1.) In Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ferris fakes sick and then sneaks out of the house to do whatever he really feels like. He is an icon at school and in the community who everyone loves and thinks is perfect at whatever he tries and is the pinnacle of excellence. His best friend is shy and tries to hold Ferris back from doing the crazy things he does to no avail.
2.) The connection we made was to the movie Van Wilder. In the movie Van is in his 8th year of college and has no plans to ever get out. His father decides to stop paying for his tuition and that his son has become a complete failure. Van doesn't want to leave so he tries to raise money by planning parties, in the end someone sets him up to be expelled, however at his hearing he persuades the panel to allow him to leave, but graduate.
3.)The connection between the two of these movies is that the main character is an icon in his community and school and inspires a lot of people even though they really don't know what to do with their lives. They both have best friends who are largely submissive until the end of the movie where they come out and take a stand. In Van Wilder this is Taj when he figures out that Van can appeal his expulsion and in Ferris Bueller it's Cameron when he decides to take the blame for ruining his dad's Ferrari.
4.) Having this connection really allowed me to see how sometimes being the cool guy is great, but sometimes it's really awful, at some point when you need to move on in life no matter how much you love where you are or how much people love you where you are. This is evident in both movies where Ferris realizes that his run of high school is coming to an end and when Van is forced to realize his run is college is over. This is important to see in real life and here at memorial it is often seen with sports. Many people who play sports in high school and that are really good feel that's life, and it's not. They get out and realize that high school isn't real life and they flounder.
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