Caady Heron Character Analysis

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Cady Heron is a well behaved, family loving character who was born in Africa and was home schooled most of her life. That was until she moved to states, more specifically Evanston, Illinois. It was her junior year when she started going to North Shore High School. It was a bit of a huge leap when it comes to moving from different states, let alone countries. Cady was a very closed off person, she was shy when it came to talking about herself. Which is really hard for a teenager to experience during their year at a high school. Sociologists could benefit from Cady because she shows what they are looking for. Norms are an important element in this film. Since Cady is from Africa she learns certain things that are different from her own culture. For example, when she was in class, she got up from her seat and was heading towards the door without telling the teacher, which is a frowned upon especially in schools for that matter. Cady also learns new norms thorough out her time in a public high school.

Furthermore, Cady Heron is a key factor sociologist can learn from. Heron never experienced what it is like to attend a public
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Although, the choices she makes will signify if she will ever get to have friends again because she made some terrible mistakes over the course of the film. Cady acted in some way "fake" so that she can manipulate the person that she wanted information from. This person being Regina George. Certain mistakes she made changed the way people saw her as. For example, potentially changing her whole persona just to fit into the plastics, even though in reality she was going against them. Cady made choices that caused people lose their trust in her because they couldn’t tell if she was just acting or if she actually changed her whole personality. Sociologists would benefit from this character because they can study how she adapts to a new

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