Ferris Bueller's Day Off Literary Elements

Ferris Bueller's Day Off Literary Elements

Director

John Hughes

Leading Actors/Actresses

Matthew Broderick

Supporting Actors/Actresses

Cameron Frye, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Gray

Genre

Comedy

Language

English

Awards

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe

Date of Release

1986

Producer

John Hughes, Tom Jacobson

Setting and Context

A day where Ferris plays hooky from school. Present day 1986

Narrator and Point of View

POV and Narrator is Ferris.

Tone and Mood

Comedic

Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonist is Ferris. Antagonist is Mr. Rooney and Jeanie

Major Conflict

Ferris decides to play hooky from school, and his principal and sister want to catch him so that he won't be able to finish high school and be forced to take his senior year over.

Climax

Ferris narrowly makes it home before his parents. Rooney is at his house to give proof Bueller's lying to his parents, but Jeanie thwarts his attempt by standing up for her brother.

Foreshadowing

Cameron's not wanting to drive his dad's Ferrari foreshadows something bad happening to it.

Understatement

It is understated that Jeanie will help her brother.

Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques

N/A

Allusions

The film is an allusion to a culture of kids who don't believe that school is the place where life is lived and lessons are learned, rather experiencing the world is most important.

Paradox

Jeanie hates her brother for always getting away with things when she doesn't. Paradoxically, she chooses to save him from Rooney rather than give him up.

Parallelism

Rooney's making fun of Sloane's dad when he believes it to be Bueller parallels his sneaking into Bueller's home as it all relates to him attempting to call out Ferris as a liar.

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