Compare And Contrast Essay On Mean Girls

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Movies are sometimes made to portray real life. In Mean Girls the movie, the director does a good job of showing how high school girls interact but tends to enhance some parts to make it more interesting. The differences between the movie and real life are not easily distinguishable, but the similarities stand out. “That’s why her hair is so big: It’s full of secrets.” The Burn Book was a major focal point in Mean Girls the movie. The burn consisted of many horrible rumors that eventally lead to many lives being ruined. In a theatrical realm, there always seems to be written element of gossip. The burn book allowed the girls to get their ill-will towards others out, without actually telling the person. Girls think that if they write it down and not say it then it will never get back to the person that the rumor was targeted at. But that is not true, most of the the rumor get translated back to the person, but may be changed in some way. …show more content…

Regina George was cruel to a lot of her peers, some may compare her to Hitler. Since Regina George was the gossip leader of Mean Girls, something bad was bound to happen. Once, girls find out about what others say about them they let their emotions take over. Girls know that if you mess with ones emotion, it is easier to take them down. Like when the girls tried to take Regina’s boyfriend and to make her fat. “On Wednesdays we wear pink.” In the mean girls realm there are very strict dress code guidelines. Such as, on Wednesdays they wear pink, and one can only wear sweatpants or jeans on Fridays. Hair is an important point for every girl no matter where you go to school. But in mean girls you can only wear your hair in a ponytail once a week. Also if one is in the clique one cannot wear hoop earrings, since hoop earrings are Regina’s thing. In the movie the girls worried too much about what the others thought, they were not able to exspress themselves

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