“Revenge of the Nerds” Analysis In “Revenge of the Nerds,” Steven Pinker investigates on how our mind has evolved throughout the history of natural selection. Pinker claims that the standardized evolutionary timeline for human is in fact flawed and unreliable due to its limited scope and consistencies vary based on different perspective. He suggests that the evolutionary timeline actually started much earlier and end later than what has already been established in the standardized timeline.
Where did the word Nerd derive from? The word Nerd was first documented in Dr.Suess’ If I ran the zoo, written in the 1950’s. “And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo and Bring Back an It-Kutch, a Preep, and a Proo, a Nerkle, a Nerd, and a Seersucker too”(, this excerpt from the children story about what this boy would do if he was in charge of a zoo states that he’ll capture a “nerd”. Zoos are a source of entertainment to watch strange creatures that are much different from you. The creatures
but rather a word that was used when something wasn’t cool. The book begins with the students at River High performing a skit called, “Revenge of the Nerds.” In this skit, two students act out a variety of different “stereotypes,” starting out as nerds, and then switching to gansters, and lastly to gym rats, with the girls in the skit picking the new and revised nerds because they were now dressed in new seats and towards the end of the skit had scared the gansters away and were therefore seen as very
unrealistic exaggeration of the social hierarchy in high school. Denby suggests that these films can be classifies as revenge fanaticism, created by the “nerds” that were bullied throughout high school. He also draws a connection to the Littleton shooters, proposing the idea that Klebold and Harris must have forgotten the plot twist in real life. Instead of going to extreme measures for revenge, if they had just waited it out, they would have owned software companies living the high life, whereas the jocks
just sticking close to the shadows instead of the limelight. This dynamic can be broken down between social classes within the high school scenes, using jocks, class clowns, trouble makers, and the Hollywood favorite, geeks. Movies such as Revenge of the Nerds, the Social Network, and Super Bad have shed light on these clever misfits who make you question the amount of attention we all gave them during school. For this essay I will analyze the social class within the movie Super Bad and describe
My high school was like any other, and within its walls, you could find the standard division of teen culture played out in three main categories: the popular kids, the nerds & the metal heads. Though the names of each clique may change from one generation to the next, the roles remain the same. On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold made history when they beseiged their high school in the deadliest massacre ever recorded in United States history for an American high school. In the aftermath
Crash, crack, boom, are the noises that can be heard when the mysterious the batman appears into action. In both Batman The Golden Age by Bob Kane with Bill Finger and The Caped Crusade Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon talk about the interesting characters of Robin and the Joker. Both Robin and the Joker play important roles in the life of Batman. Firstly, the nimble sidekick Robin connects well with batman. For example in the Batman the Golden Age, Batman comments, “And swear
popular girl, who Denby describes as being “The most hated young woman in America” (Paragraph 1, p. 709) and her male counterpart: a jock. He also gives us specific descriptive evidence in these films of how they often tell an underdog story, where a “nerd” or an outcast ultimately ends up being the hero in the end. “The movies try to turn the tables” Denby says (Paragraph 4, p. 711). He goes on to describe the effect this common plotline might have on kids who may feel socially unaccepted in real life
death more problems came into play at home. The father of Teddy and Tiana became depressed and struggled to keep his business open. But all the problems didn't stop the way Teddy felt about the people who killed his little sister. Teddy was out for revenge and he wasn't going to stop until they were all dead. His plan didn't go through because he was later caught by the police. He was arrested but when released he placed on house arrest. He was assigned with a probation officer who was Mariana Diaz
home. In the beginning, Junior was is outcast in both Wellpinit and at Reardan High school. In Wellpinit, where Junior had lived for a long time, there are many alcoholics. Many fights break out because they had to protect themselves, steal or get revenge on somebody who disrespects them. Junior wasn’t a good fighter, so he was the easiest target “Everybody on the Rez called me a retarded, they stuffing my head in the toilet or smacking me upside the head (4)”. He got bullied because he enjoyed going
real people. Real people repeatedly called outcasts in their school, a community of cliques. There are few schools that deviate from the social moldings of Columbine High School. Columbine is Anyschool in Anytown. This is what Cliques think of Geeks, Nerds, and Dorks. Just take a look at the clique-infested waters of my school. Except no one seems to want to admit the existence of these sharp-toothed tribes. Like every other school, the jocks and cool people are at the top of the food chain - the
this categorization entails that they are all as popular as the Plastics but are unfriendly because of their ‘un-whiteness’- even though Regina, Gretchen, Karen and Cady are as mean if not meaner. Asians are also targeted in this movie, as cool or nerds. It’s obvious that they are Vietnamese but are still labeled Asians following the “us vs. them” strategy. The representation of race in this film implies the primary rule to be popular which is to be white or else the person is considered less valuable
At North Shore High School, the cliques’ names are based on stereotypes: “sexually active band geeks,” “girls who eat their feelings,” “girls who don’t eat anything,” and “Asian nerds.” On the first day of school, Ms. Norbury mistakenly welcomes a black student as the new student from Africa because Cady does not fit the look or description of the “typical girl from Africa.” During Cady’s first conversation with the plastics, Gretchen
On April 20, 1999 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold opened fire on Columbine Highschool killing twelve fellow classmates and one teacher. School violence changes our youths morals. From bullying to peer pressure, youth are exposed to school violence everyday. What is school violence? School violence varies from accounts of “death, homicide, suicide, weapon related violence, in the US.” (c1) School violence can occur to and from school, while attending a school sponsored event, on a bus, or at an activity
The feeling of being an outsider Have you ever felt like you are an outcast in your school,work,friend group or even family? Well, you are not alone with that feeling. People tend to want to belong and get the sense of comfort that comes with that. From these texts it really proves that everyone has universal experiences of being an outcast. If everyone feels like an outcast, then no one truly is, you're just not in the right group yet. Being different or not the same can bring us together as humans
created a virtual computer game which he eventually turned to reality. “Peter got out of bed and sat down at his desk, pulling his eighth-grade yearbook from the drawer where he’d banished it months ago. He’d create a computer game that was Revenge of the Nerds, but updated for the twenty first century. A fantasy where the balance of power was turned on its head, where the underdog finally got a chance to beat the bullies. He took a marker and started circling portraits. Drew Girard. Matt Royston
They begin as nerds who can’t lift weights or get the girls they want, but after working out and getting some coaching, they take revenge on the black “gangsters” that are keeping them from getting what they want which was girls and populairty. Pascoe talks on the experience, saying how this superiority of masculinity defines
Everyone knew these people in high school, the popular one, the wannabe, the nerd and the one who is always sleeping. The popular one tends to always have someone to talk to in the hallways and has a full weekend planned. The wannabe is in the popular group but never talks much and just seems to laugh along with the cool kids because they are afraid to be kicked out of this group.The nerd is always studying and never has time to do anything else but study. The sleepy one doesn’t do very well in class
With advancements in technology there usually come drawbacks. With the current generation having access to social media whether on the computer, cellular phones, tablets, or any object that can access wireless internet. With this new front bullying has taken on a new form where the bully or bullies hide behind technology to harass their victims. But it is not limited to one on one interaction such as through email, instant messager, text, Facebook, or Twitter, but it can also include: sending private
In a flashback Willy has, it is shown that Willy jokes about Charley’s son, Bernard, a “nerd” who helps Biff with his math so he doesn’t fail, by claiming that despite Bernard being smart, he will not get far in life because he is not as “liked: as Biff, who at the time was a football star. After Biff saw his father with is mistress, he began