Essay From The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club
Introduction Attention getting material Imagine yourself in close proximity with 4 strangers
nothing like you. That's what the characters' in The Breakfast Club were faced with. Tie to
audience For this specific setting a group of 5 eclectic students are forced into serving 9 hours of
Saturday detention for whatever they had done wrong. In attendance is a "princess" (Claire
Standish), an "athlete" (Andrew Clark), a "brain" (Brian Johnson), a "criminal" (John Bender) and
a "basket case" (Allison Reynolds). Thesis Statement I'm sure at one point or another in life we
have all been faced with a similar situation. Purpose Statement "The Breakfast Club" provides us
with many unique displays of how small groups interact in their case it's...show more content...
Their lives are also very similar. In the end, you discover that there is a little bit of the brain... the
jock... the basketcase...the rich pretty–girl snob... and the future criminal in each of the characters,
and probably in you too!! Tatyana– Rules and Norms I am going to be talking about rules and
norms. First I am going to talk about rules. The definition of a rule is an explicit, officially stated
guideline that governs group functions and member behavior. There are many examples of rules
in the movie, but I am going to talk about one particular incident. In beginning of movie when the
students first arrive for detention, Principal Vernon sets down the rules, what he expects them to
do, and to behave under his supervision. He does this to show that he is the one in charge and
they must follow his rules or face further Saturdays of detention. Now, I will show you this clip.
Now I am going to talk about norms. A norm is shared values, beliefs, behaviors, and procedures
that govern a group's operation. I am going to be talking about a social norm in particular. In the
movie, five completely different people are stuck in detention together. Social norms say that if
they become friends over this one Saturday, they won't stay friends once they leave dentition and
will go on with their lives like nothing happened between them. This is because their regular school
friends would make fun of them because they are in completely different social classes. Now I will
show you this
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Essay on Breakfast Club
I have seen the breakfast club three times before taking this class and then saw it for a fourth time
during class and I must say that it is defiantly one of my favourite movies. Before this class, I
loved it because it was a fun movie depicting teenage school life in its simplest form and it was
more or less something I could relate to. I noticed only the funny quotes; close calls and random
scenes that made me say "Ha! It's funny because it's true." Such as the scene where all the
characters are in detention and they are all just making the dumbest faces, sounds and actions with
their pencils. But after taking this class and doing a bit of theory on groups and communication, I
realized that the film had a bit more depth to it. It was a...show more content...
The jock (Andrew Clark) usually picks on nerds such as Brian and would become an outcast in
his group of athletes if he were ever caught dead socializing with him. The princess (Claire
Standish) is part of a high social class and would never be caught dead with anyone outside her
wealthy click (except perhaps Andrew since he is a jock and we all know the princess is usually
dating the jock). The troublemaker (John Bender) preys on all the members of the group,
exploiting their weaknesses for his personal enjoyment (Ironically, without this, the group would
have probably never even spoken a word to one another and his intense negativity towards the
group is what brought them all together). And finally the basket case "Allison Reynolds" is
somewhat indifferent about the group at first and pays no attention to them and then watches
them from behind, as the group grows closer. She likely has no group of her own and likes the
fact that she doesn't need to depend on anyone but she clearly craves attention and this is shown
by her lies made up to impress or shock the group members. As for control, there seems to be a
power struggle between John and Andrew. John is the tough guy and tries to push all the members
or the group down to make himself feel like he is better than them all, but Andrew, being the jock
that he is, is not going to let another male get the best of him. Claire refuses to be controlled or
ordered by such low class scum like John and tries

Film Review: The Breakfast Club
After analyzing the film The Breakfast Club, I have come to the conclusion that this movie
initials a lot of reality to the story line from a bunch of teenagers who are all just trying to live life
with each character telling their own ways of how they are shown through the school, and how
they have become who they are. I have chosen to write about Andrew because I can relate to him
with sports and how his parents connect with mine. When we first saw Andrew in the movie
having his dad drop him off, his dad said," Now I did the same stuff you did, but I didn't get caught
unlike you." Now that sentence says a lot in just the first line with how he's treated with discipline.
The reason why he got to detention was because he duck tapped

