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Communication is the transition of information and understanding through the use of common symbols. Communication has many different fields, but the one I am going to focus on in this essay is interpersonal communication.Interpersonal communication states the self-esteem interacts with three important interpersonal needs which affects our communication with others. Research into interpersonal communication theory typically focuses on the development, maintenance, and dissolution of relationships. I have chosen the (2004) teen film movie/ comedy movie Mean Girls, to portray interpersonal communication.The movie Mean Girls (2004) provides a dramatic example of the stereotypical “mean girls” in some high schools across America. Bringing the insight to a lavish lifestyle of four girls who control the high school.The movie shows the positives and negatives of engaging in effective or ineffective communication styles. The strongest interpersonal conflict theme presented in the film is power.By analyzing the various communication dynamics of friendships in the film, we can have a greater understanding of the components of interpersonal communication.

This paper will provide a sociological analysis of Mean Girls broken down into two sections. Section one will explain why a sociologist would find the movie interesting, examining the movie from a functionalist perspective, providing an example of private troubles and public issues, and comparing the movie to North American culture. Section two will discuss the themes of socialization and culture by explaining terms related to each section and applying them to the movie.

One’s character subconsciously influences her actions so her behaviours towards others reflects one’s character. In” Valentine’s Day” by Stuart McLean, the protagonist Stephanie enjoys and suffers from romances at her school, and her reactions to other characters reveal her self-conscious, simple, and easygoing character.

Lead character, Bianca, is the main character and the lead protagonist of the movie, “The Duff.” Bianca is short, about 5’4’’, and is a little bit on the heavier side. She dresses for comfort and cares less about her looks and more about her friends and school work. The most worn shirt in her closet is her “party shirt”, a black cotton tee-shirt that has the word “party” printed on the front. If only one article of clothing was used to summarize her whole wardrobe, it would be this shirt. Bianca is often shown as very kind to the people that she cares about, going the full mile for anyone who needs it. In the beginning of the movies she was always at her friends sides making sure they were havening fun and feeling confident. She is an odd mix of secure and shy. Although she comes across and a secure girl, who does not worry about the opinions of others, she become very shy when she is around a boy that she has a crush on. When Bianca tries to talk to her crush, at the start of the movie, the most she could muster was a “Hey.” She is rather unpopular at school and is only know through her two friends that are considered very good looking. She only has two close friends, Jess and Casey, but is valued deeply by them, despite not seeing this at first.

The iconic coming-of-age movie The Breakfast Club, focuses on the development of five, seemingly very different high school students. In the movie we are presented with the five main characters all with stereotypes that they identify with. Claire is the princess or the beauty queen, John, often referred to by his last name “Bender,” is the criminal, Brian is the brain or the nerd, Andrew, is the athlete, a wrestler , and finally Allison is the basket case or the weirdo. The story is set in saturday detention where they are forced to spend eight hours with people from other cliques that they would normally never interact with. The day progresses and the characters interact with one another, smoke, dance, break rules, and reveal very personal parts of themselves with the others. The story ends with some of the characters making an attempt to change their identity with the realization that even with the boxes they have been put into they are not that different from one another.

In Sixteen Candles and The breakfast club we see so much in common as well as differences present. These 2 John Hughes movies were a big hit in the Directors career, as well as Pretty in Pink but we are not discussing that movie. In these movies we see a lot of themes crossed over that are explored in many different ways. One of the main characters for both these movies was Molly Ringwald; we really showed and expressed these ideals of her characters perfectly. There were many themes that we can compare and contrast these movies. The 4 main themes that I believe really made impacts on these shows are: rich vs. poor, popular or unpopular, changing to fit the ‘norm’, and Common similarities between social classes. Hughes is an amazing director that really captures these moments in each theme; he captures them and presents them at the most unexpected times in the movies that fit perfectly.

The movie, “The Pursuit of Happyness” is a film based on a true story of Chris Gardner, where Will Smith shines a tale of rags-to-riches filled with love, family, and outcome of the American dream. Chris Gardner is an American businessman, investor, stockbroker, motivational speaker, author, and philanthropist. Based on this real-life story of Chris Gardner, Will Smith takes the role of Christopher Gardner, who was a salesman struggling to satisfy the needs of his wife, Thandie Newton, and their son, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith. With the financial problems, his wife gives up the struggles, abandoning him and their son. Things get worse as Gardner and his son are evicted from their residence leaving them with no option but to try surviving on the streets of San Francisco. They are forced to move from one place to another in the bid to get a shelter wherever they are lucky to get one. The movie demonstrates us how vigorously he is eager to chase his happiness in many burdensome ways. It exhibits how Chris Gardner becomes homeless in the beginning of the movie, but later he becomes a successful dream achiever after putting all his hard work.

