immature drama. Tina Fey’s Mean Girls is an accurate portrayal of how rough high school can be‚ and more specifically how horrible teenage girls can be. Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan)‚ a "home schooled jungle freak" recently moved from the jungles of Africa to a city in America ready to start her first year at a public high school. Cady is immediately thrown into the world of cliques‚ make up and girl fights. Regina George ( Rachel McAdams) plays the role of the girl everyone in high school is all
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Schwarz "Mean Girls" "Mean Girls" is an action-packed movie full of drama and gossip. The movie is based off of the life of Cady Heron. Cady has wonderful parents that have an interesting occupation. They are zoologists. Since birth‚ Cady has been living the life of a innocent‚ smart‚ and sweet homeschooled girl that lived in the African Jungle. However‚ her world was about to be turned upside down as she had no idea what was to come when her family decided it was time to movie back to the United
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Illness in “Girl‚ Interrupted” The film “Girl‚ Interrupted” is a true story adapted from the original memoir by Susanna Kaysen. Set in the 1960s‚ it relates her experiences during her stay in a mental institution after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder following a suicide attempt. Many films include characters with a mental illness; the actors who play these characters have the immense challenge of staying true to the illness they portray. The main character in “Girl‚ Interrupted
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out of touch with reality‚ but then again‚ what is reality other than an idea someone thought up. These cloudy and restless ideas are of the same nonsensical but provocative nature as the thoughts that add character to Susanna Kaysen’s memoir‚ Girl‚ Interrupted. There are many recurring themes in Susanna Kaysen’s reflection on her stay in Mclean hospital that help to animate not only
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I wandered up and down the isles; often taking a seat reading may of the introductions or prefaces of books. I came across the book "Girl Interrupted" by Susanna Kaysen‚ this book immediately fascinated me. I was introduced to the protagonist named Susanna‚ whom is sent to a psychiatric hospital when she was just 18 years old. I was lured into this book because my sister was admitted a couple
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The movie i got my parody from is Mean Girls. I have changed and transformed the title to Nasty Boys. I have used big bold white font to make it stand out. It is positioned on the top of the page to attract the audience. It is a teen comedy. The back ground is blue to represent boys. The central image is of Cody Heron‚ the main character with his white shirt unbuttoned and his pants sitting low. His body position looks like he is posing with his hands behind his head and his abs facing towards
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The movie Gone Girl‚ can be analyzed through van Gennep’s theory‚ rite of passage. Throughout the movie‚ the experience of the main character Nick‚ has three stages which match the theory’s threefold scheme that consist of separation‚ liminality and incorporation. The first stage begins at the beginning of the movie‚ as the wife of Nick‚ Amy goes missing. Nick’s life as a husband has ended as he is separated from his wife and his marriage becomes incomplete. Nick’s situation perfectly matches what
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American Girls is about the story of Dominican Republic family that is living in New York. Sandra and Bautista are the parents; both are first generation immigrants. They had two jobs. They worked on the hospital from five o’clock in the morning and on the evenings they worked cleaning a Doctor office. They did not spend much time with their kids because they are always working. They want to retire and live in Dominican Republic. Their three daughter were born in the US. Monica is the first born
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Film Project-Girl Interrupted (Borderline Personality disorder) Borderline Personality disorder-a Personality disorder‚ which is under the large umbrella of Metal disorders. According to medicine.net‚ BPD is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods‚ interpersonal relationships‚ self-image‚ and behavior. This instability often disrupts family and work life‚ long-term planning‚ and the individual’s sense of self-identity. However‚ according to Susanna Kaysen‚ doesn’t
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biological mother of Dorothy and surrogate mother of the rest of the girls. Last but certainly not least we have Blanche Devereaux‚ played by Rue McClanahan. Blanche‚ to once again put it bluntly‚ was the slut. The youngest one of the bunch‚ she forever had men on the mind‚ and almost as frequently had men in her boudoir! Obviously‚ these four characters all embody an extreme. However‚ everyone has part of one or all of The Golden Girls in
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