Neuroscientist, Carolyn Gregoire, talks about the mystery of teenage brain in her interview with HuffPost Science: “The frontal lobes, which are the seat of executive function, decision-making, empathy, judgment, insight and impulse control are the last places that hook up to the rest of the brain during development.” Gregoire answered to the question: “In terms […]
The Breakfast Club addresses the angst found in teens in the 1980’s. It also takes time to do a deep dive into many stereotypes found in the time period. It addresses bullying, as well as mental illness, and tackles divisions among the characters and leads them to learning that maybe they aren’t all that different. […]
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Get startedJohn Bender is my favourite character from “The Breakfast Club” movie. The two dilemmas that John Bender’s deals with in the movie are his relationship with his parents and sexual activity. In The Breakfast Club, John Bender’s character come off as cocky, rude and always quick to throw a verbal jab at anyone who comes […]
An individual’s perception of a movie is heavily influenced by outside sources, which lends the individual preconceived notions of what to expect. This limits the overall meaning of the film and may portray the picture in a way that is not immediately conspicuous. When applying a critical approach or “lens” to the work, a different […]
The major theme recurring in the movie is that appearances tend to cover up someone’s true personality and that there is more than meets the eye to anyone, no matter how stereotypical they look or act on the outside. A good example (among many) of this would be of the character of Claire, who does […]
The Breakfast Club is a John Hughes film from 1985, it’s iconic and a classic comedy high school drama. With being released over 30 years ago the movie still has a strong message. It takes place on an all-day Saturday detention in a school library. There are five students who got detention for all different […]
Social psychological principles are often placed into films and television shows to make them more realistic. Many of these principles are present within the popular film, The breakfast club. In this film, five students, Brian (the Brain), Andrew (the Athlete), Claire (the Princess), Allison (the Basket Case), and Bender (the Criminal), spend a Saturday together […]
The Breakfast Club movie was about five high school students from diverse cultures that must take a Saturday detention. The group was made up of a rebel (John), princess (Claire), outcast (Allison), brainy (Brian) and a jock (Andrew). Each one has a chance to tell a story, hoping to make the others see them a […]
In the film The Breakfast Club there are various social psychological theories and concepts that describe the inner selves of the characters. The characters in the film are initially perceived in a certain manner by each other because of knowing the way they behave in school and the type of people and environment they surround […]
When someone hears the name John Hughes what comes to mind? More than likely what comes to mind are movies such as Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, 16 Candles, and of course his most well known film, The Breakfast Club. The 1985 film, The Breakfast Club is a truly timeless film that previous […]
Oh, what can one learn from a Saturday detention? In the iconic 1985 American film, The Breakfast Club, starring Emilio Esteves, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy as random high school students with a variety of behavioral disorders and difficulty conforming to society’s fixed guidelines, this question is answered. The Jock, […]
