Lisa: An American Model of Christian Charity

Motifs from early American literature are present in John Hughes’s Weird Science. Connections such as overcoming oppression, emphasis on are females and religion, and Lisa and the New World symbolizing utopia can be made among the ‘80s movie, Crèvecoeur’s What Is an American? and John Winthrop’s A Model of Christian Charity. Teenage students and American colonists react to accumulated discontent of their situation and ultimately change positively. Both parties took the initiative to break free from oppressive forces. In John Hughes’s comedy, Weird Science, a point of attention are girls. The colonial’s emphasis on the Christian religion is comparable to Weird Science’s stress on girls. Lisa, the product of Gary and Wyatt's computer programming, is no ordinary female character of the movie; she was the avenue to help the boy accomplish the goals of becoming popular and getting girls without forgetting who they were. The New World was a land of opportunity, a place where one can disregard prior persecutions and reputations, not just another colony to exploit. A settler can become anything, create wealth out of nothing, and live freely. This newfound continent was a symbol for freedom from oppression.