the five students do while their principle isn’t looking. At one point they smoke marijuana and the boy that is a jock breaks a glass door. They also put music on and dance around all over the library. One of the main characters John Bender‚ who they call Bender‚ is the criminal. He lights his shoe on fire to light a cigarette‚ he pulls apart books‚ and he steals the screw from the door that is suppose to be open so it closes and the principal can’t watch them. He ends up getting two months more
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the scene where we see Bender and Claire going through each other’s wallet and purse. Claire inquires about the pictures of girls in Bender’s wallet and Bender asks about the number of items in Claire’s purse. This scene shows that interpersonal communication is a dynamic process. In previous transactions between the two characters‚ they are hostile towards each other and self-disclose minimally. In this conversation‚ Claire calmly asks Bender personal questions‚ although Bender is still watchful of
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the Friday before he pulled a false fire alarm. Throughout the movie is given 2 months full of detention for various acts of defiance and snarky comments. John Bender comes from an abusive home. He only mentions his father who is a drunk that physically and emotionally abuses his son. He is always talking down to Bender and at one point Bender reveals a cigar burn mark his father gave him when he spilled paint in the garage. Thanks to the abuse brought on by his father his attitude towards life and
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people. Jonathon Bender is a rebellious‚ careless delinquent and Bandura’s theories can explain why his behavior is how it is. One example of Bender’s behavior was when he was in the library and the principle kept giving him Saturday schools. He kept asking if Bender was done‚ but Bender kept egging him on. Bandura would explain this with his theory on intrinsic reinforcement. He described this as a form of internal reward‚ such as pride‚ satisfaction‚ and a sense of accomplishment. Bender kept accepting
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with a communication climate that was both tense and without verbal communication. This was mainly due to the variance in membership constructs of the characters involved. The character’s included the brain Brian‚ Andrew the athlete‚ the criminal Bender‚ the princess Claire‚ and the basket case Allison. There was a great deal of interesting nonverbal communication taking place between these people. Their reactions and responses to each other demonstrated perceptual errors‚ which would be shown as
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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 really know about Bender is that he comes from a broken home where he is constantly being abused and his parents are always drinking. Bender is just a guy trying to find his way and just wants to be socially accepted. Based on the behaviour and attitudes that both Claire and Bender exhibit in the movie it wasn’t
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Pedagogical Perspective Film Data Year: 1985 Director: John Hughes Length: 92 minutes Rating: R Characters/Actors Andrew Clark: Emilio Estevez Richard Vernon: Paul Gleason Brian Johnson: Anthony Michael Hall Carl: John Kapelos John Bender: Judd Nelson Claire Standish: Molly Ringwald Allison Reynolds: Ally Sheedy Communication Courses Group Communication Interpersonal Communication Communication Concepts Group cohesiveness Group development Perception Power Roles
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single out Bender‚ the rebel of the group of teenagers. Initially‚ none of the other teenagers help Bender. This demonstrates the bystander effect because they don’t help Bender; this effect can be explained by the absence of group membership and cohesiveness because the 5 strangers don’t really know each other yet. But when assistant principal Vernon locks Bender in a closet‚ the group has already established trustworthy relationships among its members‚ so they decide to help Bender escape. Also
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Standish‚ the princess; Allison Reynolds‚ the lonely girl; Brian Johnson‚ the nerd; and John Bender‚ the criminal. Each one has unique characteristics‚ that set them apart from each other. My personal favorite out the entire bunch‚ would be John Bender‚ the criminal. Bender has a different attire‚ then the rest of the adolescents. He wears plenty of clothing‚ including a red scarf when he is outside. Bender also wears long sleeved shirts‚ with jeans. When he is outside he wears a trench coat as well
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Breakfast Club; they suggest the central themes explored about teenage issues. Hughes portrays five different sub cultural school groups: “the geek” – Brian Johnson; “the jock” – Andrew Clark; “the princess” – Claire Standish; “the criminal” – John Bender; and “the sensitive artistic type” – Alison Reynolds. The Breakfast Club deals with many issues which high school students are faced with over their high schooling years‚ such as peer pressure and parental expectations. Although this film was produced
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