Blog Post #5: Reader Response

Summarize the source text (what is seen in Ferris Bueller)

In “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” Ferris Bueller tricks his parents into letting him stay home sick. In reality, Ferris Bueller is faking sick to get out of school and in the process manages to get his girlfriend, Sloane, and his best friend, Cameron, out of school too. Ferris Bueller is a genius when it comes to deception and manages to outsmart his suspicious principle more than once throughout the day. In the end, Ferris Bueller almost got caught numerous times by his principle, his dad and even a waiter but managed to evade them all.

Summarize the connection text (Max Keeble’s Big Move)

                In “Max Keeble’s Big Move” the main character, Max is a middle school student. His school year isn’t easy maintaining a job, enemies and school. He struggles to find acceptance by overcoming his bullies, outsmarting the principle and saving his beloved animal shelter all before making the big move to Chicago.

Explain the connection

“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and “Max Keeble’s Big Move” are similar in more ways than they are different. For example, both main characters are busy avoiding their principles that seem to invoke unnecessary obstacles in their lives. The main purpose of both movies is the avoidance of school. Ferris Bueller avoids school by faking sick and while faking sick Ferris also has to take care to avoid anyone, such as his father, finding out about his fake illness. Max Keeble has a reverse intention by avoiding bullies while being present at his school. Another similarity is the fact that both have a love interest and two best friends, one guy and one girl each.

Analyze the connection (What does it mean? How are viewers affected? Why is this connection present?)

By analyzing the connection, we can see how similar the two story plots are. By listing the similarities between the two movies viewers can get a better understanding of Ferris Bueller and Max Keeble. If an audience only saw “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” they could better grasp the plot of “Max Keeble’s Big Move” and vice versa.