For Avalon, she was also strongly cyber bullied by a group of people on multiple blog pages that were initially started by an anonymous under the username Dragon Girl. She discovered her real friends – Tamara, Marshall, Sukey and Jemima (who were labelled the lamest group in the school). She was driven insane but her charming new best friend, Marshall, taught her to be strong and block it out – which is what she did. Everything was going so well, and then all of a sudden the bullies targeted Marshall as well. Marshall was grateful the bullies had loosened up on Avalon because he was madly in love with her ever since the first day he laid eyes on her, but on the other hand, he was also devastated he was getting all this undeserved hate.
Social Psychology Final Paper Daniel Lear Easy A December 3, 2012 The film Easy A explains the life of a high school girl who got herself into a lot of trouble by trying to fit in with the status quo. A teenager named Olive (played by Emma Stone) tells a simple white lie and goes from an unnoticed normal girl to the town “slut” who is suddenly the talk of the school. The purpose of this paper is to explain the social psychology themes that are present throughout the film such as, the Social Comparison Theory, self-presentation and impression management, stereotypes, and self-concept. I will go into great detail and show specific examples of how each theme is tied into the film and how they relate to our everyday lives. I will also try and find the overarching theme of self in this film and explain why it is so important to be true to your values of self.
In the hall one day Jamie Jadestone one of the most popular girls in school came over to Julia and tried to start trouble, but to bad Julia is a smart cookie and can get herself out of bad situations she just simply said “Get out of the way” and walked on and that was in between second and third hour time and Jamie was in Julia’s next class. Mrs. Appleseed who taught World Geography and didn’t stand for any clowning in her class, nothing got past her eyes. Jamie was trying to pass a note to get best friend Amy but Mrs. Appleseed saw her doing it and sent her to the principle’s office, Julia thought “She gets what she dishes out” and smiles. The next day was winter break and everyone was acting
Melinda has finally become popular, and can now speak the truth. ¨One girl, not the cheerleader, nods her head, and says, ¨Way to go I hope you’re OK.¨With hours left in the school year, I have suddenly become popular.¨(Anderson 197) Bullying has finally stopped and Melinda is now better known and a good role model by the end of the story because she spoke. Bullying really comes in many different ways, and they are strong to our feelings .all people in the school bullied Melinda since the start of school, not even at school, but since the bus picked her up. Melinda had a very sad ninth grade until the end and she passed to much to be bullied at that level. The worst thing she passed was when she got raped.
There are many reasons Laurie Halse Anderson would choose Melinda as the main character, but one reason is because of her characteristics. Melinda was a very brave and courageous person. Throughout the book, Melinda goes throughout the whole high school year facing people’s hatred. “I scream, scream. Why aren’t the walls falling?
They have committed to be on their side from beginning to end. Some students think of cheerleader’s as mean nasty girl or in some cases some kind of fantasy for some pervert thanks to the way they are portrayed in movies. Others think they are so pretty, athletic, and nice. Either way you take them for they always come out to be the most popular girls in school that everybody wants to be friends with or even
Brooke Murphy Literary analysis for Speak How would it feel to walk into your first year of high school and have everyone give you a hard time? In Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda Sordino is a freshman at Mayweather high school who was raped at a party in the summer. She calls the police for help, but they arrive to find a teen party with alcohol. Everyone thinks she did it on purpose because nobody knows the truth. Melinda sees The Marthas as an exclusive group of girls with bad attitudes, while the teachers see the exact opposite.
Maybe she has the most privileged lifestyle or she is the prettiest but there is a dominating factor that shows her as inferior to others. For example, in the movie Mean Girls, there is a pack of girls called “the plastics” and their alpha is Regina George, who recruits a new girl named Cady and makes her over into the newest member of the clique. The other girls that are a part of the clique are all fearing of Regina because she is pretty, rich and fits the ideal white high school female. “She’s the queen B- the other two are just her little workers.” (Mean Girls). Gretchen and Karen are Regina’s faithful minions who will do whatever it takes to stay in her good graces.
Soon enough her father died and kids started picking on her about her complexion. Char the most popular girl in the grade, makes a deal with Maleeka that if she does her homework for her Char will always stick up for her and allow Maleeka to borrow clothes. Maleeka wants to be so liked by people in school she agrees and starts hanging out with Char. A new teacher than arrives at the school. Miss Saunders also gets made fun of because of the big blotch she has on her face which is her birth mark.
Fall 2012 College Composition I: ENG101 Argumentative Essay Two Assignment Specifications: 550-700 word essay, titled, double-spaced, MLA format Topic: Using our focus essays from “A Casebook on Bullying” (p 473-483) and Mean Girls, compose an argumentative essay answering one of the following questions: 1. Cady, the movie’s main character, navigates her way through high school, while encountering many different classifications of students and teachers. Her story begins with outsider status, but soon she is the Queen Bee of the “The Plastics.” Based on our class discussions, the readings, and the movie, is Cady truly a “mean girl?” Or does that title fall onto someone else? Use specific examples, quotes, or film scenes to answer