July 2013 Understanding the real ‘Girl’ Do stories need characters? Characters are essential in stories. They can be either a protagonist or antagonist. Characters are fictional and created from the author’s imagination‚ yet the characters may be influenced from real life experiences of the author himself/herself or other people. In her book “Girl”‚ Jamaica Kincaid made this fact abundantly clear. Jamaica Kincaid’s biography shows that the characters in Girl are influenced by the experiences she
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Tamara Mino Dr. Trier SYG 2000 September 19‚ 2014 Mean Girls Goffman’s theory says that Impression Management is the effort to control or influence the perceptions of other people. Based on what I watched in the film‚ I can conclude that this theory is reflected in most of the characters of the film because people can see how each of them try to control or influence other people. A clear example of this was when The Plastics had a three way conversation on the phone with Cady and they all
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Mean Girls is like the modern version of Julius Caesar. There are many connections between the two stories. High school is a good portrayal of the jealousy‚ backstabbing‚ and betrayal that is found in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Regina George is Julius Caesar in Mean Girls. She is the leader that was feared to become too powerful or too popular. Regina was both loved and feared by the high school like Caesar. Then Regina was plotted against to ruin her reputation and taken down by Brutus and Cassius
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Mean girls- belonging 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
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boyfriend? Who is this mystery man that she loves so much on Instagram? Lindsay Lohan could have a new beau in her life. She had her fair share of heart breaks but it looks like the former Disney star is back and taking a chance at love‚ again. The “Mean Girls” star posted a black and white picture on her Instagram profile (@lindsaylohan) of a mystery man wearing a black jacket‚ showing his six packs to the world. And if that wasn’t enough‚ Lohan captioned the picture with: “I love him.” Her recent posts
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fighting‚ which‚ in turn‚ results in the thoughts of all the violent acts she has witnessed throughout her life. At the age of seven‚ the first “violent” act involves her father coming home from work and immediately harping on her brother. To the young girl‚ this appears as extremely violent‚ yet in reality it was simply a father getting far too angry at an act that his son did. However‚ this scene displays the subjectivity of violence. In reality it was only aggressive‚ not directly violent. Yet to someone
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The 1993 classic Girl Interrupted‚ written by Susanna Kaysen‚ is a series of nonfiction pieces about her 18 months spent in a mental institution in the late 1960s. The pieces are mostly chronological‚ and in between chapters she shows real files from her stay at the institution (doctors notes‚ discharge papers‚ etc.). Throughout the fragmentary novel‚ Susanna questions her sanity and fights for self realization. James Marigold adapted the memoir into a film in 1999. The movie is loosely based off
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Film Review “Girl‚ Interrupted” Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder‚ which is under the large umbrella of metal disorders. 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 everyone have some of these symptoms every once
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The movie that I decided to watch was mean girls. This movie is about a teenage girl who lived in Africa because her parents were doing research and then they had all moved to America. The girl’s name in the movie was Cady and she had never been home schooled before she moved to the United States of America. Her first couple of days was rocky but she eventually made friends with two art students by the name of Janis Ian and Damien‚ her new friends told her to be careful around the popular girls in
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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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