The Breakfast Club – Analysis Essay This past weekend I set out to accomplish this extra credit assignment. I viewed the task as just another mediocre film from the 80’s to watch for school. However‚ I can now say that I am utterly delighted to have viewed the Breakfast Club. This film eloquently covered every serious topic that a high school student has ever pondered: sex‚ social stratification‚ tobacco use‚ parental frustration‚ marijuana and even suicide. The film begins by an unlikely group
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The Breakfast Club- A Film Analysis The Breakfast Club is a gathering of high school students who go to a saturday detention each with a different reason to why they are there. Mr. Vernon gives them a basic task to do while they are in there. They must write an essay about themselves. Every individual has a smart thought of what the other is. Yet‚ as they argue and speak about reality‚ they realized they care for eachother more than at first sight. In The Breakfast Club‚ we are introduced five students
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A Reaction on John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club March 24‚ 1984. Saturday. Shermer High School‚ Shermer‚ Illinois. Forced to spend a Saturday detention in the library‚ five high school students with nothing in common‚ and each a member of different social group‚ met. At first they hated each other‚ but after telling their own stories and emotions‚ they became good friends. An athlete‚ a brain‚ a basket case‚ a princess‚ and a criminal comprise the Breakfast Club. I found the plot of the movie
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Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory highlights one stage that is relevant and demonstrated in the 1985 movie‚ The Breakfast Club. Identity vs. Role Diffusion‚ or also known as‚ Stage 5‚ is the foundation for the characters and plot of this movie. To begin with‚ the plot of the movie deals with a group of adolescents dealing with stereotypes and finding their identities. At the beginning of the movie‚ the teens are in “fragile” and “detrimental-like” stages. They do not really know who they are‚
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Saturday detention. The Breakfast Club gives viewers a first hand look at Gordon Allport’s Contact Hypothesis and it’s effect on high school students. The Contact Hypothesis is one of the best ways to improve conflict among inter and outer groups experiencing conflict and is exemplified throughout The Breakfast Club as the five students are forced to sit through a Saturday detention. The Contact Hypothesis is an important theory to understand before analyzing The Breakfast Club. The Contact Hypothesis
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The Breakfast Club The Breakfast Club has a few characters‚ whom are portrayed with different personalities. There is Andrew Clark‚ the athlete; Claire Standish‚ the princess; Allison Reynolds‚ the lonely girl; Brian Johnson‚ the nerd; and John Bender‚ the criminal. Each one has unique characteristics‚ that set them apart from each other. My personal favorite out the entire bunch‚ would be John Bender‚ the criminal. Bender has a different attire‚ then the rest of the adolescents. He wears plenty
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one being out of their control‚ a person’s background‚ and the other being who a person chooses to be‚ what choices they make. The first and most prominent factor of one’s identity during adolescence is the background of the individual. In The Breakfast Club‚ John Bender is seen as a delinquent‚ “a criminal.” Although many of his choices are not exemplary‚ he did not select his abusive father and broken household. Bender is still in high school‚ a teenager‚ and his background is very influencing
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The Breakfast Club Chanetta McFerguson Childhood April 28‚ 2013 Melissa Harper The Breakfast Club Cliques are groups of people with mutual interests and goals‚ who spend a majority of their time with each other. They can be found at every high school. The Breakfast Club is a movie that brings five students belonging to different cliques together in an unfortunate situation-detention. At the beginning of the movie‚ these five students appear to be very different people who have nothing
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Comparing Perks of Being a Wallflower and Breakfast Club. In this essay‚ I will be comparing John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club published in 1985 with Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower of 1999. The Breakfast club aims to highlight what went on in high schools as well as the larger society at the time‚ by using five unique stereotypes. In the movie‚ there was the jock: trying to live up to his dad’s and friends’ expectations; the brain‚ expected to be super-smart; the princess‚ who always
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Changing circumstances can precipitate a change in our intimate relationships. The 1980 John Hughes film The Breakfast Club may seem like just another angst filled high school movie‚ which in some parts it may be‚ but in fact‚ this film is unique because of its exploration of certain ideas of belonging. For example‚ the idea that people‚ no matter how different their personalities are‚ will bond together when they are isolated and a mutual enemy is presented to them. The Skrzynecki poem Migrant Hostel
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