The iconic coming–of–age movie The Breakfast Club, focuses on the development of five,
seemingly very different high school students. In the movie we are presented with the five main
characters all with stereotypes that they identify with. Claire is the princess or the beauty queen,
John, often referred to by his last name "Bender," is the criminal, Brian is the brain or the nerd,
Andrew, is the athlete, a wrestler , and finally Allison is the basket case or the weirdo. The story is
set in saturday detention where they are forced to spend eight hours with people from other cliques
that they would normally never interact with. The day progresses and the characters interact with
one another, smoke, dance, break rules, and reveal very personal parts of themselves with the
others. The story ends with some of the characters making an attempt to change their identity with
the realization that even with the boxes they have been put into they are not that different from one
another. Identity plays a key role in the interaction between all the characters. Erikson's stage for
adolescents is Identity versus Role Confusion, which is represented with each and every single one
of the characters. The teens want to figure out who they are, and what they want to be in life.
Therefore they take on certain roles and experiment to see what form fits best to their personality.
Take Brian, the brain, for example, he has established his identity as the nerd. Therefore it dictates
the clubs he is

Essay On The Breakfast Club
Baillie Kee
17 October 2017
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Movie Review Essay
The Breakfast Club Five students from very different backgrounds meet on a Saturday for detention
with their principal. The contrasting group includes the athlete, Andrew (Emilio Estevez), the
princess Claire (Molly Ringwald), basket case Allison (Ally Sheedy), brain Brian (Anthony Michael
Hall), and criminal John (Judd Nelson). The principal assigns them an essay on "who you think
you are," and leaves them to do it. During this time each of them has a chance to finally tell his or
her story, making the other see them a little differently. When the day ends they question if school
will ever be the same (Carroll). The most powerful scene is when John is in the library imitating
his household. In this scene you finally understand why he acts the way he does. John is a classic
"bad boy". His constant antagonizing is part of his act to keep people at an emotional distance. John
alternates between wisecracking and indulging his genuine anger, digging into his messed–up family
life. Before this scene you just see him as a boy who does everything for attention, tries to act cool
all the time and does not care about anyone but himself (Hughes).
The movie explains that John's delinquent tendencies come from his issues with his father. In this
scene he does an imitation of what he thinks Brian's family must be like and then Andrew asks him
how his life is, and that is when John explodes. John begins yelling about how

The Breakfast Club Essay
The Breakfast Club, directed by John Hughes, is a movie that has become a classic for many
generations. It is about five high school students, all from different cliques, that come together
during detention and discover that they all share common problems they would have never
imagined. Each student did something completely different yet they all broke the rules and ended
up meeting. Those few hours in that room opened not only their eyes, but also the viewers' eyes on
how wrong we can be during those years of our lives. This movie has impacted so many generations
because it is true to what the high school experience really is and how judgmental teens can be
without really knowing each other.
The five main characters in the Breakfast Club...show more content...
They finally start talking and ask one another why they are there and the reasons that led them to
those actions. The truth finally comes out. Brian brought a gun to school because he wanted to
shoot himself. The reason was that he was failing wood shop and that would ruin his straight A's
preventing him from being on honor roll. Claire skipped school because she spent the day
shopping. Andrew beat up a nerd in the gym locker room because he thought that would make
him look tough, but most importantly because he knew his dad would be proud. Bender had done
the usual and was selling marijuana and being a misfit. He was a regular at detention. On the other
hand, Allison just showed up to Saturday detention because she had nothing better to do. All of
them had problems, but what they also found out was that they all hated their home life and did
not get along with their parents. They realized that they all had their own demons. All four of them
came to the realization that no matter what anyone appears to be, everyone has problems and
issues they are dealing with. It is clichГ©, but very true when they say never judge a book by its
cover. Everyone has is pretty bizarre, some people are just better at hiding

