Plot Points In Mean Girls

During the opening scenes of the movie Cady’s dad is shown handing her a brown paper sack lunch and telling her that there is a dollar inside so that she will be able to buy milk during lunch, he then tells her that she can ask “one of the big kids” where to buy the milk at. This sounds more like a dad talking to his kindergartner on the first day of school, not a sixteen year old on her first day of high school. This is showing the relationship between Cady and her parents. You always see that even though they are not directly controlling her they are still babying her, which is a part of balancing freedom and control (Santrock 395). A big part of adolescent develop is their need to become independent and their aversion to authority figures because of the mind set that are always right and they know best because they are now growing up. One thing that parents have to strive to achieve is the balance of supporting the child’s newfound independence and their desire to still have control over what is best for their child. Another time that you see Cady’s relationship with her parents is when she asks if she can stay home one weekend without them because they have tickets to a show but she wants to go to Janis’ art show. They protest telling her that she always comes, but then change their minds because they think she is responsible enough to stay home by

The story begins when Cady meets two friends, Janis and Damien, who show Cady the ways of high school. This is a very normal way in reality and most would not think much of it. Unconsciously, Freud would say, that there is some sort of motive behind this behavior and that there is no possible way that there doing it just to be nice. But as the story goes on we do find out that Janis used to be best friends with Regina (queen bee of “the plastics”) and that their friendship ended due to Regina spreading a rumor that Janis was a lesbian. When Cady is asked by Regina to hang out she is very hesitant to do so and tells Janis what is happening. Janis gets overly excited and instantly her id, the pleasure seeking principle, of her behavior jumps into play causing her to completely ignore

Cady is used to living in a society, or a group of people that share the same beliefs and values as her, where adults trusted her, and she had the freedom to do almost anything she wanted. When she switched from homeschool to public high school, she was met with a new set of norms, or the behaviors that are expected by teachers and peers. Cady could not go to the restroom whenever she want; she

According to the movie, Mean Girls, Cady Heron joins a popular, shallow group of friends while maintaining a friendship with two outcasts. “I know it may look like I was being like a [plastic], but that’s only because I was acting like a [plastic].” Cady develops two personalities to fit in with two opposite social ranks. Among the plastics, she acts popular, dresses nice, and talks sassy. On the contrary, Cady acts normal with the outcasts without any pressure.

Some of the first areas of plot seen in the movie are the protagonist and the antagonist. As described by Greg Johnson and Thomas R. Arp, the protagonist is “the central character in a conflict” (98) and the antagonist is “any force arranged against the protagonist” (98). Most seem to think that the protagonist has heroic qualities, but as said by Johnson and Arp, this is often not true (98). But, in the case of Mean Girls, the protagonist of the film, Cady Heron, seems to “save the day” at the end of the movie. Within the movie, Cady makes some poor choices. An example of this is when she lied to Regina about the Kalteen bars

The film that I chose to do was the movie Mean Girls. This movie is filled with many funny characters and an amusing plot, but even though this movie has earned the crown of being the official “chick flick” it has a lot of psychological concepts that people really do not realize. However, when you really think about it, the movie has a lot to relate with when it comes to teenagers going into a new school because every teen that enters high school goes though the emotional and social stages of development. In this paper we will be looking at parts of the movie that focus on Cady and her stages of development as she goes through high school and deals with the Plastics, and then the Plastics themselves as well as certain aspects and things that revolve around them throughout the movie.

An adolescent is a young person who is the in the process of forming from a child into an adult. The formation can result in physical changes, sexuality, a sense of self-direction, and more. During the movie “Mean Girls” a female adolescent by the name of Cady Heron who recently just relocated to a new school and is put in a position where she must change her behavior, physical features, and self-direction to fit in with a popular group in school. Although Cady made friends quite fast, it is her new friends that are persuading her to make these changes all to sabotage the popular girls in school. Just like most adolescents do, Cady gets too far in over her head and catches herself turning into one of the ‘popular’ girls and quickly begins to act out.

The need to create an identity for oneself is a strong human desire with an intensity that is equaled only by the craving to become part of a community. With such strong yearnings for individuality as well as a sense of attachment within a group, the most familiar consequence is conflicting emotions that are all too easily persuaded. The 2004 film Mean Girls exhibits various examples of identification and social influence as well as the level of persuasion they hold over the decision making process of the main character, Cady. After arriving at a new school, Cady is immediately accepted by two unpopular students, but then attempts to become noticed by the most popular group of girls, The Plastics. Once Cady is accepted by The Plastics, her moral compass, belief systems, and actions change in order to more closely reflect those around her and solidify her status

Besides the personality structure, Freud also dealt with the conscious and unconscious of the mind. The conscious takes into consideration the mind’s current awareness while the unconscious is the impulses, wishes, and memories that have an effect on our thoughts and behavior without our knowledge of it. Cady ends up behaving in a way that she cannot believe simply due to the fact that she does whatever she can in order to fit in and belong. Her unconscious is driving her inappropriate behaviors, such as lying and underage drinking, so that she can be part of the popular crowd at her school. She later reflects upon her experiences that school year and realizes what she did was inconsiderate and wrong.

The setting of Mean Girls is at a high school in New Jersey, while this may not be important the fact that it’s Cady's first time ever attending a public school being homeschool in the past, is very important. Since Cady has never experienced the harsh environment she is innocent not knowing right from wrong. So she is instantly a target for someone trying to use her, when Cady gets invited to a halloween party she begins to feel like shes fitting in, and her major crush for a boy makes it even more important for her costume to be perfect. Though she’s in a costume like everyone else she still stands out, like a candle among darkness. When Cady shows up shes the only one dressed in a “scary” costume.

The message of a film is what it revolves around, and what the filmmaker is trying to portray; a strong message makes for a successful film. Mean Girls and Bully have that in common. They correlate the message of not fitting in with a crowd, therefore the characters modify themselves in an attempt to please others. The Plastics initiate a conversation with Cady, where first they offer her an invite, followed by listing all the rules she needs to follow to be allowed to join the group. She goes along because it is for the purpose of the hoax that Janis plots (Waters 13:40). Cady is confined with how she dresses, who she is seen with and how she interacts, otherwise she is seen less as. It is unlike her personality to act so feminine and mean because she has a different taste. Even Gretchen is unhappy in the group, “She knew that it was better to be in The

She is quickly admitted into the popular group of girls, but is pressured to follow their rules strictly. Cady struggles with many possible selves. She can either stay the scholarly daughter of her scientist parents, or she can morph into a “plastic” girl

The theme innocence is also shown throughout as you see Cady, start a new school and the audience see her naïve behaviour towards

This will be an introduction to a few of the functions of education and how they relate to the experiences of Cady Heron in the movie “Mean Girls”.

Cady and Janis wants to destroy Regina George because they feel that Regina deserved to be thrown out of her grown of queen. Cady has to act like she wants to become one of the plastics in order to continue their plan of destroying Regina. For that reason, Cady has to follow some of the traditions the plastics have. Those traditions includes that they wear pink every Wednesday, they are only allowed to wear a pony tail once a weak, and they are not allowed to wear sweat pants. Since, Cady wants to be in the world