Cady Heron Character Analysis

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Cady Heron, an American teenager, brought up and homeschooled by her parents in Africa, has recently decided to move into a house in Illinois with her family. For her, being homeschooled had a huge impact on her social skills, she had a hard time fitting in with the kids in school, she eventually started to hang around with two of her classmates, Janis and Damian, who then continue to make Cady more familiar with this clique diverse school. Cady ends up joining the “Plastics” , which is the most famous clique, consisting of leader Regina George, and her minions Gretchen Wieners and Karen Smith. Throughout Cady’s time as an offical member of the “Plastics”, she slowly starts finding out what they were really about.

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