dominant and extravagant teenage girl named Cher Horowitz, ironically, the movie displays the effects of her “social project” with Tai Fraser. Through the lens of this social project, the themes of perceptions of desire attributes and the dominant stereotypical culture in high school are explored. With the use of the costumes, characters, and script, Heckerling comments on the significance of fashion and social relations in high school. In movie, Cher is a naïve high school popular girl that takes on a mission to makeover a new student, Tai Fraser. Cher tries to improve Tai’s social status and match her up with who she thinks is a good fit as a boyfriend, with the help of her friend, Dionne Davenport. However, Tai becomes more popular than Cher and develops a crush with Cher’s step-brother, Josh. Due to this, Cher reevaluates herself and realizes that she too has feelings for Josh. Additionally, she has a…
Saturday. The bus I used was the 30/330 that goes from Sunset Boulevard into East Los Angeles. This was mostly what seemed to be residential areas and the main streets of Los Angeles. While riding the bus I saw the difference within the people through the surrounding buildings. The visible wealth disparity between the residents of Los Angeles is very stark and can be seen within neighborhoods. Starting at Sunset, near the Greystone Mansion, the buildings are well kept and show a variety of…
Mom, did you see Aunty Milly? Her skin has gotten so light. You don’t think that she’s bleaching it right? Isn’t that terrible for your skin? I don’t even know why she’s doing it, it doesn’t look natural she’s a brownish orange color. It’s really sad, it’s not a really good example for Vic because she’ll probably feel the need to do it too. Mom, why do people get terrible weaves, when they could just wear their hair out. It would look so much better, everyone knows it’s not real. What is so…
Bayonetta is a popular third-person action video game produced for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Wii U. It has sold more than 1.35 million copies worldwide since its original release in 2010, and a sequel to the game was recently released this year ("Bayonetta"). The game centers around its title character, Bayonetta, a sexy witch who fights off enemies with her high-heel revolvers and uses her magical hair to summon demons. Though the Bayonetta franchise has been generally well received by…
The Simple Life at Virtue Hill One of the most beautiful places to visit is the Virtue Hill in Vietnam. I grew up there, and I return year after year to seek the solitude. Virtue Hill is the name of a boarding school and means “God Place.” One of the most picturesque sites is looking up the hill from the village road. The view is spectacular with the school at the top, and the green, fertile farmland below. When I was a fourth grader, my father as a soldier was often deployed far away from home.…
hid the people 's faces, but we shouted "Good day! Good day! Fine day!" at the top of our voices. When we came to Hustler Hill, he said that the mare was tired, so we all got down and walked, as our good manners required. The Boomers had raised Elizabeth to have an open young mind and when she became of school age, allowed for her to attend a small one room school that housed all twelve grades (Millier 15). Even with attending school, Elizabeth had once stated that her desire to compose works…
Secondly, the median family income is biggest difference between both cities. Income goes back to education and they really tie into each other. It is statistically proven that a higher education create a larger income. Also these two places require different things from the people. In Philadelphia, the Beverly Hills income would be too much. If one obtain made that much income in Philadelphia than they relocate. The social forces of these incomes starts with the most important of “family.” In…
Before the seminar, I was strongly convinced that unequal schooling was the main cause of poverty in the United States. I believe that minorities, which mainly consists of blacks and hispanics, are not given the same opportunities as wealthy students. Based on the article, “Still separate, Still unequal,” a study showed that students coming from an impoverished background had little to no control in what they wanted to study. Students that attended Beverly Hills High School, as a rich school,…
Los Angeles, I woke up as the birds chirped and the sun shined straight into my face in the suburbs of Palos Verdes, California. Waking up in a house on top of an actual hill instead of an apartment on the 27th floor of a manmade building I used to live in, in Seoul, South Korea. Moving back to America after my freshman year of high school was a complete switch for me in environment both culturally and socially. It made me notice the many differences between American and Korean cultures as well…
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