Peyton Dannatt
Mrs.Dwiggins
Computers
24 October 2014
Mean Girls
Mean girls is movie written in 2004 by Tina Fey. She based the movie off of the book "Queen Bees & Wannabes" Tina wrote the screenplay for Mean Girls. Alot of the movie was also based off her high school experience.
The Mean Girls is a trio of girls named Gretchen, Karen and Regina.
Gretchen is Regina’s best friend and knows all of her secrets, “That’s why her hair is so big. It’s full of secrets.”. She is absolutely full of herself and uses her dad, the inventor of toaster strudels,to get whatever she wants. Gretchen is like Regina’s shadow.
Karen is a total blonde and is “one of the dumbest people you will ever meet”. She never has any clue about what’s going on. Karen goes along with anything that the group is doing and usually asks no questions about it.
Regina George the queen bee of the school is beautiful but a stuck up snob that wants nothing but to be perfect and everyone to know she runs the show.
Mean girls is about Cady Haron a new student at North Shore High School, makes friends quickly with Damian and Janis, outcasts of the school. Soon she meets The Plastics
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the reigning trio of girls, that consists of Gretchen, Karen and the queen bee Regina George. The Plastics invite Cady to eat lunch with them for the rest of the week and be part of their group which is very rare in this case. Cady accepts the invite only because, Janis and Damian hate The Plastics and want to know all of their dirty secrets. After her first day of school she rides along with The Plastics to the mall. At the mall Gretchen finds out that her ex-boyfriend, Jason, already has a new girlfriend. Regina being a “good” friend calls his new girlfriends mom and tells her that her daughter is pregnant destroying that relationship. After the mall they all go to Regina’s house. At her house Cady finds out about the burn book. The burn book is a book that Gretchen, Karen and Regina wrote that has mean rumors about everyone in the school. When Cady meets Regina’s mom she is told by her that “I’m not a regular mom, I’m a cool mom.” , which Cady finds interesting. Cady meets Regina’s ex-boyfriend, Aaron and falls for him immediately, but Gretchen informs her that ex-boyfriends are just off limits. As Cady settles into her new school she continues to fall for Aaron and as soon as Regina finds this out she automatically turns on her and wants to make her high school experience absolutely horrible. When halloween comes around Cady is invited to Aarons halloween party. Cady not knowing wears a scary costume and made of because all the other girls are half dressed and barely wearing any clothes. Regina talks to Aaron for Cady which turns into a disaster. Aaron is told that Cady is a stalker and that she is obsessed with him. When Aaron finds that out he doesn’t believe Regina, but Regina gets him to believe her by kissing him and winning him back. Cady freaks out when she sees this and now wants to destroy Regina’s high school life. When fun games turn into destroying Regina’s high school life, Janis and Damian start to realize that Cady has now turn into “mean girl” also. It gets harder and harder for Cady to act like nothing is wrong when she”s around The Plastics, but she manages for awhile. Gretchen and Karen now turned on Regina look up to Cady as the leader of their trio. When Cady, Janis and Damian break up Regina and Aaron, she makes her move by inviting him to her party. As soon as Regina finds out about the party she immediately drives over there and attempts to crash the party but does not succeed. Aaron finds out about the mean games between Regina and Cady, he starts to believe that she is just like Regina a “mean girl” and doesn’t want anything to do with her. One day Regina brings the burn book to school planning to blame the whole book on Cady.
She spreads print outs of all the pages in the book around the school. When the bell rings everyone sees the pages and the whole school turns into chaos. All the girls are called into a assembly to talk about the book. During assembly girls are told to right down on a card a rumor they have spread, or something there sorry about and apologize. Gretchen being herself puts on her card “I’m sorry everyones so jealous, I can’t help that I’m popular.”. When Janis is up she spills the beans about the mean games Cady did to Regina. Regina freaks out and runs out of the school. Cady chasing after her tries to apologize but Regina only gets more angry at her, as she's running to her car a bus flies by and hits
Regina. After Regina is out of the hospital and attending school a lot has changed at North Shore High School, no drama all is well in girl world. Cady finds her place with Janis, Damian and her and Aaron are together. Gretchen fits in with her new crowd, she learns how to speak asian and finds new friends. Karen is the weather girl for the schools broadcast. As for Regina she finds a way to poor her anger out into sports, it works well for her because none of the girls are scared of her.