My first impressions of the movie “Fried Green Tomatoes” was that it was a fluff and light movie. The previews of the movie would lead one to believe that myself included. I was wrong. The first part of the movie was set in 1930’s. This part of the movie addressed the issue of racism and ageism before the time of the Civil Rights Movement. When the movie moves in to present day, the story covers the struggles Evelyn is experiencing with menopause, or as it was sometime called; the change of life. Fried Green Tomatoes is a story that bounces through generations of women and the people around them. This is a classic story of Americana. The stories are used to weave a web to make a point and draw people in to the events that shape the lives

Though she accomplished amazingly in her academic life, she was also an aspirating violinist. An interesting hobby of hers that didn't involve a classical instrument, was to watch horror movies and anything related to zombies for she was absolutely obsessed with them. Being Bianca, she was not known to be like most common high school girls. Bianca may have been a very intelligent for school, but there was a certain subject that she could never conquer and had difficulty with, boys. She was socially awkward at times and could not speak more than three words to boys, especially a particular boy that she had feelings for.

The “High-School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies” presents the author’s perspective on the admissibility of teen movies and precisely the extent to which they represent reality as opposed to dramatizing feelings and thoughts (Denby, 1999). The author introduces two characters, a blonde, who is always the center of attention in high school movies and a male counterpart, muscular and dumb, who are used to design the social conflicts within the movies’ settings. The author highlights that a greater proportion of high-school movies utilize this design to help the audience visualize the social environment in schools. Besides exploring other characters on which teen movies can be set, he distinguishes the striking difference in social structure

I have watched a considerable number of movies this semester so it was hard to choose which one to analyze. It came down to “Remember the Titans” or “Good Will Hunting”. However, the movie that I will be analyzing is “Good Will Hunting”. The reason I chose this movie is that it can be analyzed in many different ways. I will be analyzing different scenes of the movie and analyze them from different angles. I will be analyzing about the symbolism that is happening in the movie. I will be analyzing many different things about the movie. The first thing I will analyze in this movie is the symbolism of things, objects, colors, and

It is a harsh reality that in today’s business world there are a lot of dumb, foolish idiots that are extremely successful. Why should someone so unintelligent and perhaps less passionate and dedicated be so monetarily successful in the business world? According to the researcher Laurie Varga, people are more inclined towards success due to the personality traits that are found more frequently in foolish people than in sharp and intelligent people (Varga). Also, there are quite a few factors that lead to success that have nothing to do with intelligence or lack thereof. Mainstream media and school systems teach people that the way to success is thru intelligence. However, people who are not intelligent have constantly been found to be successful time and time again. Bob Hoffman, who created one of the world’s most influential marketing and advertising blogs states that out of all the people he met in business, the majority were “astonishingly stupid” (Hoffman)

waste any more time or the oden will get cold" and once again you 're trekking up the mountain all the way to the top you let out a woop as you see a house at the top you race inside as the others follow behind you "no way it 's empty" luffy whined zoro then pointed out the very suspicious fire place much to luffy 's confusion zoro pushed the fire place out of the way an entrance was shown "wow that 's so cool zoro how did you find it" "even an idiot could find this" just as we were about to walk down the stairs zoro shouted "duck" you push luffy and nami to the ground as the world around you explodes everything hurts but it 's more of a dull ache when you remembered what happens next you clench your fist angrily you didn 't want to watch as gezo 's dream the oden he made with his life to be destroyed but you knew there was no way out of it the reason luffy fought drago was because that beast stepped on gezo 's oden you watch silently as gezo stood in front of his grandson taking the blow the kid would have he falls to the ground as his oden flips over the only thing keeping the food in was the lid drago at fist thinks it 's gold before the pot is kicked away showing it 's true occupancy "stop" toboi yells he 's still holding on to the rock that he planned to throw at drago "that 's the oden my grandpa put his life into for woonan so people like you shouldn 't touch it" drago gives toboi a nasty smirk before stomping on the food luffy watch on in silence you knew he snapped

Disney movies are often idolized for creating empowering princess’s to give little girls hope and to allow to believe in their dreams, but Disney's movie Tangled they show a different kind of Princess. In Disney’s 2010 movie Tangled a Princess gets separated from her parents (the King and Queen) because an evil woman wanted the child with the magic hair. Rapunzel's magic hair sent her into the adventure of a lifetime, but as suspected when Rapunzel was locked in a tower for eighteen years of her life and it had taken a toll on her mental state. Rapunzel shows signs of being schizophrenic and travels with a man who has to deal with that. The movies take you through Rapunzel's adventure outside of the castle and as she mental struggles with

Last year, the Hollywood film Noah was released. Obviously I was intrigued, so I called up my Pastor and some friends and planned to go to the cinema to see it. As many sources claimed, I can agree that this is certainly one of the least Biblical, Biblical films ever made. Of course the actual story of Noah in the bible is not very long, so it was to be expected that the producers would add some filler “Hollywood” action, but how much of Noah is actually based on the text that appears in the Old Testament, and how much is fantastical movie magic?