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Cady Heron portrays a sence of belonging throughout the film 'Mean girls'. Cady starting school for the first time at 16 in America, previously being home schooled by her parents in Africa spends her first day of school isolated, upset and eating her lunch in the toilets. However her second day was slightly different, she was saved by 'The greatest people you will ever meet' -the plastics (quote Regina George). Also janice and damien show her around. She feels as though she belonged with Janice and Damien, because they dress and act like her and ironically because of this, finds herself spending more and more time with 'the plastics' planning to bring them down, with the help of damien and janice.
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