The Breakfast Club (English Essay)
The Breakfast Club – Movie Review "They only met once, but it changed their lives forever." The
Breakfast Club is a film written, produced and directed by John Hughes that was released in 1985
about High School stereotyping and Self Discovery in which a handful of common stereotypical
unhappy high school students that are given an in school suspension at their local school "Sherman
High" (Which is based in Chicago) from 8am in the morning until 4pm in the afternoon on a
Saturday for them all individually breaking various school rules. (For Example... fire alarms being
pulled when there was no fire and skipping school to go shopping.) This classic filmed has been
intended to interest its teenage viewers but after time "The Breakfast...show more content...
And while I'm at it I'd just like to say that the Soundtrack and background music is both corny
and....not very good. Out of the 10 Songs used in the movie only 1 is decent (Don't You Forget
About Me by Simple Minds) and even I don't like it while the rest of the songs to say the least are
quite rubbish unless you absolutely LOVED both the movie and the 80's music scene then you'd
probably not like it. In my own opinion I believe that this movie is run on its own characterization
as it IS about stereotypes at school. I'd like to start on describing my personal favourite character
of the movie, John Bender (Played by Judd Nelson). John Bender is a stereotypical "Criminal
/Rebel" complete with Denim Jacket, Leather Gloves and a Bandana. He talks with confidence as
he says what he pleases to either to annoy or anger others for his own amusement and when he has
to, stand up for what/who he believes in. Judd Nelson acted out the character of John brilliantly as
you can really imagine Judd in real life truly acting this way as he has given such a realistic
performance that is both entertaining and true. I believe that without the character of John Bender,
"The Breakfast Club" as a movie would really be missing that extra punch that made it such a hit
with all his funny comebacks and entertaining scenes lead by Bender. Claire Standish (Played by
Molly Ringwald) is

"The Breakfast Club" is a film that is well–know to be a movie that explains stereotypes and societal
standards. This classic movie exemplifies group dynamic in society. It does this by portraying
distinct stereotypes, varying from the so–called "princess" all the way to the so–called "criminal." At
the start of the film, each member in the group is completely different and separate. They were
definitely considered an out–group, which is a group of people that don't identify with one another.
Throughout the movie, they realize they share similarities and begin to identify with each other as
the breakfast club. They become an in–group. The group identity of each student changes from
seeing everyone as completely different, to seeing what...show more content...
She is unpopular, a loner, rebellious, eccentric. Claire Standish portrays the "popular/princess"
stereotype. She wears a lot of makeup,designer clothes, and has perfect hair. She is popular, rich,
and fashionable. She enjoys shopping and gossiping. The teachers in the film are very different as
well. Mr. Vernon is a rude, child–hating teacher. He assigned the students to write an essay basically
about what they each did wrong and to know not do it again. They did not want to do the essay
because they didn't feel like they needed to write it to know they did wrong and weren't going to
do it again. By giving that assignment, he proves that he just sees them for their stereotypes and the
mistakes they made. Carl the Janitor, on the other hand, is a relatively cool adult figure. Carl sees
the students for what they are. After John mocked him for his job, he told them how he knows
everything around the school, and that he is able to see everything how it really is. He, then, proved
it by telling them that the clock was 20 minutes fast (which none of them knew). He encoded some
respect from the group.
A clique is a group of people, with shared interests or other features in common, who spend time
together. Cliques often spend large amounts of time together, and don't associate with other people.
A person can move from one clique to another if they find another clique that better represents
/supports them.

Analysis Of The Breakfast Club
Brian Johnson, or the "Brain," in the movie The Breakfast Club, possess thought processes evident
in Piaget's Formal Operational Period stage in his theory of cognitive development. During Piaget's
Formal Operational Period, people begin to "apply their mental operations to abstract concepts in
addition to concrete objects;" their thinking is hypothetical, systematic, reflective and logical
(Weiten, 448). Brian asks himself existential questions like "Who do I think I am? Who are you?
Who are you?" as he brainstorms Mr. Vernon's assignment for the students in detention; these
thoughts are abstract. His thought processes are also logical since he's extremely intelligent; being
part of the math, Latin and physics club requires some advanced thinking skills. Additionally, he
understands how concrete applications like engineering stem from abstract concepts like
Trigonometry. He also reasoned that if he took a class like Shop that "dopes" take, he could pass
that class easily to maintain his GPA; such reasoning requires complex thinking. Finally, his
thinking is reflective, especially when he ponders the permanence of the Breakfast Club's friendship
and describes how he steps outside himself to analyze what he sees. Unfortunately, when he
observes himself, he's highly critical and despises his "true" self; he possess a highly negative view
of himself, labeling himself a failure, eventually leading to suicidal thoughts and actions.
Brian represents the Conventional Level of

