Mean Girls is a comedy movie directed primarily towards teens in high school. The moral of the movie is to provide insight for any age group or any gender of what high school cliques can do and the change it has over the course of your development through high school. In this case, the movie focuses on a 16- year-old female protagonist named Cady Heron (Lindsey Lohan). After 12 years of living in Africa due to her parents zoologist research, Cady Heron's family returns to the United States, where she would attend her first public school, and keep in mind, Cady has been homeschooled her entire life with no interaction with the social environment in public schools, so it is given that she goes to her new school as innocent as a lamb. Cady's first time at school was lonesome, not knowing how to fit in, but later on she befriends classmates Janis and Damian who teaches her everything she needs to know about the types of cliques at their high school, and most importantly is made aware of the notorious clique, the Plastics. The Plastics notices Cady and then proceeds to invite her to join their clique, resulting in Cady becoming a new edition to the clique. And because of …show more content…
The looking-glass self by George Herbert Mead is a perfect explanation of what happens to Cady Heron. Before entering into a new society she was innocent of the culture that has been adaptive in school society, but after hanging with the clique and inevitably joining the clique, Cady starts to show a different personality similar to the Queen Bee. The self-concept about how an individual defines who he or she is tested throughout the movie with Cady Heron. Also, the self-esteem for Cady to be socially accepted by the Plastics played a huge role in her development. Not only did the clique change the way her personality was, but also changed the way Cady's physical appearance