Sister souji has her participate in her meeting that she has for the young girls and older adults on how to make life better and fix the neighborhood talks some sense to them but winter seems to think it's just a waste of time and hates it there . She seems to feel sick and runs out the meeting and packs her stuff because she is tired of being there , goes into sister souji room and gets midnight file and see her file and it had newspaper articles of her father and mansion and her . She knew all along of who she really was and played it cool . Then stops by the Doctor room and steals money where she stashed her cash , steals it and puts it in her sports bag but they get switched up and noticed once she was already at the bus station that she had no money . Someone in her past seems to recognize her in a lexus which was bullet the guy she spent her seventh birthday with while her father was arrested
Gretchen was not a helpless victim to Regina’s ruthlessness or a robotic follower. When pointing out Gretchen to Cady, Damien comments, "that's why
Rachel was Melinda's friend all of middle school but she turned out to be a complete jerk to Melinda. Heather was a fake friend who only stuck by her side until she was accepted in a ¨cool¨ group. David Petrakis is a nerd who is almost in every one of Melinda's classes. They grow close mostly because they both have no friends, but he is a true friend. Towards the end of the group Melinda starts to come out to Rachel about why she called the police, but Rachel just got even more upset. Melinda thankfully realizes how bad of a friend Rachel is on page 198 ¨I don't want to be cool. I want to grab her by the neck and shake her and scream at her to stop treating me like dirt. She didn't even bother to find out the truth – what kind of friend is that? ¨ Melinda gets close to her art teacher. Art is the one class that Melinda enjoys because she gets to be with her new friend Ivy. Ivy and David are the only people Melinda has, but that is enough for her. On the first day of school Melinda recalls being the only person sitting alone on page 134.¨ I see a few friends people I used to think were my friends—but they look away. ¨ Positively Melinda has found the two only true friends in her school and starts to become a more optimistic
The film Mean Girls is about a young girl, Cady Heron, born and raised in Africa by her zoologist parents, who were also her homeschool teachers for sixteen years. When Cady moves to the United States, she enrolls in a public school for the first time. Here she realizes that high school students have the same hierarchy as the animals she observed in Africa. The lowest ranking group in this high school hierarchy is the outcasts, who also happen to be Cady’s first friends in the U.S. The highest on the high school food chain are the “plastics”. The “plastics”, are the most popular girls in school. The plastic’s notice Cady’s charming personality and stunning good looks and invite her to join their clique. In order to avenge her first friends,
Her character and personality is a prime example of perfectionism. In the movie, she secures the title of “queen bee” within her group of friends. Regina controlled her friends on what to believe, what to say, and even what to wear. Showing no signs of sympathy, Regina refused to allow anyone below her standards of ideal into her small group of friends. Quickly, she mastered superiority making not only her friends feel inferior but also other peers. Annoyed at Regina’s manipulating, controlling, and self-centered ways, Regina’s group of friends turn their back to her. In the end, Regina loses her friends and becomes hated as a result of her perfectionism. Regina’s perfectionism leads to her social
Anelle Dupuy, played by Daryl Hannah, is a young woman straight out of beauty school and trying to start over in a new town after her husband mysteriously disappears, along with most of her belongings. Last but not least, we have Ouiser Boudreaux, played by Shirley MacLaine. She is abrasive, eccentric, rude and “richer than God”. She also happens to be my favorite character in the movie. The chemistry between these great actresses is what makes this movie one of the best, if not the best I’ve ever seen.
...he story with the various characters. Melinda’s acquaintance, Heather works hard at finding friends and becoming popular, but in the end she turns away from Melinda. The story is about the high school years. Many times when we are growing up we can’t wait to get there because we will be treated as adults, but the truth is the problems that come along when we are older can be difficult. The various clans of students help present the theme by showing us that there are many different types of people. The popular cheerleaders, the jocks, the geeks and those who are just trying to fit in. Melinda transforming the janitor’s closet symbolizes her hiding her feelings and Melinda’s inability to speak and tell people what happened to her. High school can be fun but unfortunately through the eyes of Melinda it was a very hard time.
