Movie titles give a good deal as to what the audience’s attention should be focused on while watching the movie. However, unlike most movies, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) hints that the viewer will be most intrigued by the character the movie is named after Ferris Bueller. However, the most interesting, multilayered, and relatable character is the supporting male character Cameron Frye. He is considered a supporting character because although he has a complex back-story of his own, his story and development cannot exist independently from Ferris Bueller’s story as he is the one who helps lead Frye to finding his own identity. He is also the most interesting and multilayered in the sense that he is relatable and complex like how people actually
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There’s a scene before this with Cameron frustratedly getting in and out of his car repeatedly with the occasional action of flailing limbs. He does this in vexation with the knowledge that he is assisting a rebellious action and that he is giving into other’s desires and relying on them for a sense of identity and purposefulness as he is said by Bueller to not do anything without being pushed in the direction of doing so. A sense of developing a strong sense of individual identity is said to not be of utmost importance for males. Knowing this, it is safe to assume that he probably was not led away from this bad habit of intensely following others for direction growing up. The research article “Developmental Characteristics of Young Adolescents” by Micki Caskey and Vincent A. Anfara, Jr. states that “Gender affects how adolescents approach moral dilemmas––males view moral issues through a justice lens and females use an interpersonal care lens” meaning that girls care more about their relationships with people and how they are perceived (CITE amle.org). Although what Frye does conflicts with his own moral views, he assists Bueller in what he wants because of the relationships that males have with each other to stick by each other, hence the popular-secular mottos “bros before hoes” and “never leave a man behind” and going against those mottos as a man in itself is a moral dilemma. Frye also goes through with …show more content…
role confusion. According to A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Communication for Health Professionals, if this stage does not result in one finding his or her own identity, one can become “uncertain and negative about values, lifestyles, friendships” (CITE TEXTBOOK). It is believed that Frye has not successfully resolved this issue since he expresses in the movie how he is frustrated with his friendship with Ferris and how he seems to be the one controlling Frye instead of Frye controlling himself and making conscious decisions solely based on his inner thoughts. Most likely, this has become the case with Frye due to limited parental interaction growing up and the amount he has now, as a high school senior, remaining the same being minimal to none. The article “Developmental Milestones for Typical High-Schoolers” by Amanda Morin states that between the ages of 16 to 18, humans begin to “start relating to [their] family better; begin to see parents as real people” and based on that, they “develop a better sense of who they are and what positive things they can contribute to friendships and other relationships” (CITE understood.org). During high-school age, “mature thinking skills” develop more, but without parents, that sense of mature thinking may be impeded because there is not a well-developed adult around to constantly be promoting that sense of
There’s a scene before this with Cameron frustratedly getting in and out of his car repeatedly with the occasional action of flailing limbs. He does this in vexation with the knowledge that he is assisting a rebellious action and that he is giving into other’s desires and relying on them for a sense of identity and purposefulness as he is said by Bueller to not do anything without being pushed in the direction of doing so. A sense of developing a strong sense of individual identity is said to not be of utmost importance for males. Knowing this, it is safe to assume that he probably was not led away from this bad habit of intensely following others for direction growing up. The research article “Developmental Characteristics of Young Adolescents” by Micki Caskey and Vincent A. Anfara, Jr. states that “Gender affects how adolescents approach moral dilemmas––males view moral issues through a justice lens and females use an interpersonal care lens” meaning that girls care more about their relationships with people and how they are perceived (CITE amle.org). Although what Frye does conflicts with his own moral views, he assists Bueller in what he wants because of the relationships that males have with each other to stick by each other, hence the popular-secular mottos “bros before hoes” and “never leave a man behind” and going against those mottos as a man in itself is a moral dilemma. Frye also goes through with …show more content…
role confusion. According to A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Communication for Health Professionals, if this stage does not result in one finding his or her own identity, one can become “uncertain and negative about values, lifestyles, friendships” (CITE TEXTBOOK). It is believed that Frye has not successfully resolved this issue since he expresses in the movie how he is frustrated with his friendship with Ferris and how he seems to be the one controlling Frye instead of Frye controlling himself and making conscious decisions solely based on his inner thoughts. Most likely, this has become the case with Frye due to limited parental interaction growing up and the amount he has now, as a high school senior, remaining the same being minimal to none. The article “Developmental Milestones for Typical High-Schoolers” by Amanda Morin states that between the ages of 16 to 18, humans begin to “start relating to [their] family better; begin to see parents as real people” and based on that, they “develop a better sense of who they are and what positive things they can contribute to friendships and other relationships” (CITE understood.org). During high-school age, “mature thinking skills” develop more, but without parents, that sense of mature thinking may be impeded because there is not a well-developed adult around to constantly be promoting that sense of