Released in 1985 and directed by John Hughes ’ The Breakfast Club ’ is a film about teenagers that seem different on the surface but come to discover otherwise . When five students from different high school cliques are forced to spend their Saturday in detention‚ the brain‚ athlete‚ basket case‚ princess and the criminal together are faced with the question of who they think they are. The five characters put aside the ir dissimilarities in aid to survive the painful eight hour detention and in
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Breakfast Club film contained a wide variety of behavior and stereotypes. Each person had their on personality and taste at the beginning of the film. I believe that communication played the biggest part in the movie. It shows the way that people from totally different backgrounds can communicate and even agree on issues. The various types of communication and behaviors within the film will be discussed. Key terms will be pointed out and highlighted‚ as well as described in relation to the examples
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The Breakfast Club was a movie about five very different characters‚ Claire‚ Andrew‚ Brian‚ Allison‚ and John Bender. Claire was a popular girl‚ Andrew was a wrestler (jock)‚ Brian was intellectually gifted‚ Allison was a basket case‚ and John Bender was a rebel. On the outside they seem like very different people‚ in fact they were all socially opposite‚ but they also shared so much. As the movie starts out‚ the five teenagers are being punished with Saturday detention; their assignment for
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A “quintessential 80’s movie‚” The Breakfast Club is a film rich with psychological principles. This movie is about a group of high school teenagers filled with personal angst who spend a Saturday serving their detention sentences in the school library. Each teenager from a different clique‚ they didn’t expect to relate as much to each other as they thought. As they begin to get to know each other‚ the vengeful assistant principal Vernon starts to single out Bender‚ the rebel of the group of teenagers
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Breakfast Club Analysis Essay The Breakfast Club consists of five main characters. The Princess‚ The Jock‚ The Basketcase‚ The Burnout‚ and The Geek. These characters are affected by numerous factors‚ such as: parental influences‚ peer pressure‚ culture ideals‚ and psychodynamics. Bryan was interpreted to be the geeky one of the group. His parents pressured him to get superior grades and nothing less. Bryan’s parents were not only hard on him about school but they were very controlling and
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of this story are the struggles we have experienced‚ the people we have associated ourselves with‚ and the lessons we have learnt along the way. Such can be said about my own life‚ and the lives of the characters from the Breakfast Club. The characters from the Breakfast Club that I feel most represent me are: Claire Standish (The Princess)‚ and Brian Johnson (The Brian)‚ and the one I feel least represents me is John Bender (The Criminal). Claire Standish is in my opinion a sophisticated individual
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The Breakfast Club *Claire has been known as daddy’s little girl. She’s popular and can be perceived as being conceited and rude‚ but deep down Claire is kind and sweet and just trying to make a name for herself without her parents or her friends constantly pressuring her to be somebody they want her to be rather then who SHE wants to be. *Bender also known as the schools “bad boy”‚ has been known to be the criminal the guy that doesn’t care about anything and anyone. But what many people wouldn’t
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The Breakfast Club as a Healing Myth John Bender Anyone who has ever attended high school can instantly relate to the word “Bully”‚ whether its memories of being bullied by someone or being the bully yourself. Everyone knows to look out for him‚ but for the most part‚ once you have been picked to be the one being bullied‚ you might as well paint a bull’s-eye on your back. John Bender’s character does precisely that‚ he’s not exactly friendly with everyone else in the group‚ but his main target
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Adolescent Development The Breakfast Club (1985)‚ displays many stereotypes of adolescents‚ which are more commonly referred to as irrational teenagers. The adolescents cannot help their behaviors‚ to an extent‚ as it is all biological. They are merely trying to figure out their identities‚ and need to experiment with their superiors in that time. Their hormone levels are changing‚ helping them transition from children to adults. Imaginary Audience As adolescents‚ the group in detention all have
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The character John Bender in the Breakfast Club is one of the five representational teenagers of stereotypical cliques. He is depicted as the criminal‚ and reveals a past that correlates to that of many who maintain similar lifestyles and recreational choices that Bender exhibits. As displayed by many teenagers‚ behavioral habits typically correspond with the conditions in which they live. This common assumption is further accredited upon disclosure of Bender’s home life. The parenting style that
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