After analyzing the classic movie, The Breakfast Club it is safe to say that the characters in the
movie got a little more out of detention than they were thinking. When the five characters, who are
very much different from each other, all found out they were going to be forced to spend their
Saturday together writing an 1000 word essay on "who [they] think they are", you can imagine their
initial reaction. Little did they know that spending the day all together would allow them to better
understand their identity and sense of self as well as further understand the importance of
adolescence; the time between childhood and adulthood. Like mentioned above, the characters in
this movie are all have different personalities hence the fact that...show more content...
Now it makes sense to why John would constantly offend and pick on other characters.
In addition to John Bender another character who experiences difficulty finding her own identity
is Claire Standish; who was sent to Saturday's detention for shopping during class but it didn't
cause much of an issue to Claire's father. Claire is sought out to be a "conceited snobby rich prom
princess" throughout the movie, making it challenging for the characters to get to fully know her
before making assumptions. In the movie, one character named Brian (also know as the "brain")
often cracks jokes regarding Claire's other popular friends as well as her intimate life. After having
enough of Brian's nonsense, Claire becomes frustrated and shouts out "I hate having to go along
with everything my friends say!" Claire is subjecting that statement to hopefully allow each
character in the room to understand that she is tired of being stereotyped with her friends and that
she would rather be seen as an individual and not with her group. Many adolescents in today's
society can relate to Claire as they also have not found their identity; or the answer to the popular
question of "Who Am I?" The process of finding one's identity is related to the exploration of peer
groups and to James Marcia's Identity Achievement. Claire would fall under James's classification of
Identity Moratorium; meaning that Claire did not feel content

The Breakfast Club, released in 1985 by director John Hughes, is a film about five high school
students, from different social groups, and their bond over shared worries and issues in Saturday
morning detention. These students show the two main issues of high school students: peer pressure
and family issues. The film examines the effects of these issues on student's everyday life and view
on the world. Some of these effects include bullying, contemplation of suicide, drugs, and depression.
In each of the characters, The Breakfast Club shows these negative effects on teenagers and
examines the concept of adulthood and fitting in from an adolescent perspective. But not only that,
The Breakfast Club condemns the existence of these problems...show more content...
Brian is insulted by this notion because he is aware that everyone has issues, regardless of who
they are. Claire is pressured by her friends to act "cool". Brian is pressured by his friends to be
smart. Although Bender believes that he is outside of social norms, he conforms to them just like
everyone and is pressured to be "above it all" and lax. John Hughes wanted all teens to know that
although everyone has problems, and in moving past our apparent differences, we can bond.
Each character is a representative of the various social hierarchies in a high school setting and
although each of their problems are specific to their individual lifestyle, they all overarch and
connect with the others. A famous scene of The Breakfast Club is the floor sharing scene, when
all of the pretense is stripped away and all that is left are five scared high schoolers wanting to be
better in life. In this scene, the effects of peer pressure are shown. When asked on why he was in
detention, the athlete Andrew stated that he had "taped a guy's buns together." He explained that
he did it as a prank, under the direction of his friends, but the joke soon took a dark turn. When
stripping off the tape, hair and skin was removed as well. His friends and even his father did not
see the issue as the subject of his cruelty was someone

Film Analysis: The Breakfast Club
For my second film analysis essay, I will be writing about the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club
directed by John Hughes. The Breakfast Club has five main characters: Andrew, Brian, John often
called by his last name "Bender", Claire, and Allison. These five characters make up the whole plot
of the story. Without them, The Breakfast Club wouldn't exist and because of this fact, the movie is
considered to be character driven. The five main characters have many conflicts that they share with
the audience. The characters have a conflict with person vs person. The audience can clearly see
this conflict when the group fights. They have stereotypes about each one: Andrew the jock, Brian
the brain, Bender the criminal, Claire the princess, and Allison the basket case. They believe they
know each other so well when in reality they know nothing about each other and this causes fights
between many of the characters. The fights weren't just between the five main characters but also
between Bender and the principal Mr. Vernon. Not only do they have conflicts between each other
but also with themselves. This type of conflict is called person vs self. The extremely intelligent kid,
Brian, got a failing grade and thought about killing himself. Allison, the basket case, is a shy,...show
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These five kids are in detention and are basically angry at the world, especially Bender. They hate
their families because they either ignore them or are in their business too much. The main characters
believes that whatever they do isn't good enough or isn't right and that the world is telling them to be
one way and they want to do something different. Another struggle they are enduring are their social
statuses in school. If they came to school on Monday morning and spoke to one another, there
friends wouldn't understand and they would be jeopardizing their reputations and their relationships
to said

