Ten Things I Hate About You Relationships

Over half of the teens worldwide have been in a relationship at some point in their lives. Relationships are a fundamental part of adolescence, and often are thought of as part of becoming mature – but sometimes they can create challenges. Think back to your first relationship – what was it like? You may have felt pressured to date someone or do certain things because it was “cool” at the time, even if you may not feel ready or mature enough. You may have felt pressured to go to parties or hang out with different people. You may feel like the only one, but most people experience similar pressures in their teen years. There are plenty of movies and books written about the adolescent part of your life, particularly the romantic relationships

Patrick in Ten Things I Hate About You was pressured into dating Kat on the condition that he was paid, but eventually he ended up genuinely falling in love with her. By the time prom came around he no longer felt comfortable accepting bribes from Joey, the popular boy who had been convinced by Cameron to pay for Patrick to date Kat (it’s a bit complicated). This shows how much his character had developed from the beginning of the movie, and how he had actually developed feelings for Kat and saw her as a person worthy of love and respect. However, he did end up accepting the bribe money to pay for her prom – but not for what you would think. He used it to pay another kid to help him serenade her on the oval in the most iconic scene from the movie. However, I don’t think money was his only motive in the beginning. Patrick’s reputation as a rebellious kid, with rumours about him going to jail, meant that he didn’t have that many friends and he was kind of lonely. The many rumours going around about him at the time meant that most kids were scared of him or saw him as weird, even though Patrick confirmed them to all be false later on. “I wasn't in jail, I don't know Marilyn Manson, and I didn’t sleep with a Spice Girl—I don’t think. You see, my grandpa, he was ill, so I spent most of the year on his couch watching Wheel of Fortune and making SpaghettiOs.” He actually was much nicer of a person than the rest of the school thought, and it turned out his absences were because he was caring for his family. However, his reputation at the year level forced him to fall into his position as a bad boy and outcast him. He is much more of a three-dimensional character than his counterpart in The Taming of the Shrew. When Petruchio is first introduced, he tells Katherina’s father that he will look after her well (which was a lie) and asks about her dowry. It seems that both