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 seem like the stereotypical conceited socialite who has a charmed life with a rich family, something that is routinely mocked by Bender, however she reveals […]
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 reasons and they were complete strangers with nothing in common. A brain, a princess, a jock, a rebel and an outcast. Throughout the day they […]
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Get help with your assignmentThe 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. Every character is more or less assigned a role, “jock” or “brains” or “criminal” or “princess. ” Every character is very different from the next, […]
John 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 at him. However, a closer look at the character shows that he may have deep issues when it comes to his parents, especially his dad. […]
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 meaning is created, which allows the audience to view it in a different way. This not only broadens the meaning of the film but allows […]
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 little differently. As this was an optimal group size of five, these group dynamics were especially identifiable as this group spent a whole day together […]
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 generations, and generations to come are able to relate to. The Breakfast Club focuses on five high school students who were sentenced to a saturday […]
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, the Princess, the Brain, the Basket Case, and the Criminal must set aside their differences to endure their brutal eight-hour detention with their irrational assistant […]
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 in detention for various reasons that are revealed throughout the movie. The students are initially unfamiliar with each other and the film follows them as […]
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 themselves with in school. However one detention on a Saturday brings these characters together and throughout the film their true personalities and behaviors start to […]
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 of decision-making, would it be accurate to say that teenagers are wired to be risk-takers?” Her answer shows that teengaers’ brains are still in development, […]
