Breakfast Club Essay, Myself Relating to Characters
Essay
The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club is a story about five teenagers put in Saturday detention. Each character gives a face to most of the high school stereotypes. The brain, the athlete, the basket case, the princess and the criminal. Each are given their own seat and the instructions to sit for eight hours and write an essay on who they think they are. Each of them, having very strong personalities, will fight, cry, laugh and learn from each other, making friendships that would have never happened, possible.
Although the movie isn't a modern interpretation about the high school stereotypes, it's evident that teenagers haven't changed much. The stereotypes in this movie are still so relateable decades after the movie was made. However, I don't think that the typical stereotypes are so black and white. We can all relate to the kids in the movie because it brings their walls down, giving us a tender glimpse at the people they really are.
Brian is the brain. Regardless of the fact that my grades aren't perfect, I related to him in an emotional sense. He was the only one out of all the kids that didn't judge or discriminate against anyone base on their appearance or social rankings. When they were all sitting in a circle talking about why they were here, he, along with the basket case couldn't understand why they all couldn't just put all their differences aside and be friends. I feel I appreciate all kinds of people and I get frustrated when some people don't want to include everyone because they just don't want to understand why people are the way they are.
Brian is also very hard on himself. He didn't do well on a woodwork project and along with the constant pressure form his parents, he crumbled and contemplated committing suicide because it brought down his GPA permanently. I have never been in a position when committing suicide has been an option for me, but I do understand the pressure to do well. I find myself drowning in all of the
The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club is a story about five teenagers put in Saturday detention. Each character gives a face to most of the high school stereotypes. The brain, the athlete, the basket case, the princess and the criminal. Each are given their own seat and the instructions to sit for eight hours and write an essay on who they think they are. Each of them, having very strong personalities, will fight, cry, laugh and learn from each other, making friendships that would have never happened, possible.
Although the movie isn't a modern interpretation about the high school stereotypes, it's evident that teenagers haven't changed much. The stereotypes in this movie are still so relateable decades after the movie was made. However, I don't think that the typical stereotypes are so black and white. We can all relate to the kids in the movie because it brings their walls down, giving us a tender glimpse at the people they really are.
Brian is the brain. Regardless of the fact that my grades aren't perfect, I related to him in an emotional sense. He was the only one out of all the kids that didn't judge or discriminate against anyone base on their appearance or social rankings. When they were all sitting in a circle talking about why they were here, he, along with the basket case couldn't understand why they all couldn't just put all their differences aside and be friends. I feel I appreciate all kinds of people and I get frustrated when some people don't want to include everyone because they just don't want to understand why people are the way they are.
Brian is also very hard on himself. He didn't do well on a woodwork project and along with the constant pressure form his parents, he crumbled and contemplated committing suicide because it brought down his GPA permanently. I have never been in a position when committing suicide has been an option for me, but I do understand the pressure to do well. I find myself drowning in all of the