Kellie Kroeger
Assignment 4: Crazy/Beautiful Adolescence
Teenagers are a Strange Breed of Human
Psy 230: Lifespan Development
Spring 2018
Teenagers are a Strange Breed of Human
The movie Crazy/Beautiful is a romantic movie about two high schoolers from different social classes. Nicole is the partier, and Carlos is focusing on football and school. Nicole is a bad influence on Carlos, who is trying to get into pilot school. Carlos takes up Nicole’s dad’s offer of staying away from her, so her dad will help Carlos get into his dream program. Nicole goes crazy and her dad and step-mom plan to ship her away to a ranch for rehab. Carlos and Nicole decide they can not live without each other. Nicole gets better, and Carlos gets into the …show more content…
Carlos comes from a society that the men are the financially stable parent while the mother stays at home, cooks, and takes care of the kids. His dad was not in the picture, but it was obvious that other male family members helped his mom take care of him. Nicole was under the influence that she did not have to get a job to support herself. Then again, her dad was rich, and her step-mom received a huge amount of money from her previous divorce. She just used money from her dad to do whatever she wanted. Carlos and Nicole were both somewhat following the gender roles their society considered appropriate. (16-2 pp. …show more content…
Nicole’s friends are a good example of the negative effects of peer pressure. They are always going to parties or skipping class to smoke and drink outside. Carlos, however, has a positive friend group he hangs out with in school. They are the football boys who focus on football, so they do not drink or skip class. Carlos and Nicole almost even themselves out during their relationship. High school is normally the time for first loves and relationships. Nicole tells Carlos that he is the first person she has ever loved. Nicole and Carlos do have sex within the beginning of their relationship. Nicole and Carlos did not have a talk about how sex works, so obviously they learned about it from somewhere. With Nicole’s relationship with her father, she more than likely learned about sex from media or her friends. (16-4 pp. 467, 470,
Assignment 4: Crazy/Beautiful Adolescence
Teenagers are a Strange Breed of Human
Psy 230: Lifespan Development
Spring 2018
Teenagers are a Strange Breed of Human
The movie Crazy/Beautiful is a romantic movie about two high schoolers from different social classes. Nicole is the partier, and Carlos is focusing on football and school. Nicole is a bad influence on Carlos, who is trying to get into pilot school. Carlos takes up Nicole’s dad’s offer of staying away from her, so her dad will help Carlos get into his dream program. Nicole goes crazy and her dad and step-mom plan to ship her away to a ranch for rehab. Carlos and Nicole decide they can not live without each other. Nicole gets better, and Carlos gets into the …show more content…
Carlos comes from a society that the men are the financially stable parent while the mother stays at home, cooks, and takes care of the kids. His dad was not in the picture, but it was obvious that other male family members helped his mom take care of him. Nicole was under the influence that she did not have to get a job to support herself. Then again, her dad was rich, and her step-mom received a huge amount of money from her previous divorce. She just used money from her dad to do whatever she wanted. Carlos and Nicole were both somewhat following the gender roles their society considered appropriate. (16-2 pp. …show more content…
Nicole’s friends are a good example of the negative effects of peer pressure. They are always going to parties or skipping class to smoke and drink outside. Carlos, however, has a positive friend group he hangs out with in school. They are the football boys who focus on football, so they do not drink or skip class. Carlos and Nicole almost even themselves out during their relationship. High school is normally the time for first loves and relationships. Nicole tells Carlos that he is the first person she has ever loved. Nicole and Carlos do have sex within the beginning of their relationship. Nicole and Carlos did not have a talk about how sex works, so obviously they learned about it from somewhere. With Nicole’s relationship with her father, she more than likely learned about sex from media or her friends. (16-4 pp. 467, 470,