Ferris Bueller Day Off Essay

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Adolescents can be depicted as being rebellious, risk takers, and foolish. Many T.V. shows and movies give these labels to teens, and this is why most people picture adolescents as this way. Movies depict a person’s adolescence years as being out of control and daredevils. For an example the film, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off by John Hughes, portrays the main character, Ferris Bueller, as a troubled teen who skips school all the time without getting caught by the principal or his parents. The film illustrates the typical stereotype of what people believe of adolescents, however that does not mean all adolescents are like that. According to Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, “adolescence is defined as the period of life that starts with the biological, hormonal, …show more content…

Blakemore says, “One of the brain regions that changes most dramatically during adolescence is called prefrontal cortex…it is involved in a whole range of high level cognitive functions, things like decision-making, planning.” She explains that the prefrontal cortex is still developing in adolescent years, and that since it is still developing then teens do not know how to make good decisions or stop inappropriate behavior. Blakemore’s argument does not explain why all teens around the world are not acting out of control or rebellious. If Blakemore’s argument is correct then teens all around the world would be in great uproar. Hughes’ film shows teens behavior of course, but it doesn’t show that the behavior is caused by the teen brain. For an example, the film also depicts a character that is somewhat different from Ferris. Jeanie Bueller, Ferris’ sister, is portrayed as a mean teenage girl who is somewhat of an outcast and just worries about getting her brother in trouble. However, throughout the film Jeanie gets in trouble with the police and realizes that she needs to get her priorities right and just worry about herself. Blakemore’s argument that teens are like this is because their brains are still not fully developed, but after an incident happens in the film Jeanie learns from it and matures from it. Blakemore makes great arguments because the teen brain is still developing, but the behavior of teens is not caused by the teen brain

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