The Breakfast Club is a simple but beautiful 1980’s movie about a group of teenagers that end up realizing they are all going through some tough situations. While The Breakfast Club was made for entertainment purposes‚ it can be a great learning tool. Just from studying the movie‚ a student can realize they should not judge a book by it’s cover. For a student-teacher‚ this movie is a great tool in observing what happens when teachers decide not to invest their time into their students. Analyzing
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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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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 Catcher in the Rye and The Breakfast Club Various pieces of literature and entertainment exhibit similar characteristics in their writing style‚ themes‚ and portrayals. These features are in each piece to enhance the reading and viewing. The novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ and the movie The Breakfast Club directed by John Hughes‚ are two works that are similar in some significant aspects. Both compositions overflow with the theme of teenage rebellion‚ use rich vernacular‚ and
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Tom Bergamo AP Psychology Mrs. Theis 9 February 2015 Breakfast Club Essay 1. The character Allison Reynolds in the film The Breakfast Club exhibits Piaget’s formal operational thinking. The formal operational begins at the age of 12 and continues into adulthood‚ this stage also involves abstract thinking and moral reasoning. Teenagers are able to understand concepts and ideas on a more thought provoking level‚ with an emotional connection. Allison exhibits abstract thinking as an artist
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In the Breakfast Club John Bender was the character chosen for my paper. His transformation was very drastic through this movie. How he felt‚ acted and portrayed himself throughout the film. How he felt in the beginning of this movie was that he was stern and uncaring for anyone but himself. He was like this throughout the whole movie till the last half to quarter of the movie. He felt a special disliking toward the principal. Since he was the one that was punishing him. He also didn’t have feeling
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John Bender ”the criminal” John Bender is sixteen years old‚ and has a father named Mr. Clark. John Bender is the main protagonist in the movie. He smokes cigarettes and marihuana. In the film‚ Bender learns that not everyone is out to “make him small”. In the beginning of the movie‚ Bender comes off as a very tough person‚ and none of the other kids does not know him at all. However‚ he changes in the end by learning to accept the others. He shows no respect towards anyone‚ especially the teachers
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The Breakfast Club; Overcoming Stereotypes Visually The central theme of this poster is overcoming stereotypes. 5 students spend their Saturday in detention. At first they all succumbed to their stereotypes but as time passed‚ they all got to know each other and realized that they’re not as different then they originally thought. The central theme/message of this movie is overcoming stereotypes and it becomes evident to viewers throughout the movie. This theme develops throughout the movie‚ starting
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Brian Johnson (Nerd) Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development Brian Johnson‚ as well as the rest of the characters from Hughes’ The Breakfast Club‚ can be categorized in more than one level/stage of Lawrence Kohlberg’s levels/stages of moral development. Many of the characters grow as people and can be seen at different levels of moral development throughout the film. For the purpose of this analysis‚ Brian will be categorized based on the general impressions and behaviors he expresses before
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The Breakfast Club Analysis Paper Outline Abstract The character of Andrew is used to explore moral reasoning‚ identity statuses‚ and the effect of peer pressure on an adolescent development. Andrew’s character was analyzed to see how it is related to the Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of Moral Reasoning. It was found that he displayed both the preconventional level and the conventional level. However he has not displayed the postconventional level. His character was analyzed to see how it is related
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