"Cold, shiny, hard, PLASTIC," says Janice referring to a group of girls in the movie Mean Girls. Mean Girls is about Cady, an innocent home-schooled girl who moves from Africa to the United States. Cady thinks she knows all about survival of the fittest. But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when she enters a public high school and encounters the psychological warfare and unwritten social rules that teenage girls deal with today. Cady transforms from a great friend of two "outcasts", Janice and Damien, to a superficial friend of the "plastics", a group of girls who talk about everyone behind their backs and think everyone loves them. Adolescent self-centeredness and peer relationships are obviously present throughout the film. I also noticed self-esteem in relationships, parenting styles, and juvenile delinquency in Mean Girls. Adolescent self-centeredness can occur when teens think they have an imaginary audience or think that people are more interested in their appearance and behavior than they actually are. In the movie Mean Girls, Regina George, Gretchen Wieners, Cady Herron, and Karen Smith are called "plastic" by their classmates because of their self-centered personalities and glamorous appearance. They have a book called "The Burn Book" where they talk about everyone in the school in a very unpleasant way. They believe that these people care about their appearance and behavior at all times. Gretchen Wieners said: "I'm sorry that people are so jealous of me... but I can't help it if I'm so popular." At the beginning of the film, Cady has a very humble personality that her real friends admire. However, as the film progresses, Cady begins to think that everything she does is important to all of him... middle of paper... a classic that shows how mean teenage girls can be in typical circumstances. Almost every character displays adolescent self-centeredness at some point. There are numerous lifespan concepts covered in the film. Cady Herron is a perfect example of how tough high school can be for a teenager going through multiple changes. She goes through a lot more than the typical teenage girl. However, I think it shows how important it is to stay true to yourself when you are in high school. The “plastics” do a great job of showing different relationships with peers. They have strong relationships with each other, but struggle to form these relationships with anyone outside their group. All in all, Mean Girls does a great job of showing parenting styles, self-centeredness, peer relationships, self-esteem in relationships, and juvenile delinquency..