Ferris Bueller's Day off Analysis

In the film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off the main character Ferris, a senior at Shermer High, skips his ninth day of school by faking a illness and devising several ruses that prevented any of the incredibly gullible adults from catching Ferris and his friends in the act.

Throughout the entire movie, Jeanie Bueller, sets out to expose her brother to her naive parents. Her mission to bring her brother to justice resides in short clips of her frustrations in between the main scenes. Her relentless resentment towards her scheming brother comes to an end when she helps her brother get away from Rooney at the last second. By the end of the film, her character develops and grows, shifting her priorities. This reveals to the audience that the filmmaker could, just like Jeanie Bueller, want desperately for people to see people for who they really are but deep down inside, they want to fill the shoes of these popular kids. Before changing her mind, Jeanie was intent on showing people who they really are. She wanted to show her peers and higher ups that Ferris is who everyone thinks he is, frustrated by her failed attempts, Jeanie becomes increasingly bothered by the affair. She is so determined to rat out her brother that she, herself, skips aswell to prove to her everyone that Ferris is lying. By watching this, audiences can assume that the filmmakers may have been lower on the social ladder and is resentful towards the popular kids who seem to be the perfect kids, looks, athletics, and socially. They want to prove that they aren’t as good as they are presented to be. But there is an underlying feeling of jealousy, everyone wants to be the popular kid and if you can’t be them, then you absolutely resent and criticize their every move. Jeanie skips school even though the reason she’s skipping is to catch Ferris skipping. All throughout the plot, everyone refuses to listen to her and the she is constantly being shown the adoration from everyone towards Ferris. This correlates to the social system of high schools because all throughout their life, people whom belong on the lower social scale have the benefits and admiration of being a popular kid. From being crowned king and queen of prom to being