Sixteen Candles Themes

Betrayal's a strong word for what happens in Sixteen Candles. No one has an affair with someone else's spouse. No one drops their best friend off a cliff to save themselves. But teenagers love usin...

On the surface, teenage crushes seem cute and innocent. But they're controlled by only one thing: raging hormones. We may say we like someone, love someone, or, most serious of all, like like someo...

We all do it…whether we want to or not. Sometime between the ages of twelve and twenty-nine we all look around, horrified, and realize: "Oops. I've grown up." And certain milestones underline th...

We've heard hundreds of times that you can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family. Your family, however, can choose to wish you happy birthday. After all, your mom and dad of all peo...