I found the most important scene of Easy A to be when Olive is confronted by her school counselor who is married to her favorite teachers and learns that she has been cheating on her husband with a super-super-senior student. Enraged, Olive runs off to tell the teacher about his wife's adulterous acts. Her later discovered guilt for spilling this secret to her teacher is a turning point when she first realizes that her actions are hurting someone else. Up to this point in the film, she had become proud of her reputation and rumored actions, being the school's floozy. After seeing how hurt her favorite teacher was by the news of his failing marriage, Olive takes a moment in her online video journal to apologize to said teacher. And this is where some of the first signs of guilt and regret shine through her otherwise nonchalant perspective of her situation.
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