Analysis Of The Book ' The Breakfast Club '
The Breakfast Club is a movie about five students from Shermer High School who gather on a
Saturday to sit through eight hours of detention. These five students; Andrew Clark, Claire Standish,
John Bender, Allison Reynolds and Brian Johnson, have nothing in common. The Breakfast Club
zooms in on the high school social groups and cliques that are often seen in the development of peer
groups during adolescents. The peer groups that are portrayed in The Breakfast Club include, John
"the criminal", Claire "the Princess", Allison "the Basket case", Brian "the Brain", and Andrew "the
athlete". The movie centers around an essay that Principle Vernon wants each student to write
regarding who they think they are. In the beginning of the film, the...show more content...
This film also illustrates different parenting styles and the effects that parenting can have on an
adolescent. The Breakfast Club is a wonderful example of pubertal timing in adolescents.
Throughout the film the viewer can see where the characters are at in their development as well
as the impacts of their pubertal timing. The Breakfast Club highlights physical changes,
relationships with parents, relationships with peers, and the timing of early and late maturation.
Claire is portrayed as the stereotypical popular girl and can be described as an early maturing
girl. She wears expensive clothes, diamond earrings and wealthy accessories. Throughout the
film, Claire relies solely on her looks, and is viewed as conceited, privileged and spoiled. Claire
shows characteristics of an early maturing girl because she is strongly influenced by social and
cultural views. Claire says in the film, "Your friends wouldn 't mind because they look up to us....
I 'm not saying that to be conceited! I hate it! I hate having to go along with everything my friends
say!" Claire is aware of her social status among her peers and holds herself to higher expectations
to uphold her reputation. She states, "Do you know how popular I am? I am so popular.
Everybody loves me so much at this school." To fit in with her peers, she must act a certain way in
public to impress them. Claire is

The breakfast club was to say the least a boring 80's movie. But it was a good movie for the
purpose of analysis. Simply put, it will not be on my list of movies to rent next time that I am at
the rental store. I chose to explain the points of view of Andrew, the jock, and Allison the loner
/quite person. I will also be making use of the key terms Clique Groups, and Identity Crisis.
&#9;At the start of the movie, Allison was a person off in a corner by herself. She didn't talk
to anyone, she knew that she had a &quot;place&quot; in the society of school. This
society of school, also know as clique groups, takes place at many schools, the one in the movie and
most of all Richland High School. Like our school, this one has...show more content...
She also did some very different things that I have never seen any normal girl do. Usually, a girls
purse is a private object that carries personal items. I've never seen any girl just literally dump all
of the contents out of her purse and onto the couch. To me, she needed some attention. I believe
before this scene, Allison told us that her family life was a mess. Obviously Andrew answered her
subliminal cries for attention. He came down to her level, and saw that she was a normal girl, but
that she let everyone else judge her, and he took the opinions of others before he went and spent
time with her and saw what she really was like.
&#9;
&#9;Lets switch our view to Andrew. This is a guy who in the eyes of others was a stud. He
was considered to be cool, hip, and handsome. More than likely he had every girl all over him. He
thought that he was the total reverse of the afore mentioned Allison. He had friends, but what
everyone didn't know was that his family life was as bad as Allisons. However, it was in other
ways. His dad pushed him to be the best and not to lose a single game, match or whatever sport he
was participating in. This in my opinion drove him almost to the edge. When he saw that Allison
was in the same situation that he was in, he was amazed because he thought oh, she's much more
different than I am. He had peer pressure to succeed, he was in a clique with tons of other

The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club movie is about five high school students from Shemer High School with
different backgrounds. It's the story of "a brain (Brian), an athlete (Andrew), a basket case
(Allison), a princess (Claire) and a criminal (Bender)." The purpose of the movie is to captive the
feelings and perspectives on what other people have experienced and learned from each other. The
analysis about The Breakfast Club is about the common insecurities and challenges of the teenager
during high school. The Breakfast club is a movie to convey emotions, fears, and companionship
that everyone can relate to. However, with new knowledge comes new perspective and emotions.
This movie opens up a world of abstract thoughts because none of the five students know each other
and it helps to create an interpersonal communication, they revealed to each other how their lives
actually are. This movie is about Social Judgment Theory, Interpersonal conflict, self–disclosure,
Social Comparison Theory and an unresolved life conflicts of a teenager life by finding their
identities. The movie starts off with a group of teenagers in school, all from different social groups.
They all meet in detention on a Saturday where they are forced to sit in complete silence and they
get assigned to write a paper about "who you think are" by their principal Vernon. Throughout the
movie their minds are exposed to the different lives and experience of each other; with that they
create this bond that

