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The show consists of four childhood friends,Dustin, Will, Mike and Lucas, that find themselves in eventful strange phenomenons. After the U.S Department of Energy opened its doors in the small town of Hawkins, Indiana, strange occurrences reoccur around the town. Kids begin disappearing and the first one to go missing was one of the friends from the group, Will. Just as kids begin disappearing, one strange girl with psychic powers appears. She is given the name Eleven, and she joins the group to try to find the groups missing friend and it's up to the rest of the group to try try to find their friend before it's too late.

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In season two, episode nine, the four main characters are once again reunited, and Eleven reappears once again. Although they were able to rescue Will, Will has not been the same. Will is still under control by the "demogorgon" and now its up to Eleven to close the gate so that the "demongorgon" cannot have any control over Will. Once Eleven closes the gate, the boys go about their normal lives and attend a school dance. All of them get a partner to dance with right away except Dustin.

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In earlier episodes, Dustin was bullied over his missing teeth, although he tried to explain to his bullies that it was due to a genetic disorder, cleidocranial dysplasia, which affects the development of bones and teeth. His bullies though didn't care and still teased him over it, leaving Dustin with low self-esteem and being self-conscious. Dustin can been seen through out the episodes that he tries not to smile as much and often looks down when being teased. As the text states, "self-consciousnesses is the degree to which an individual is preoccupied with his or her self image" (Ambrosetti 248). So once he got a new set of teeth, Dustin was excited and his self esteem boosted up. At the school dance, he tried to impress a group of girls by smiling at them and growling at them.

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Dustin's only family is his mom. His mom is very loving, and encouraging and unlike the other moms, Dustin's mom lets him be free and doesn't bombard him with questions. She's not too demanding, and trusts Dustin to be on his own. With enough freedom and lack of responsibility, Dustin can have as the book states a "time out" which might help him pursuit self discovery, psychosocial moratorium (Ambrosetti  255)

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Since the story line takes place in 1983, Dustin isn't exposed to much media. His only form of entertainment is playing board games, playing outside with his friends and reading on science experiments. He has a lot of free time on hands and therefore he has more time to go on thrilling adventures. As the text states, free time in adolescent development can have positive impacts it plays "an important role in helping young people develop a sense of themselves, explore their relationship with each other, and learn about the society around them and clearly, it can be seen in Dustin's character (Ambrosetti 236). Media is time consuming and therefore perhaps being consumed in it is a bad thing and hinder personal development.

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Dustin's character slowly develops as the episodes progress on. In the first season, he is depicted as a self-conscious, low self-esteem boy who gets picked on due to his teeth. As he ages, he starts noticing girls and tries his best to seek for their attention/approval, all at the same time as he tries to fight the "demongorgon" who has taken his friend will. As an outcome Dustin then starts developing higher self-esteem, and becomes a courageous character. At the end, after he completed his mission, Dustin then goes back in trying to impress the girls in his class. He seeks advice from an older upper classmate who helps him change his attitude, and looks. At the school dance, excited over his new look and new set of teeth Dustin feels unstoppable and does his best to find a girl who will dance with him. He gets an upper classmate, (Will's older sister) to dance with him, leaving the girls in his class jealous.