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The Similarities Between Emma And Clueless By Amy Heckerling

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Keisy Trinidad
Professor Wear
English 231
November 16, 2017

Emma & clueless
Although fashion, rank, and status is portrayed differently A connection between Emma’ by Jane Austen and clueless by Amy Heckerling is made. Emma is an overachiever who lives with her father; she’s the “it” girl in her small town. Emma, growing up with a perfect life and admired and envied by all,faces her first setbacks when she involves herself in matchmaking, something she is not good at but she imagines otherwise. There are a lot of similarities between Emma and Clueless, despite their different time periods they are still pretty close. Emma is well known and loved by her family and her community, where everyone is easily manipulated by her, a flaw that comes …show more content…

Harriet is an outsider because she is lower class, and Tai is the new kid in school which makes her an outcast as well. While both of them don’t really listen to there so called mentors, they ultimately know what’s best for themselves. Both Josh and Knightley start off as brother figures before becoming love interests. Both are older than their Emma and Cher, with a slightly weird kind of nasty prior familial relationship. Cher/Emma initially try to set up Tai/Harriet with Elton but totally overlooking the fact that Elton didn’t want Tai he wanted Emma/Cher he was in love with her. In Emma, Emma paints a picture of Harriet for Elton, while in the book Cher takes a picture of Tai that Elton puts in his locker and cherishes. It makes more sense that Elton would want a painting by Emma because she actually put some thought into it and actually did it herself rather than just a picture a camera that she was holding took, but either way, the guy isn’t any good for her. Love at first sight, Christian wasn’t right for Cher because he is gay, while Frank was bad for Emma because he was engaged to another woman. Travis Birkenstock/Robert Martin Both were a no go because one was portrayed as a stoner

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