Typical American Teenager Essay
The typical American teenager goes through many stages of psychosocial change from the ages
between 12 and 18. Adolescence is a difficult time for most because it is a huge transition time
from being a child to becoming an adult. Many of these changes or challenges are so common that
they are experienced by almost everyone. Some are brought on by physical changes in appearance
and hormones while others are more psychological. Famous psychologist, Sigmund Freud, believed
that a person's biological activity will motivate their behavior and development. (Life Span page 36)
Adolescent teens will most likely have difficulty with social, parental and sexual issues, physical
changes to their body, identity confusion, a tendency to participate...show more content...
(Life Span pg. 38) Claire's lack of control over her home life makes her want to be more
rebellious. She is easily influenced and makes her care about what everyone thinks of her.
Having so much pressure being put on her by her peers causes her to be very pristine and preppy.
Claire is the girly girl of the Breakfast Club group and doesn't like being pressured into discussing
her private life with others. When she is made to feel like a prude she gets really upset. She is a
good girl but doesn't really want people to know it. Being called out makes her angry and she
doesn't like being opened with others because she is afraid they will judge her or make fun of
her. As many teen girls do, she feels helpless to how things are and that she can never truly be
herself if she wants to be accepted by her friends. Another teen in the movie is John Bender, also
known as just Bender. He is considered to be "the criminal" and is the more likely to exhibit risky
behavior. He does drugs and often gets himself into trouble. He is rebellious and does whatever
he wants, whenever he wants. Bender is angry and his attitude is sarcastic and judgmental. He
has a tendency to say cruel things he doesn't necessarily mean to get a rise out of people. He often
acts out in a negative way to try and impress people. Crude and vulgar language seems to be his
favorite way of trying to impress others, especially if it offends them. As long as he is getting

The Breakfast Club Essays
The Breakfast Club The Breakfast Club is a movie about five totally different students in high
school who are forced to spend a Saturday in detention in their school library. The students come
from completely different social classes which make it very difficult for any of them to get along.
They learn more about each other and their problems that each of them have at home and at school.
This movie plays their different personality types against each other. In this essay I will go into
detail about each of the students and the principal individually.
     The first student I will talk about is the first one to be seen in
the movie. This is Claire Standish. Claire is one of the popular girls in the school....show more
content...
He admits that the reason that he was in detention was because he was going to commit suicide
and he brought the gun to school. He said that he attempted to kill himself but he couldn't pull the
trigger. His (flair) gun went off in his locker. He has suicidal ideation. He thought that suicide was
the logical thing to do and he went one step beyond thinking about it and attempted. He just
couldn't pull the trigger. He has the ultimate when it comes to parental monitoring. His parents
are probably really intelligent and this is why the push him so hard academically. The reason I
think this is because his mother's license plate was "EMC2" and she made sure that he knew that
this (detention) was a one time thing and he should use his time wisely to study. Much like
Claire, I feel that Brian is not much of a risk taker. He is a very jumpy kid and is easily told what
to do by just about everybody in the movie.      The third student
in the movie is Andrew Clark. He is a jock. His father drives p in a blazer to drop him off for
detention and he gets out with a letterman jacket on (with several letters on it). You can see from the
very beginning that his father only cares about one thing and that is, how successful his son is in
wrestling and other sports. His father says "Hey, I screwed around...guys screw around, there is
nothing wrong with that, except you got caught, Sport." Brian's father seems to live through him and
even

