I have been given the stereotype of age to analyse and I am going to look at school kids. Ben Mitchell from Eastenders is a small boy, possibly a young teenager, that attends a public school in East London. He is portrayed as being a bit of a geek; a bit shorter than the other kids, carry's a large backpack, wares glasses, has pale skin and a typical boy haircut. Nothing about him particuarly stands out amoungst the other kids, but in the scene I have chosen to analyse, he is being bullied for having a hearing defect. There is a group of 4 or 5 kids that surround Ben and appear to take pleasure from threatening and making fun of him. This is a massive stereo type of school kids worldwide, both the bullied and the bullys.
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You found a good example of a teen stereotype. For the exam you will need to consider how such a stereotype is constructed.
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