Ferris Bueller's Day Off Quotes

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), written by John Hughes, follows the story of Ferris Bueller (portrayed by Mathew Broderick), a high school student skipping school to create memories for the future. Throughout the movie Ferris is prone to making rash, risky decisions in the heat of the moment due to adrenalin and the drive to possess it. A person should not ignore those around them, but instead strive to assist them. A teenager high off life has the ability to make great changes to the world, both positively and negatively. As with all forms of consumable products there are side effects to them. In addition to issue presented to the user there may also be problems hyper imposed onto the people closest to the user. In Ferris Bueller’s Day

His soliloquy could be seen as an out of body moment from a minor overdose on adrenalin and he gives the quote in a sort of fevered state in order to justify his actions. This quote could also be a look into the fragile mental state that Ferris tries to hide through his constant chase of his desired high. When trouble starts to close in on Ferris his primal instincts took control and he snapped mentally and broke the fourth wall and looked to the audience to help himself rationalize the choices that he made. In an article about the connection between a lack of sleep and self-control the Meldrum stated, “This resource [self-control] is analogous to a muscle in the sense that its strength can be depleted but also replenished from rest and strengthened from practice” (Meldrum 1). This quotation means that although he is in a state of lack of self-control at the moment that does not mean that he is always that way, there could be a day where he sleeps better or more restfully and then he is a normal, functioning member of society. In addition a person with a history of bad sleep may be able to be permanently scarred by their tendencies and not be able to fix it no matter what. This shows that although there may not be any visible signs of an issue during the acts, but there could be adverse effects down the line that cannot be changed. There are multiple examples of the overabundance of adrenalin present throughout the course of the scene. For example he boldly states that he is in fact Abe Froman and continues this story even though he has no idea who Abe Froman is when he begins the lie. Ferris is so lofty in his personal view that he slips the host a dollar, of an undisclosed amount, an act that is seen in movies and television shows that is typically done in a moment of grandeur and occasionally a high stress situation. Both of these are events that would lead to