The movie Revenge of the Nerds is focused on two best-friends, Gilbert and Lewis, who are freshman at Adams College. For the purpose of this paper, we will focus mostly on Gilbert and his path of self-authorship. Gilbert arrives on campus with Lewis and they move into their new dorm. They are excited to be on campus and start living the college life. This excitement of their new living situation comes to an end when a local fraternity – Alpha Beta – burns down their frat house during a raucous party. The frat is comprised of football players, and they forcefully take over the freshman dorm as a place to live, leaving Gilbert and the other freshman to live in the gymnasium. Word is spread by the Dean that the students can avoid living in the
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The sorority girls set the guys up for failure by directing them to Alpha Beta. They attempt to join that frat, but are essentially hazed and belittled by the jocks without getting into the organization. Unhappy with the prospect of living in the gym for an entire year, Gilbert and the tribe of nerds look for an alternative living situation and end up renting a run-down house that they fix-up. After continual harassment from the jocks, Gilbert and the others decide to start their own fraternal …show more content…
Gilbert is angered, and in a moment of empowerment, he encourages the other nerds to seek revenge on the jocks. At this point, it is clear that the jocks and the nerds will never get along, and Gilbert is ready to fight back. They devise a plan to prank both the sorority and the frat and successfully execute it. A few days later, they take part in a competition of various events against Alpha Beta, and the nerds use their superior intellect to defeat them. This defeat results in Alpha Beta going on a rampage and destroying the nerds’ house. After the wholesale destruction of their home, Lewis begins to feel down about being a nerd, but Gilbert wishes to keep fighting against them. He storms into the pep-rally, and with the aid of Tri-Lambda leadership, confronts the jocks. He gives a passionate speech about how there is nothing wrong with being a huge nerd, and that he is proud of who he
The sorority girls set the guys up for failure by directing them to Alpha Beta. They attempt to join that frat, but are essentially hazed and belittled by the jocks without getting into the organization. Unhappy with the prospect of living in the gym for an entire year, Gilbert and the tribe of nerds look for an alternative living situation and end up renting a run-down house that they fix-up. After continual harassment from the jocks, Gilbert and the others decide to start their own fraternal …show more content…
Gilbert is angered, and in a moment of empowerment, he encourages the other nerds to seek revenge on the jocks. At this point, it is clear that the jocks and the nerds will never get along, and Gilbert is ready to fight back. They devise a plan to prank both the sorority and the frat and successfully execute it. A few days later, they take part in a competition of various events against Alpha Beta, and the nerds use their superior intellect to defeat them. This defeat results in Alpha Beta going on a rampage and destroying the nerds’ house. After the wholesale destruction of their home, Lewis begins to feel down about being a nerd, but Gilbert wishes to keep fighting against them. He storms into the pep-rally, and with the aid of Tri-Lambda leadership, confronts the jocks. He gives a passionate speech about how there is nothing wrong with being a huge nerd, and that he is proud of who he