Clique

behaviors appear in the movie whether it may be verbally or nonverbally this film portrays many of the interpersonal communications behaviors. This film is a satirical and comical movie portraying a high school with the typical “mean girls” clique and the other cliques for example the jocks, the nerds, the prep and more created in high school. This movie shows the positive and negative of communication. It can be compared to a real life situation when someone is given power and what we choose…

excellent cast, and memorable quotes. “Mean Girls” is centered around the typical high school clique drama. Cady Herron is the new girl in town that just moved from Africa. She has been homeschooled all her life and is then thrust into the vicious world of high school. Regina George, Gretchen Weiners, and Karen Smith make up the “It” clique, The Plastics, and they invite Cady to join their exclusive clique. Suddenly, Cady has to learn how to maneuver the feral and unpredictable world of “Girl…

keep making believe you give a damn if the football team loses, and all you do is talk about girls and liquor and sex all day, and everybody sticks together in these dirty little goddam cliques'" (131) The quote explains how Holden thinks of all these people and how they don’t get along. Also how he hates cliques because he’s never fit into…

When students are in school, they have their own cliques. When students get into a clique, they usually associate with their own kind and not other cliques. It’s usually cliques against cliques. The racism isn’t just with students; it can be with teachers and students as well. For instance, on July 11, 2013, there was this story in NYC on how these immigrant students were…

For my second Journal, I have chosen to examine what role media has in portraying the ideas of sociological ideas. For my example, I have chosen to analyze the movie Mean Girls. This movie sets a good example of how socialization comes into play from the media. It can be analyzed through the perspectives of functionalist and conflict theory. The idea that it can be examined through the perspective of a conflict and functionalist theory. To some extent social class can also be seen in this movie.…

people across the world. Teenage Cady Heron who is played by actress Lindsay Lohan, was homeschooled in Africa by her parents. When she has to move, she gets to experience public school and how it can be so cruel and divide students into their own cliques. Cady quickly finds out how her soon to be new group of friends earned the nickname “The Plastics”. “Mean Girls” is a great example of the Hero’s Journey because it shows every step clearly and how Cady becomes a whole new person trying to…

This determination was only further fueled by her instant dislike of Gabriella, the girl who was slowly stealing the heart of Troy Bolton, the object of Sharpay's affection. In order to cement Gabriella's clique as being that of a "Freaky Math Girl," Sharpay places articles in Taylor's locker that expose how smart Gabriella is and this results on Gabriella becoming involved in the Scholastic Decathlon, a group of people that Troy's friends look down upon…

Asian, and Middle Eastern extras. A far shot of a blinking neon sign of a clown dwarfs Cher as she is ditched in the carpark by Elton, symbolizing society’s derision and condemnation of her attempts to emasculate a defined systems of classes and cliques. Further inflexibility in class interactions is apparent in Emma’s high modality and contemptuous tone when she claims that the “the yeomanry are precisely the order of people… with whom I feel I can have nothing to do.” On the there hand, the…

In Chapter 3, the social-emotional development during the middle school year was one of Erikson’s theories. He talked about trust and kids saying, “I can do it myself.” Over the summer, my sister had brought her daughter some crocs. My niece would always wear them every day. As the months went by, she told my sister that she could do it herself. My sister watched her, and she was able to put the shoes on, and on the correct foot, by herself. After my sister accomplished her goals, she praised…

be used in many situations. For example, everyone has their own high school experience, the good, the bad, and the ugly. High school is an awkward time for teens, most of which have not yet discovered their identities. As a result of the unknown, cliques are formed. Anybody who doesn’t live under a rock can give a brief explanation of how the social class works in high school. From teachers pets to dropouts, the different posses are endless. These are the kids that sit alone at the lunch table…