drunk, a morally weak man who is too afraid to stand up for his beliefs. However, as Dill discovers when he takes a sip, Dolphus actually drinks Coca-Cola from the bag. Jem says, “How c’n you stand to get drunk ‘fore eight in the morning?” (211). His purpose for appearing to be a drunk is to excuse himself in the eyes of his white peers for being married to a black woman and fathering racially mixed children. Racism was a large part in the lives of the families in Maycomb.

In Maycomb, a colored folk and a white person having a relationship is something odd. Since, alcohol is responsible for weird behavior; it was a reason why Adolphus Raymond married a colored woman. A rumor relevant why Raymond married a colored folk; “They said it was because she found out about his colored woman, he reckoned he could keep her and get married too. He’s been sorta drunk ever since” (Lee 215). This quote, therefore show the town’s manipulation on Raymond because of his marriage. Adolphus is “drinker”, during the court case, when Jem went outside, because he was crying, Raymond greeted him. Adolphus was a kind soul and offered Jem a drink. When Jem took a sip, he realizes it was cola, and that Adolphus is another victim, exploited by the town.

The last psychological perspective of psychology to compare “Mean Girls” to is the behaviorist approach. This approach emphasizes the importance of environmental and situational determinants of behavior. Simply because of the new environment that Cady is thrust into her entire behavior is changed. She acts completely unlike her normal self, adapting and becoming an expert at backstabbing and manipulating. Through her manipulation she learns to control everyone around her, because according to this theory people and situations influence each other

When Scout meets Dolphus Raymond, she goes through a big learning experience. He tells her how he is married to a black woman and has children with her, and that the town cannot accept this. To make the situation more acceptable, he pretends to be a drunkard so that people are able to think, oh, he is a drunk so it does not matter what he does. They are not able to comprehend that he actually wants to live that way. But when Dolphus talks to Scout and Dill about it, they are able to understand and even empathize with him. They could see past the racism that the rest of the town