Reflection:
There are many conformities that come with being a twenty first century teenager in America- and sadly there are a lot of places in the world where girls only follow certain standards and follow rules so that they can fit into the perfect American teenager. Forty one seconds into this video, in a clip from Mean Girls, the brunette girl begins to list the rules that they have in this group. The rules listed include not being able to wear a tank top two days in a row, only being allowed to wear your hair up in a ponytail, one time per week, only wearing jeans/track pants on Fridays and on Wednesdays, she must wear pink. This list relates directly to Jack Kerouac's quote "this is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do" because all of these girls think that they are supposed to do this and that they have to do this to keep their position as queens of the school and to keep their position as the perfect American high schooler.
There are many conformities that come with being a twenty first century teenager in America- and sadly there are a lot of places in the world where girls only follow certain standards and follow rules so that they can fit into the perfect American teenager. Forty one seconds into this video, in a clip from Mean Girls, the brunette girl begins to list the rules that they have in this group. The rules listed include not being able to wear a tank top two days in a row, only being allowed to wear your hair up in a ponytail, one time per week, only wearing jeans/track pants on Fridays and on Wednesdays, she must wear pink. This list relates directly to Jack Kerouac's quote "this is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do" because all of these girls think that they are supposed to do this and that they have to do this to keep their position as queens of the school and to keep their position as the perfect American high schooler.