![]() ![]() So where does that leave me? What do me, a 16 year old gay, transgender kid, and Cameron Frye have in common? The reason Cameron resonates with me on such a personal level is because he is everything I see in myself compiled into a character. Ferris said it best: “A man with his priorities so far out of wack doesn’t deserve such a fine automobile.” There are more important things in the world than material things, like the Ferrari. There is no order in life, nothing is decided, and when you spend all of your time worrying and waiting for the future, your life flies by without giving you a chance to live it for yourself. The whole day he spends out in the real world with his friend, he realizes that the way he was raised was wrong. He never stopped Ferris because while he was reluctant to do what Ferris wanted, he knows in his heart and mind that there is no other way out. The moment he is tempted to follow Ferris does he truly realize what it means to be free. Ferris is the one symbol that remains with Cameron by the end of the movie, because while Ferris is his own person and character, he has solidified himself as a part of Cameron, an allegory for what’s going on in Cameron’s psyche. The painting, the car, Ferris himself all stand as important symbols in Cameron’s development over the course of the film. ![]() Cameron no longer sees himself as nothing, after having been treated like nothing his entire life. It’s a moment in cinema history that stands out among other critically acclaimed films from the 80′s. This scene symbolizes Cameron diminishing the last of his fear of his father and himself. The Ferrari has been totaled, but this is far from a loss for Cameron. He finally starts thinking for himself, pushing himself to stand up for himself. ![]() Cameron realizes that living in fear is no life at all. He totals the car and he does so with a smile. This is where Cameron’s arc is completed. While it certainly isn’t easy to shake them, and it takes a lot more than just lying to yourself to let go of your anxieties, it’s a commentary on how those who are depressed, such as myself, let the weight of expectations stop them from doing what they truly want to do. Expectations are ultimately just in your head. I.e: “If you don’t come over here, you can find yourself a new best friend.” “You’ve been saying that since the 4th grade, pal.”) or because in his mind, he knows he needs to get out of the rut he’s found himself in since the day he was born. While Ferris is on the phone with Cameron in this scene, Ferris tells him his sickness is “just in your head.” It’s a line that goes deeper than the surface level of just Ferris being an asshole towards his friend. From there, shenanigans ensue, as they spend the day doing as much as they can with each other before Ferris would have to scheme his way back home before his parents arrive.Ĭameron is explicitly shown to be susceptible to Ferris’s manipulation tactics, aware of what Ferris is doing, he still does what he wants anyways, whether that be out of fear of losing Ferris (Ferris makes numerous empty threats towards Cameron about their relationship. Once the three of them are united and officially ditching school, Ferris Bueller treats the two of them to a day in the city, showing them everything he can as means of showing them the joy of living, before he and Cameron would have to graduate in June. Before dishing Sloane out of a boring history lecture, Ferris manipulates Cameron into letting him drive his fathers beloved 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California to go pick up Sloane from school. After duping his parents into believing he was sick for the 9th time in his senior high school year, he calls upon his friend Cameron, who was skipping school due to an alleged genuine sickness, who helps Ferris to bail his girlfriend Sloane out of class by faking the death of her grandmother via a fake phone call performed by Cameron to the principle of the school. A master manipulator, who elaborately schemes different ways he could ditch school without consequences. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is a film about professional high school slacker, Ferris Bueller, who can get away with just about anything by his cleverness and wit. ![]()
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