The film “The Breakfast Club” directed by John Hughes is a compelling film that illustrates the inner working of the teenage mind-set. A film quite literally opens your eyes to how teenagers work within different stereotypes. John Hughes is able to show how although each character may give the impression that everything is “OK” but really‚ on the inside their whole life is just constant stress. This stress‚ which numerous things‚ including their parents and peers brought on‚ effected them in a way
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In The Breakfast Club‚ Claire and John are two of five students who have been detained in school on Saturday morning. Claire was here for skipping school to go shopping while John was here for pulling a false fire alarm. At the beginning of the movie‚ it’s easy to see that Clair and John have so many differences. During the journey of self-discovery‚ there are more and more similarities appear between Claire and John and they try to face these facts. From all‚ their families‚ their social life and
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1. According to Erikson According to the Erik Erikson‚ the "Breakfast Club"" adolescences are in the "Identity vs. Role Diffusion" Stage. During this period‚ teenagers seek to determine what is unique and distinctive about themselves. As they are in transition from childhood to adolescence‚ teens are trying to find themselves; "Who am I?" is the major question of the stage. Teens are trying to establish a sense of self‚ so they engage in a new type of behavior‚ roles or activities; they are very
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The Breakfast Club This paper is an analysis of five dissimilar teenagers representing a cross-section of middle class high school students in the suburbs. The students meet each other for the first time during a Saturday morning detention session. Each student arrived to the school by different means‚ which is a precursor to determining the type of individual each one is. The group is comprised of a "princess"‚ an "athlete”‚ a "brain"‚ a "criminal"‚ and a "basket case". These are the roles the
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Dear Mr Hughes‚ I am writing to you tell you about my opinions of your movie‚ The Breakfast Club. It is a movie classic which most people will see at least once in their lives. What makes The Breakfast Club so special is that the film was very different from almost every movie released at the time. It’s a movie made to target teenagers and the problems they go though. It directly talks about communication gaps‚ teen isolation‚ and the angst that teens experience during the years that function as
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The Breakfast Club Soundtrack The breakfast club has one of the most unique and memorable soundtracks of all time. Something that made the movie gave it such a memorable track and the movies “theme song”‚ "Don’t You (Forget About Me)" by the band Simple minds. Something that the movie did that not none to many movies had done at that point. They used this song twice‚ once at the beginning at once at the end. The two times this song is played in this movie‚ each function is shown. It shows genre because
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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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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‚ or
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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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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 very relatable
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