The focus of this research was to see what caused girls to be so pressured into being really thin or why some girls were anorexic. In my research, I learned the media plays a big part in why girls go to the extreme to be thin. Major points I learned is that the media targets teen girls with photo-shopped images of models. There are positive effects of media, I think otherwise. When girls see these “models” they feel no matter how it takes to get there, they have to be like these models.
as each girl finds a photocopy from the book about herself, she launches on another girl she suspects wrote it. it is complete “jungle madness” as girls jump on top of one another, slapping and hitting, even though none of them can prove who was the author of the pages. verbal bullying is a more subtle form of bullying, involving use of language. it entails threatening, spreading rumours, verbal abuse, gossiping, name calling and insulting people. verbal bullying is seen in Mean Girls where Regina tells Gretchen, “stop trying to make fetch happen, it’s not going to happen.” Gretchen is only trying to impress her friend, but Regina’s
Luckily, two social outcasts, Janice and Damien, showed her around and warned her of all the other social cliques in the school. It is not long until the most popular girl group in the school, the “Plastics”, noticed Cady and invited her to join their group. Turning to her new friends Janice and Damien, Cady is convinced to pretend to be the Plastics’ friend in a plan to overthrow the leader of the group, Regina, and take away the group’s power over the school. Gaining instant popularity, Cady soon found herself sucked into the mean girl lifestyle and wanting to sabotage Regina for her own personal gain. It was not until Cady has
How do the authors/directors of the two texts studied this term convey similar ideas? The authors/directors of the texts WALKING NAKED written by Alyssa Brugman and MEAN GIRLS directed by Mark Waters explore the concepts of conformity within school society, the friendships that exist between young girls, bullying that occurs through the adolescent years and the consequences of choices. Both authors accomplish highlighting the horrors of “Girl World” using techniques, which are exclusive to their forms. Waters manages this by using hyperbole and overly stereotypical characteristics of the high school girls as a means of highlighting the deteriorating state of “Girl World” nature. Brugman exposes the hierarchy that defines “Girl World” by using techniques such as intertexuality to foreshadow future events and metaphors to compare the ‘in-clique’ to jungle animals that rein over the other students.
Kat is a very strong, independant and opinionated person who never lets her opinions go to waste, whether they are aimed at her teachers or her fellow peers. She is against dating and often "sneers at the idiocy of teenage social life". She is cynical about many things, and does not believe that she needs to be like most teenagers that she is surrounded by. She says, “You forget I don’t care what other people think”, which directly shows us that she doesn't care for others opinions on her. She strongly dislikes her sister’s eagerness to fit in at school and tells Bianca, “You don’t always have to be what other people want you to be”, which shows us that she thinks Bianca should be herself and not follow in the path that her fellow school mates take.
Hedda Gabler – A Glimpse of Actress Portrayals Serious actresses strive to embody the heart and soul of the character they are portraying. Hoping that their performance will move the audience into an understanding of what motivates the character as the action unfolds onstage. Sometimes these motivations are subtle suggestions to give the audience a mere glimpse of the characters inner struggle. Others actions are deliberate and sordid - - wreaking havoc in an attempt to have total control. This essay will discuss a few of the actresses that graced the stage as Hedda, in Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, and how they portrayed this controversial character.
The movie ‘Mean Girls’ provides insights into the concept of belonging because throughout the film the director Mark Waters shows the journey of Cady Herring (Lindsay Lohan) trying to find where she belongs in the social ranking at her new high school. Her predilection to belong with the ‘popular groups’, this desire puts some of her very few friendships she has on hold and they slowly start to crumble. The film discusses how trying to belong does not always have a positive outcome and isn’t always a positive thing to achieve. In today’s society almost everyone is superficial; people are judged on their appearance, the brands of clothing they wear, weather they have the latest phone, laptop, the type of house they live in the area in which they live and if they have a high paying job. And if you don’t have all of these or most of these you are generally considered an outcast.
Image Analysis Essay Women in the media portrayed on television, billboards, and the Internet are depicted as extreme sex symbols in our society today. This image presents the question of if these types of advertisements actually have an affect on women and how powerful this affect may be. Young girls around the world are striving to be the skinniest, curviest, or oldest looking amongst their peers, while older women will do absolutely anything to look younger and be up to date with their children. The media presents women on a silver platter while, however, disrespecting them, valuing their bodies rather than their brains. “Look pretty, act smart”, a simple equation I was constantly told growing up.
In the article, “Controlling your reality” Paige Pfleger states “Reality television can also preserve old fashioned notions about sexual stereotyping. Women are encouraged to fulfill roles as “the slut” and are simultaneously devalued by doing so” sadly these are the types of stereotypes young girls and women grow up with (3). Little girls are told to act a certain way only for society to reject and humiliate them for it. In The Hunger Games Collins makes a point by sexually objectifying Glimmer, a career tribute, because she looks like the stereotype of sexy. In the novel Collins writes, “The girl tribute from District 1, looking provocative in a see-through gold gown…With that flowing blonde hair, emerald green eyes, her body tall and lush… she’s sexy all the way”(125).Collins makes it clear that society has a very specific image of what sexy should look like.
At this point she has sunken to Stanley’s level and it is clear that she develops her morals in accordance to his. “Mean Girls” addresses the issue of a constant hunger for popularity and status. However the trends we see in “Mean Girls” certainly apply not only to high school students, but to our society. Our protagonist builds an identity that fits into the narrow mould of how a girl “should” behave. She alters her fashion sense, her style, and slowly loses herself in a world of fakery.