The Breakfast Club contains important themes that resonate in many people, particularly teenagers,
one of those themes being alienation and acceptance. This film perfectly portrays the alienation
many students feel in high school, whether popular or unpopular, and follows it up with acceptance
as they see they are not alone and find those who can help them. These themes are portrayed both
through the characters and the way they act and what they have been through as well as in the
movie as a whole. In 1985, when The Breakfast Club was made, this portrayal of the isolation of
high school was very important for teenagers to see, and today in 2017, it is still insanely important.
From then to now, high school has been a hard time for many...show more content...
As the movie continues and the characters begin to break down their walls and get to know each
other, both them and those watching see that they really are not all that different, despite their
very different stereotypes. Themes of acceptance take awhile to surface in The Breakfast Club, as
it takes the characters time to step outside of their stereotypes and really talk to one another. They
soon learn that despite having different groups and personalities, they are actually very similar as
they all have troubled lives at home and with their parents. Claire's parents constantly use her as a
pawn when they fight, Allison is ignored at home, Andy must always act tough and cool since that
is what his father expects of him, Brian wanted to commit suicide due to the pressure he gets from
his parents to succeed academically and Bender's father abuses him both physically and verbally.
As they learn about their similarities and their lives outside of high school, they begin to bond and
accept each other for their true selves. Even though they come to the conclusion that they cannot be
friends inside of high school, they have formed a friendship that they will carry on with and help
them to see people for who they really are, and not just based on the assumptions and stereotypes
given to them. Two of the characters in particular display the themes of alienation and acceptance in
The Breakfast Club: Brian,

Film: The Breakfast Club Essay
The movie The Breakfast Club was released in 1985, and is based on a group of five high school
students from stereotypical cliques; the popular, jock, nerd and the outcasts, who all wind up stuck
together for Saturday detention. Throughout the movie many themes present themselves such as
teenage rebellion, peer pressure and family issues as the students get to know each other. The most
prominent theme throughout the movie is the student's placement in the social structure of the
school. From the very different reasons why they are in detention to the way that they are all treated
differently by the principle, their social placement is evident.
In the movie, the principle asks the students to each write a 1,000 word essay on who they...show
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It is very similar to high school with the jocks, the popular kids, the people who climb themselves
up the social ladder, and the people who just happen to fall into popularity. Many times with
people of the Upper Class, they believe that they can get away with anything by either paying
someone off to not suffer the consequences, or whoever does find out will just brush it under the
table because of who they are. Similarly, Claire, the popular one, is in Saturday detention because
she got caught skipping class to go shopping. She thought that her dad would have the power to
get her out of detention but he didn't. This mirrors how members of the Upper Class will often
pay their way out of a lawsuit or legal issues because they have the ability to do so. Also, Andy
who is the jock in the movie is in detention because he "taped Larry Lester's buns together," and he
thought that he wouldn't have to face detention because he was a varsity athlete. This can be
compared to professional athletes that commit a crime and instead of being charged for it
immediately or at all. Therefore, the Upper Class of America and the social elites of high school are
very similar and the members of these social groups rely on their status to get themselves through
certain unfavorable situations. The Middle Class of high school is the students who don't do

Narrative Essay On The Breakfast Club
"If I didn't know better, I would say you were jealous. But yes, honestly thank you. At least he
didn't try to pretend it was some wild coincidence. I really hate that." "Oh never fear honey bun, that
is one thing Keith will never do. Trust me on that one. And yes I am a little jealous you can eat
anything you want and still lose weight." She sighed into the phone, "It's hard keeping a nice figure
without eating like a bird when what I really want to do is scarf down all the goodies you can get
away with. But enough of skirting the subject how was dinner?" "Dinner was of course wonderful.
But he took me completely by surprise when he suddenly was beside the table with his hand out
wanting me to dance with him. Right there in the restaurant! I can't say as anyone has ever tried that
with me before. It was romantic, but weird at the same time. Did you give him that idea?" "No, no,
no, I had nothing to do with anything other than telling him where he should take you to dinner I
swear! But he danced with you at the restaurant? He's a softer touch than I had given him...show
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The club promoted itself as being a pansexual fetish club who welcomed everyone by providing a
safe environment. Lila thought it was an interesting way to phrase it. This would definitely explain
the wide variety of people she had seen. They apparently also held workshops for the fetish
community as well. Lila's eyebrows shot up, there was a picture of Keith and a woman who had
was tied up so completely she couldn't possibly move. There were a lot of pictures of Keith with
a variety of women all over the workshop section of the site. Apparently using wax was popular
judging by the number of pictures shown. There were even a few pictures that involved what was
captioned fire play. Her concentration was broken by the doorbell announcing her take out had
arrived. She absently paid the delivery boy and hurried back to her

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