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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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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Serving Others" is best exemplified by the event that our Beta Club conducts every year called the Exceptional Olympics. The Exceptional Olympics is an event that the members participate in for special needs children to attend to be rewarded and recognized for their accomplishments. I feel the motto is best represented through this event because the members work the event by serving the people involved and the children involved. Our Beta Club makes sure that everything is organized and planned to go as
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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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ideas of identity and self are used in his concepts of the ego‚ super-ego and the id. The id is the set of instinctual trends; the ego is the organized‚ realistic part; and the super-ego plays the critical and moralizing role. Through the film Fight Club by David Fincher‚ we are shown the alienation and struggle for the search of self and the dependence on material objects‚ for that sense of self. The film’s narrator is not a whole person; he is merely the representation of a person’s ego that‚ for
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The Polarity of a Man The conflict between conformity and rebellion has always been a struggle in our society. Fight Club is a movie that depicts just that. The movie portrays the polarity between traditionalism and an anti-social revolt. It is the story of man who is subconsciously fed up with the materialism and monotony of everyday life and thereafter creates a new persona inside his mind to contrast and counteract his repetitive lifestyle. The main character is actually unnamed‚ but sometimes
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Luck Club " Essay #4 Conflicts play a crucial role in novels and are seen in many different forms. Two of which are internal and external. An internal conflict is when a character must deal with private problems. An external conflict is when a character must deal with problems originating from another person or the public in general. These types of conflicts are visible within the novel entitled The Joy Luck Club written by Amy Tan. There are many prominent conflicts seen in The Joy Luck Club. Two
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Throughout my school years‚ I have always wanted to help in the community and make an impact to others therefore when entering my freshman year‚ I joined many different clubs but one stood out to me which was Key Club assists students in carrying out its mission to serve the children of the world. In the club‚ we do many acts of service in their communities‚ such as cleaning up parks‚ collecting clothing and organizing food drives. We also learn leadership skills by running meetings‚ planning projects
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I was pleasantly surprised when I saw how amped up everyone got when there was a school function like club rush‚ spirit week‚ or even a basketball game. This small campus had me fooled that no one would care or bat an eye at school related activities but it seems like thats what this school thrives on‚ it reminds me of the same type of camaraderie you would find at FSU on a football game-day. Club rush and spirit week were the two things that got me the most excited about being a student at Polk State
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Westhampton Beach‚ New York‚ the film focuses on three women who spend their time “chasing” after a man around the world. However‚ looking deeper in the film it is clearly evident that the film strongly links to 1996 film “The First Wives Club”. As evident in The First Wives Club‚ strong women take
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