This leadership style has a strong focus on task requirements and less emphasis on concerns for people. When she asked for something she wanted it done immediately with no regard to what the needs of her followers were. When Gretchen wanted to make the word “fetch” a trend at school Regina halted her and demanded that she stop. On the other hand Regina’s mother, Mrs. George had a country club (1,9) leadership style. She was more concerned with being the “cool mom” than being an authoritative figure. This is reflected in the scene where she meets Cady for the first time she emphasized that there were no rules in her house and even went as far as to offer 16 year old Cady alcohol. She was exceptionally eager to be “in the mix” with the girls, making more of a friend than a parent.
...s a classic that shows just how nasty adolescent girls can be under typical circumstances. Nearly every character at one point shows adolescent egocentrism. There are numerous lifespan concepts covered throughout the movie. Cady Herron is a perfect example of how tough high school can be for an adolescent girl going through multiple changes. She goes through a lot more than the typical adolescent girl. However, I think she shows how staying true to yourself is important when going through high school. The "plastics" do a great job of displaying different relationships with peers. They have strong relationships with each other, but struggle to form these relationships with anyone outside of their group. All in all, Mean Girls does a great job of displaying parenting styles, egocentrism, relationships with peers, self worth in relationships, and juvenile delinquency.
Regina George is a junior in high school who is described as teen royalty. As the leader of her clique referred to as “The Plastics”, she rules the school with her best friends Gretchen Weiners and Karen Smith loyally at her side. The three girls feed off of tearing the other girls in the school down and diminishing them by writing awful rumors and secrets in the “Burn Book”. With her tall and skinny physique, bright blonde hair and good-looks, she uses her sex appeal and superiority to manipulate and victimize the people around her including her family. Regina easily controls her family members. Her mother worships the ground Regina walks on and desperately looks to her for acceptance. Her ability to make other girls at school feel inferior fuels her power, as queen bee Regina is seen as the “it” girl. Everyone wants to look like her, dress like her, and be just like her. She uses her sex appeal to get any guy she wants and dangles them around everyone else to make them jealous.
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Regina Maywack lived just down the road from me. Before 5th grade I never knew who she was. As the year progressed we got closer and closer. Regina was extremely talented. She was, in my mind, a genius; she loved school and always did well. She was also blessed with athletic ability. Something I respected since most other kids we knew weren't involved in sports. No matter what day it was I always went to school knowing that Regina would be there with a smile on her face. It seemed as though she didn't have a care in the world. There were days I would show up mad at something my parents had done, or at something that hadn't gone my way, and she would just look at me with those honest eyes and tell me to be thankful for the good things.
The movie that I chose to do my analysis on, is Mean Girls because it is my all-time favorite movie. I watched it a million times, it never gets old and plus I know every single line in the movie. The main character Cady, played by Lindsay Lohan, exhibits how to go from being a nerd, popular, hated and rehabilitated all in one school year. It’s hilarious movie about high school but, it also covers many interpersonal concepts that we learned in class like: verbal communication, conflict and relationship dynamics. Before I provide my analysis, I’ll present my brief summary on the movie Mean Girls.
Mean Girls sends the message to women that they should not criticize one other to feel some type of empowerment. The way women criticize each other can be very aggressive, this act make women gives them the feeling of confident that there is someone who they consider lower than they are. When the movie Mean Girls first starts the female students of the school are continually judging and gossiping about one another. Because of this, it caused friction between the female students. Throughout the movie the consist fighting between girls gets worst. This friction causes women to feel the need to fight amongst one another. For example, The Plastics owned a book called the Burn Book where they wrote terrible things about their classmates but, once the book got out, the female students being fight even more. Once they stop feeling the need to bring each other down, the atmosphere of school changed. For instance, the different cliques were able to it and talk to about ...