• In the end, Cady decides to break her crown up into pieces, how does this help in getting the crowd to like her? Compare this speech to Antony 's speech.
At the end of her speech, Cady breaks her crown into pieces, getting the crowd to like her more because she is essentially sharing the power of becoming queen with them, since they all get a piece of the crown, which makes them feel popular. This is true when the recipients of the pieces of the crown say, “‘Look. I’m a queen.’ ‘As am I’”(Mean Girls) making them all feel as though they are as powerful as the queen. This helped Cady become more well liked because now everyone is on the same level as her, and she abolished the hierarchy. This …show more content…
FOOD CHAIN
• Describe the food chain in both Mean Girls and Julius Caesar.
In Mean Girls, “The Plastics” are on the top of the food chain, and the other students are below them. This means that the Plastics can have complete control over some, and if they don’t they’re automatically an outsider. Similarly in Julius Caesar, the triumvirate is on the top, and the Roman citizens are beneath them. Like in Mean Girls, the Roman citizens have to follow the triumvirate, or they will face the consequences of being the outcasts.
• Several people say, “You can 't join Mathletes it’s “social suicide” what does social suicide mean?
In the movie, many people say that joining the Mathletes is “social suicide” because they are viewed as “nerds.” At the school Mean Girls took place in, nerds were looked down upon by everyone else, because they were different. Like in any large group, those who are different tend to be looked down upon. Knowing this, social suicide means that one is pulling himself out of the group, and is therefore seen as different by anybody in the group, which is not necessarily a good thing when they are trying to fit …show more content…
In other words, when people are scared, they’ll try to follow you, because they’re scared, and they don’t want to do anything to upset you, and get on your bad side. This is true throughout the film because everyone at the school is scared of Regina George, and they’d never do anything to upset her because they don’t want her to dislike them. They’re scared that if they do anything that makes them look not loyal to the leader, they’ll hurt them, and this fear of the unknown makes them even more