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Movie Summary Mean Girls centers around Cady Heron, as she enters her junior year of high school. Cady has recently moved to Evanston, Illinois from rural Africa and is about to enter North Shore, a public high school, after being homeschooled for her entire educational career. Initially Cady is unfamiliar with the norms of the high school, but she soon learns how to navigate the social scene from Janis Ian and Damien, a duo of low social status. Soon after meeting Janis and Damien, Cady is…

the most common date choice. However, there is an abundance of movie we can all enjoy, although not all movies are worth watching. My all time favorite movie is “Mean Girls”. “Mean Girls” is an entertaining movie that combines all aspects of a classic film; an entertaining and dramatic plot, 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…

Introduction In the film, “Mean Girls”, a young girl named Cady Harson enters the American School system after being home-schooled in Africa. For the first day of school, she finds herself overwhelmed with fear being surrounded by so many teenagers in the school. She was introduced as a new student to the many different social groups, but she was especially introduced as one of the Plastics. The plot begins when Cady decides to take down the group’s leader, Regina George, in order to sabotage…

In the movie, Mean Girls, it started with a girl named Cady who came from Africa, and used to be home schooled. Her first day in North Shore High School started bad, because she had difficulty making friends. The first people she meets are Janice and Damian. Janice, and Damian introduce the whole school to Cady including a group of girls that are known as the plastics. The plastics are a group of girls who are well known, and they like to express negatively opinions about everyone in school, and…

bet that the cast will contain the “loser”, the “alpha female”, the “jock”, the “minions”, and the animal instincts of human nature. With each additional scene another layer of stereotype-flavored frosting is added to the cultural cake. In the movie Mean Girls, it only takes a few scenes until you see that eye-catching blonde cheerleader type looking down her nose to all those beneath. This girl is often followed by her doting posse of girls who could be…

Abstract Mean Girls was viewed and analyzed from a cultural perspective. The movie focuses on Cady Heron, a girl who has been home schooled her entire life, and her assimilation into high school culture. The ethnic/cultural groups portrayed in the movie are discussed as well as the cultural themes of individuality, man vs. society, and overcoming adversity. The cultural conflicts and resolutions are also discussed in depth. The movie showed a resemblance to real life but certain aspects were a…

In 2004, the movie “Mean Girls” was released and caught the interest of many 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…

The cult classic movie, Mean Girls, revolves around a sixteen year old girl named Cady Heron. Cady has been homeschooled in Africa for her entire life and is gifted in STEM. She moves to a small town in Evanston, Illinois, and meets an array of people as she assimilates to public school in the United States. She learns new skills that guide her social survival in an American high school. In the beginning, Cady is a sweet and quiet girl who keeps to herself. She meets Janice and Damian who coach…

Mean Girls highlights the relatable social and power dynamics in high school through the two opposite personalities of Regina George and Cady Heron, while revealing the cruel world that girls can bring upon students using persuasion and coercion. I will be analyzing the movie through story characteristics in narrative transportation theory and social judgement theory. Narrative transportation theory can be applied to movies to persuade its viewers through identifiable characters, imaginable plot…

Social Psychology Concepts in Mean Girls ‘Mean Girls’ is a classic romantic comedy amongst young women, and some young men, in America today. The main character, Cady, is a new student who transferred from Africa. Because she was home schooled until her junior year of high school, she experiences great shifts in her social influences as well as some shifts in her social thinking throughout the movie. Because the film is set in an American high school, it provides an ample amount of social…