The Edge Of Seventeen, By Nadine Franklin

The transition from being young, naïve children into adolescents, who are taking their rocky roads toward becoming adults. In the movie “Edge of Seventeen”, Nadine Franklin was experiencing a lot of difficulty fitting in. Her awkwardness with others got the better of her as she emerges into adolescence. This is an example of social outcast, or a person rejected by their peers because they are different, strange, inept or misunderstood. Throughout the movie, we see her go through many stages of adolescence.

As a seven-year-old girl Nadine was exposed to being bullied and rejected. However, she was able to make one friend, Krista. Together they kept each other company and gave each other support. As the two of them entered the stage of internal
As many can relate to, a lot of teen dating begins in high school. Sexual attraction is also normal during this stage of life. Hormonal changes and maturation have great influence on sexual attraction during the adolescent stage. It was nevertheless the same for Nadine and Krista. When the two of them were in school one day, Nadine caught sight of a boy and was deeply attracted to him. With the availability of cell phones and internet, it was not hard for Nadine to secretly look up her crush. This form of anonymity lead Nadine to become more obsessed. She began to go on social media to find pictures of her crush and often times have sexual thoughts toward him. She tried to get him to accept her requests but there were no replies. The occurrence of sexual thoughts in adolescence is due to sexual maturation. Some results of sexual maturation in adolescents include increased in sexual thoughts, the motivation for self-care, reading or watching pornography, and engagement in sexual
Because, she has always felt that her older brother is always an all-star, she disapproves of her best friend to be dating him. However, Krista and Darian did not end their relationship just because Nadine disapprove of it. With all her insecurities and low self-esteem, Nadine viewed Krista as her only support, therefore, she highly disapproves her older brother dating her best friend. She is afraid of losing that one and only support that she has. Soon, Nadine enter the period of internal conflict with herself. The period of internal conflict is part of Anna Freud’s study and also relates to Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory. “According to Freud and psychoanalytic theory, the stages of psychosexual development are genetically determined and are relatively independent of environmental factors. Freud believed that adolescence was a universal phenomenon