Rachel McAdams

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…

Author's Notes=Before I even get to the prologue, here are the characters that are in the series: -The Male MC=Azuma Hozumi (17 Years Old, harsh, funny, sarcastic) The Harem (Girls Club): -School Supplies Girl=Kaori Hiroka (17 years old, Club Leader. Brash, mean, devilish) -Crown Sadist=Megumi Anzu (15 years old. Sadistic, funny, cute, mean) -Pervophobia=Reika Otoha (16 years old, hate perverts [has large breasts so that's why she hates them], adorable, more tsun than deredere) -Little…

High School is a period in adolescence where identities are found within the self by figuring out where they belong in this world. That can be hard especially for teens like Cady Heron in the 2004 movie Mean Girls directed by Mark Waters based on the book Queen Bees and Wannabes which encompasses females in high school cliques and how damaging it can be for development to girls. Cady Heron is a 16 year old who has just moved back to the states after living in Africa for her parents zoology…

Introduction: I chose the movie Mean Girls to analyze. Mean Girls is enjoyable to watch and displays topics discussed in class, such as groupthink, conflict management, and leadership issues. The movie is entertaining and humorous and any demographic can enjoy it. Mean Girls is a comedy film about a 16-year-old girl, Cady Heron, who moves from Africa to Illinois. Along with the move, Cady is also thrown into the wild halls of North Shore High School for the first time. Cady initially befriends…

Love, Power, and Tragedies: Which Spider-Man Did It Better? Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man and Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man may seem to be vastly similar throughout both films with them dealing with science fanatic and orphan kid Peter Parker, the essentials being the same just brought upon in different ways and events but closely analyzing each film they seem to have specific distinctive traits. Amongst those traits they include the love interest between different girls, the altered way they…

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 Hunger Games is an entertaining and a bit of sadness movie for the people who enjoys sad and action movies. The Hunger Games that took place in Panem that is in North America was about two major characters that people would know that were Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen and Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark these two actors are well known around the world. One day Katniss Everdeen was walking outside when her little sister Primrose or short for Prim Everdeen was being chosen to compete…

Traditionally, femininity is associated with a particular set of personality traits and behaviours, which are deemed acceptable for women to perform by the most influential institutions of the dominant culture. The teen makeover movie is a visual medium that reinforces these expectations through the types of female characters they present. Gender stereotypes reveal a distinct correlation between performances of idealized femininity and the distribution of female power in their high school…

In 1995, Clueless, a new-aged teen “chick flick” was released that shone a new light on feminine teen culture. The film follows the adolsent life of beautiful, popular, and rich Cher Horowitz. Through the ups and downs of classic high school tropes (driving, boys, etc), Cher learns how to see past material objects and open her heart to love. Alive Leppert (2014) states, “Marking a shift away from the mainstreaming of [80s] grunge fashion and music, Clueless’s engagement with teen magazines and…

When faith in the enlightenment began to fail, people began to reject the old ways; old philosophers and scholars, old knowledge, old ways of orienting their lives as a group effort towards the greater good. Instead they began to look inward for answers, and to question everything that had previously been taken for granted. As Pippin summarises, “to be a modern individual is to demand independence; on the one hand, historical and intellectual “maturity,” […] a freedom from dependence on…