Oliver Marriane's 'Scarlet Letter'

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The movie illustrates the character Oliver Penderghast a high school student who considers herself to be invisible to her associates. However her life changes soon as a religious fanatic (Marriane) eavesdrop and on Olive misleading Rhiannon her best friend about losing her virginity. Without hesitation marrianne quickly tell her boyfriend Micah and the lies get out to the entire school population. Olive sees herself following "Hester Prynne's" in the "Scarlet Letter" a character which she is studying at school until she opts to use the rumor to forward her social and financial standing. Throughout school Olive managed to preserve a good reputation until the rumors began spreading, obtaining her unwanted attention. Her reputation diminishes when Brandon who wants to end his misery of being bullied in school for being gay, asks her to pretend they slept together to fool his colleagues into believing that he is straight. She however reluctantly engage but the encounter gets her into the spotlight amongst the student population. Meanwhile Marriane and her followers decided that they want her to her the school. Noticing she could not escape the rumours, Olive is determined to play along with the lifestyle she is given including wearing tight dressed with the letter "A" which stands for adulterer. Olive later resolves all her issues, confesses to her lies and finds love with the school's mascot Woodchuck Todd her love interest that do not consider to the gossips. The first concept evident in the movie is that of Stereotype and according to Plotnik Kouyoumdijian, (2008) states that stereotypes are widely held beliefs that have certain traits because they belong to a particular group. Stereotypes are often Inaccurate and frequently p... ... middle of paper ... ...ed to what really happened and announced it is nobody’s business if she losses her virginity or not . She later texts her friend Rhiannon apologizing for lying to her. Had it not been for her mother she may not have been courageous enough to confess the entire situation to the school population. Conclusion Olive was faced with several rumours which grew out of proportion. Whilst attempting to survive the rumours, she losses her good reputation, her best friend Rhiannon and gains unwanted attention from the entire school population. It relates to life in so many different ways and teaches us to always be truthful despite how we may feel toward a situation. Although there were alot of downfalls I liked how she gains the strength to rise above the situation. Bibliography Plotnik, R. (2002). Introduction to psychology (6th ed.). Australia: Wadsworth Thomson Learning.

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