Ferris Bueller's Day Off Themes

Pride and empowerment. These two words seemingly connect, ideally to the theme, plot, as well as multiple characters throughout the film, Ferris Bueller’s day off. Ferris establishes the start of the movie by gaining empowerment over his day after faking an illness to stay home from school, then proceeds to take pride in the hardship of faking his illness by calling multiple students to seek their empathy, as well as his best friend Cameron, who is his ticket to what he speculates will be a great free day off of school. The themes of pride and empowerment can be positively argued through the scenarios in which Ferris and his friends face throughout the entirety of the day that the movie takes place. To exemplify this argument, scenes that display these themes are as described. …show more content…
After accidently taking maters into his own hands by destroying his father’s prized Ferrari, Cameron, for the first time in the entire movie, exemplifies his pride and empowerment to finally stand up for himself and wishes talk to his father about how he truly fells. Furthermore, Ferris has set these examples of pride and empowerment throughout the entirety of the movie by receiving sympathy from his local community, such as students seeking donations for a new kidney, and receiving flowers from his English department at school, taking center stage at a local parade, and conning his way into a fancy restaurant, after hassling with the host. The films plot can prove these themes to be true, by creating multiple climactic moments, such as Cameron destroying his father’s Ferrari and Ferris taking center stage in a parade. The climactic moments are what create the ideas for the entirety of the movie. The climaxes described are impactful to each scene, due to the fact that the characters must overcome large obstacles every step of the movie in order to hit their high