Sixteen Candles

life. The 80’s film, Sixteen Candles, is a perfect example of how sociology is portrayed. Sixteen Candles is an entertaining story about sixteen year old Sam who’s family forgot about her birthday due to the distraction of her older sisters upcoming wedding. Throughout the movie, Sam wishes to be with Jake, an older student-athlete, and the audience is taken on a two day adventure which is concluded when Jake kisses Sam over a birthday cake lit with sixteen birthday candles. The movie shows many

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. In the beginning of Sixteen Candles, you can see that the Baker family lives in a nice house and the family is getting ready to go to work

being that I am an Asian American myself. The portrayal of these common stereotypes however, does not imply or mean that Americans view it in a positive light. Some of the most renowned and racist films in history are Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Sixteen Candles. In addition to these films, I will be examining and analyzing the television series Gossip Girl and Fresh off the Boat to access a different perspective on the subject of how minorities are seen in American society. Asian America is known to

The movie “Sixteen Candles” is a 1980’s teen comedy film. It’s about this girl named Samantha Baker and her family forgets her 16th birthday because it’s the day before her sister Ginny’s wedding. She is just a normal teenager that gets bugged by creepy freshmen, spoiled siblings, confused parents and a beautiful, popular blonde that stands between her and the boy of her dreams. She is in love with a popular and attractive senior, Jake Ryan. Sam thinks that he does even notice her because she isn’t

images and beliefs leading to biased judgements. Particularly in mainstream media, Asians are portrayed as nerds, unattractive and foreigners, creating unjust implication for people of Asian descent. A few years ago, I watched a movie called Sixteen Candles with my then nine-year-old cousin. One of the characters was a foreign exchange student named Long Duk Dong who pathetically hit on and was rejected by Molly Ringwald, a white classmate he lived with. Dong is a perfect example of how Asian men

There is much to say John Hughes' marvelously crafted Sixteen Candles. Hughes' interpretation of what it's like to grow up a teenager trying to find themselves is impeccable. In this comedic, blissful coming-of-age film, the story follows Samantha Baker-- or Sam as she is most often called-- as she navigates through her sixteenth birthday; everyone forgot this very important day in Sam's life. This movie truly has it all: annoying little siblings, misunderstood teenagers, an older sister who sucks

The film “16 Candles” has very little teacher presence. However, even the lack of teacher presence presents ideas about teachers and their roles in the schools. The film “16 Candles” opts to focus on the lives of students outside of a traditional classroom setting. The main focus on the students also contains several tropes about American high school life, including gender and race. The representation of these suburban parents, teachers, and students in “16 Candles” is comparable to the suburban

Sixteen candles was written by John Hughes, this movie was his first 1980s teen movies. Hughes was inspired by Molly Ringwald, to write the screenplay. As, he was finishing up writing the screenplay for Mr. Mom and National Lampoon’s Vacation, Hughes' agents at ICM gave him a stack of photos of young actors. When he was going through the stack he noticed Molly Ringwald, then began write the screenplay for the Sixteen Candles. John Hughes finished the script over a single Fourth of July weekend.

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

1. After viewing both Sixteen Candles and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off I would have to choose Sixteen Candles to be my favorite of the two. My reasoning is because I feel the storyline and characters were developed better, allowing the audience to feel a greater connection with the film. When comparing the two films, Sixteen Candles comes across as more angst driven, with a strong female lead. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off has an obvious strong male lead character, with more humor obvious throughout the film