In this assignment I will discuss conflict theory and functionalism using the movie Mean Girls. Karl Marx states that class conflict is the struggle between capitalist and workers, and Mean Girls gives an example of that struggle. The way society is structured, the higher class has all the power and the lower class is continually taken advantage of. Even in high school there is hierarchy and I will discuss the effects of the lower class students and the culture shock of change, the desire to rise to the elite bourgeoisie class and the functionalist perspective.
In the movie Mean Girls the actress Lindsey Lohan, plays Cady, whose mother home schooled her in Africa. To Cady, trying to fit into the social changes of being with others her age …show more content…
The Plastics, who are our upper class, have their leader, Regina and her loyal subjects Gretchen and Karen. They are popular and considered beautiful. Everyone is beneath them and no one dare not touch them or speak to them unless spoken to or else they will get “burned”. The girls keep a book called the Burn book where they keep all the secrets of everyone at their school for their own personal enjoyment. In a scene, students are gathered in the gym and asked the question, “How many of you have ever felt personally victimized by Regina George?” Practically all the students raised their hands, along with a few teachers and the Principal. You have a group of teenagers who are popular (the Plastics); your average groups of teenagers (Cady), and you have those who are considered outsiders (Goth, geeks, etc.). Basically, this is our upper, middle, and lower class. Conflict theory states that there is always conflict amongst classes because there is one group who wants to control and run another; the upper class. The middle class or average students in this case are trying to become a part of the upper class because they only see popularity and glamour. The lower class, Goths and geeks eventually revolt in the movie and fight for equality with the help of our main character …show more content…
Karl Marx states this in his theory. The never-ending cycle of inequality and unjust treatments leads to continual social chaos and disturbs the elite bourgeoisie (the Plastics) and the group begins to fall apart. They are sabotaged by the middle and the lower class to gain equality. One way of doing this is by convincing Regina to change her eating habits. They convince her there is a new diet bar that will help her lose weight. Instead, the bar is a weight gainer and Regina begins to…of course gain weight. A fat Plastic is unacceptable. A scene shows her wearing jogging pants to school to hide her weight, but there is a dress code for the Plastics and she is not allowed to sit at the
In the movie Mean Girls the actress Lindsey Lohan, plays Cady, whose mother home schooled her in Africa. To Cady, trying to fit into the social changes of being with others her age …show more content…
The Plastics, who are our upper class, have their leader, Regina and her loyal subjects Gretchen and Karen. They are popular and considered beautiful. Everyone is beneath them and no one dare not touch them or speak to them unless spoken to or else they will get “burned”. The girls keep a book called the Burn book where they keep all the secrets of everyone at their school for their own personal enjoyment. In a scene, students are gathered in the gym and asked the question, “How many of you have ever felt personally victimized by Regina George?” Practically all the students raised their hands, along with a few teachers and the Principal. You have a group of teenagers who are popular (the Plastics); your average groups of teenagers (Cady), and you have those who are considered outsiders (Goth, geeks, etc.). Basically, this is our upper, middle, and lower class. Conflict theory states that there is always conflict amongst classes because there is one group who wants to control and run another; the upper class. The middle class or average students in this case are trying to become a part of the upper class because they only see popularity and glamour. The lower class, Goths and geeks eventually revolt in the movie and fight for equality with the help of our main character …show more content…
Karl Marx states this in his theory. The never-ending cycle of inequality and unjust treatments leads to continual social chaos and disturbs the elite bourgeoisie (the Plastics) and the group begins to fall apart. They are sabotaged by the middle and the lower class to gain equality. One way of doing this is by convincing Regina to change her eating habits. They convince her there is a new diet bar that will help her lose weight. Instead, the bar is a weight gainer and Regina begins to…of course gain weight. A fat Plastic is unacceptable. A scene shows her wearing jogging pants to school to hide her weight, but there is a dress code for the Plastics and she is not allowed to sit at the