10 Things I Hate About You: A Romantic Coming-of-Age
The American romantic-comedy film 10 Things I Hate About You is centered around the romance of two young students, Kat and Patrick, who fit the stereotypical “female outcast” and “teenage bad boy” characters. Kat’s father makes a rule that unless Kat begins dating, her younger sister, Bianca, is not allowed to. A boy desperate to date Bianca pays Patrick to seduce Kat who is seen as scary, unapproachable, and antisocial by her peers. However, Kat simply feels frustrated by societal expectations and rules that seem to determine the way she has to live her life. Thus, she feels that everything from dating to acting nicely in the halls are actions meant to please society instead of living how one really wants to. Unexpectedly, the two students begin to fall for each other and trouble brews when Patrick’s original agenda is revealed. In the film 10 Things I Hate About You, Kat demonstrates a coming-of-age narrativ...