Stereotypes In 16 Candles

While high school in reality is full of surprises and twisty roads, teen television shows and movies are based off a strict set of conventions that allude to other teen films. In David Denby 's "High School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies," he describes the typical movie storyline and characters: the blonde, superficial cheerleaders that make up the popular crowd, along with the buff, handsome jocks versus the social outcasts comprised of geeks and freaks. Denby continues to explain the nature of these two social standings, including how the “cool group” bullies anyone below them. Denby goes on further to discuss how a particular outsider usually becomes the hero or heroine of the story, despite their social discomfort or awkward

When watching a movie about high schoolers, there are usually many different groups of students who all conform to one social group only. Take the movie High School Musical for example. There is specifically one scene devoted to a song about fitting in with the “status quo”. There are stereotypical groups such as jocks, nerds, theater geeks, skater kids, and the popular kids in this movie and in other movies like it. Each of these groups can be broken down and explained more in depth.

I think I speak for many people when I say high school is a critical point in one’s life. Coming into high school, things seemed to be tightly-knitted between my peers and I; those of us who had just

High school, the best times of our lives. But in every situation others don’t experience it as the time of their lives. In specific, the so called, “Loser, Nerds, Outcasts." Sometimes the perception that most high school movies convey for this certain group are the reality. In this article "High school confidential: Notes on teen movies" by David Denby, He describes the functions of an everyday American high school. David Denby uses very effective language and rhetoric to provide the minds of the opposing side. A sample of the rhetoric skills he uses is stereotypes, ethos, and pathos.

The film does not rely on any other source other than the Inuk people, and this is why this film has become important to First Peoples media, because of the film’s dedication to authenticity, revitalizing interest in long standing traditions. With Smoke Signals , Survivance is demonstrated differently than in Atanarjuat. In Smoke Signals , it was evident that Victor was influenced by stereotypes of Native Americans that were present in the United States. For example there is the bus scene where Victor and Thomas traveled to retrieve the ashes of Victor’s father in Arizona, in that scene Victor told Thomas that he did have the image of a Native American. To Victor, a stoic and warrior-like image garnered respect and fear from others. As the film progressed Victor transform as a character both in how he lived as an individual and how he saw his Coeur d’Alene Heritage. The catalyst for Victor’s change of mind was Thomas. Throughout the film, Thomas acted as a shaman, telling stories about the Coeur d’Alene and the people of the reservation. Thomas shaman like character was a way to remind Victor that he could never let go of his heritage. The interaction between Thomas and Victor is a representation of the film as a whole and its message. The Survivance that was present in the film was directed at every population of First Peoples. Smoke Signals extends its reach to a vast audience and that was its goal as a film, unlike Atanarjuat’s focus on the Inuk people. By

High School is a time when many teenagers get into trouble and have many conflicts and struggles. Without all of the struggles, high school is supposed to be four terrific years. There are many struggles for teens like peer pressure, managing your time, fitting in, and many more. Most high schoolers will get pressured by their peers at some point and can cause some serious problems. About fifty-five percent of students play a high school sport on top of having a job, keeping your grades up, and just overall having fun, which can be very hard to do. During High school, students are going to want to not be themselves and want to fit in without being judged by their peers. High school should be a time for you to have some great years in your

Teen films are the definitive genre that captures the adolescent zeitgeist during the 1980s, and its popularity still hold cultural relevance in the present day. The teen films produced during the 1980s effectively represent youth concerns and the coming-of-age narrative, in terms of adolescent identity, the different roles characters play, sexuality, gender, relationships, class issues and the generational divide. Exploring these issues is essential for recognizing the cultural significance of this specific group of films and how they are important in addressing concerns of the adolescent coming of age narrative. The Breakfast Club by John Hughes is an exploration and reflection of the changing Hollywood industry, political, economic,

“Mean girls, jocks, band nerds, geeks, and freaks” are all terms used to stereotype and group teens in the 2004 movie hit, Mean Girls. This film created controversies in the content that it delivered. The credibility of adolescents is questioned greatly in this film. Mean Girls taught us that popularity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, in fact, they taught us that it’s actually meaningless. Through extreme character development, this movie shows the viewer that at the end of the day, all of the teens are the same. They all struggle to fit in, and that’s really the moral of this hilarious, but raunchy story. Mean Girls captures the struggle that every teen seems to have at some point of where they belong and how they relate to everyone around them. The film takes those stereotypes and melds them into what all high schools should aspire to be: a community.

High School has obviously changed since the 1985 movie, The Breakfast Club, which portrayed different school stereotypes through five students, and how this made them reflect on their identity. In a way, this theme of different High School Stereotypes proves to still be evident in High School today when students

Sixteen Candles is a movie about how a rich girl does not get to forfeit dreaded teenage years. For Samantha Baker, the angst of young adulthood is with her every single day. From her family forgetting her sixteenth birthday, to the geek freshman wanting her underpants. Despite Samantha dreading every single day of her life, things turn up for her in the end.

Five high school students, who had different stereotypes meet in Saturday detention. They all got to know each other and discovered themselves. Each character defined a certain stereotype such as jock, princess, troublemaker, brainiac, and an outcast. They’ve all faced peer pressure, unacceptance, and the lack of love from their parents and peers at school. Life wasn’t a perfect fairytale, as the students grew, they faced many struggles. Teenagers today have similar problems as the characters did in the movie, which makes everyday struggles relatable. Universally, the theme shapes up society into figuring out who you are and discovering yourself in ways you haven’t imagined. Feeling unstable made the students do things that they didn’t particularly like, but helped them fit in. This was shown many times through each of the characters in the movie. As said, Individuals will alter their behavior in order to fit in a certain stereotype they desire. The Breakfast Club is widely known by many people. It defines society in the way people express themselves and look at others in the way they want to see them. It’s a wonderful movie and captures viewers attention by showing the real aspects of

A concept of a stereotypical teenager in the 20th century was to grow up through childhood but not surpass the values, beliefs and attitudes of a typical adult. In the 1998 film, the audience is shown a great selection of characters, symbolism and setting which reinforces the idea of a teenage role that shows a new perspective that affects society.

Walking into school on my first day of high school, I felt out of place. My face covered in acne, my teeth covered in braces, and the callicks in my hair stuck up through the abnormally thick layer of hair gel that coated them. My middle school social anxiety still ruled over me as I could barely speak with any member of the opposite sex. Yet, I still had an odd confidence about me. I had always been one of the best students in my class, even without ever studying for a test. I viewed high school as a slight uptick from the curriculum I had easily passed in middle school. I was wrong. High school exists as a microcosm of society, in which I originally failed to acclimate myself to the challenges posed to me in a setting of increased

At first glance high school seems to be a fun and relaxed time. A time that you get to hang out with friends and participate in extracurricular activities. Some of your most treasured memories will be made in high school. However, high school is a cruel and unforgiving place. In high school individuals get judged by their appearance, the way they act, and who they hang out with.

To most kids in high school, social status and physical appearance are everything. A kid doesn’t necessarily have to be the most attractive person in the school to be considered popular, but sadly it seems to help amongst the more superficially minded teenagers. The jocks are seen as the “top dogs” of the school, due to their athletic physique and luck when it comes to dating. Cheerleaders are considered “the perfect, most beautiful” girls in the entire school, and some of them believe that makes them better than everyone else. I was viewed as a loser when I first moved to Plano, Texas. I had a chili bowl haircut, large glasses, and a thick west Texas accent. I also had a lot of friends who enjoyed playing video games and daydreaming about