Archetypes In The Breakfast Club

Another aspect of The Odd Couple that is never completely resolved but can be highly interpreted is that the two main characters change their personalities throughout the show, and become less of their archetypes. The two men start as rather polar opposites, with Felix being feminine and scar being masculine. By the end of the play, the characters are no longer so far away from the center

“This is girls’ world, all of the fightings had to be sneaky.” Said by Lindsay Lohan in the movie, Mean Girls. The entertainment and fairytales stories have a tendency to have women going against each other. Cinderella has mainly had her stepmother and step-sisters keeping her busy with chores for twenty-four hours. While Rapunzel is stuck in a high tower alone because of a witch. Not only classic fairy tales have this pattern, but songs have this same formula. Notably, Taylor Swift is known for her bitter reputation of calling out her ex-boyfriends, but also writes songs calling out women. Lastly, movies will show women fighting against each other for the comedy effect especially Mean Girls. In stories, women characters tend to destroy other female archetypes for power.

Throughout the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou, classic storytelling through archetypes is reworked into a more modern time in order to create the unique gem that it is. Archetypes are a general persona of a character that is repeated many times through films and literature, they define the character and give meaning to their roles. Archetypes have been used ever since stories were made, from the Odyssey to even Percy Jackson. Archetypes tend to set the stage for the story, and get revealed throughout the story adding more life and energy to it. Three examples of archetypes expressed very well through characters in the movie are the hero, the alter ego, and the temptress.

You know that kid in your 6th period, who sits in the back of the classroom; he makes comments under his breath, skips class, and has a vile view of the world. Yeah, him. He is considered a criminal and a social deviant because of his actions, the clothes he wears, and his attitude. By generalizing a person based on a certain characteristic and comparing it to a group of people, by definition is stereotyping. Bender, in The Breakfast Club, is the social deviant or criminal because when students see him in his ripped jeans, work boots, a thermal shirt, a plaid over-shirt and a torn flannel (UR) is associated with a tough, rebellious attitude (UR). Due to his abuse at home (US) he uses his clothes as a way to show he is not week to be given any sympathy. Students view him as a criminal by getting in trouble and smoking marijuana, the image is created (CS). His abuse he gets at home causes him to hate adults and authority of any kind. Seeing the preppy girl hanging out with the same group of people, her expensive clothes, and everyone loves her and wants to be her. The conditioned stimulus (CS) is the association and the expectation of their stereotype and when it is paired with the unconditioned stimulus (US), events making them the way they are (abuse at home, parental expectations, etc.) consistently the association becomes stronger. The conditioned response (CR) is the action towards that group, such as avoidance or hanging out with them. The unconditioned response (UR) is

No matter where you go in the world people are divided. They can be divided by their wealth or state of living these are social classes. In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton social classes a very apparent the rich and the poor. In The Outsiders, social classes create a divide in the community. The isolation of these two groups lead to the tension and violence that is seen in the book.

George Milton, a character from Of Mice and Men, is an example of a father archetype. A father archetype is a person often of particular power or influence who serves as an emotional substitute for a parent. The character George Milton is a father figure to Lennie Small. What makes George a father figure and, howis his relationship with Lennie? George takes care of Lennie like a father would. He makes important decisions regarding Lennie and what's good for him. He also tries his best to keep Lennie out of trouble. George and Lennie's relationship is a very close one and they care for each other a lot.

Breakfast Club film contained a wide variety of behavior and stereotypes. Each person had their on personality and taste at the beginning of the film. I believe that communication played the biggest part in the movie. It shows the way that people from totally different backgrounds can communicate and even agree on issues. The various types of communication and behaviors within the film will be discussed. Key terms will be pointed out and highlighted, as well as described in relation to the examples extracted from the film. To begin with the film started out 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

In “The Yellow Sweater” by Hugh Garner, the two main characters, Tom and Marie, are character archetypes. Tom is the perverted businessman, in his 40’s with wisps of grey in his hair and a stubble beard. Furthermore Marie is the young and innocent girl; frail, naive and pretty. While Tom is perverted and sick, Marie is innocent and naive. Moreover Tom is old and fat while Marie is young and thin. Lastly Tom is a businessman and analytical while Marie is a hitchhiker, a nomad. These archetypes of the perverted businessman and the young innocent girl enforce the contrast between Tom and Marie.

Many archetypes are present in Of Mice and Men, however, none of them are as prevalent as Curley’s archetype being the villain. Curley takes being a villain back to the basics, no fancy weapons of mass destruction, just being a problem to everyone on the ranch. Curley has a power above all of the other workers on the farm by being the son of the boss, thus exempting him from any and all punishment. Curley wouldn’t be too bad if it wasn’t for the fact that he always wants to pick a fight, this leads to him getting himself hurt and nearly getting Lennie and George fired. Curley’s power above everyone, bad attitude, and suspicion towards his wife are the reason that he fits the villain archetype.

An Archetypal Analysis of Alden Nolan’s “The Invisible Boy” In “The Invisible Boy” by Alden Nolan, myth criticism/Archetypal is juxtaposed throughout the story. The invisible boy is an archetype character of a warrior as it is explained in the story: “while still a child he became a great warrior, for he could walk in broad daylight through the camp of the enemy without being seen.” (Nolan 40). The bravery of the warrior is an archetype because he fought battles and won them easily.

In the book "The Hunger Games," by Suzanne Collins, the author uses many archetypes in the story. One archetype is Katniss in the beginning of the story. I claimed that "she represents the mother figure in the story." This is because Katnisse's mother is unable to care for not only the children, but also herself. This leads to Katniss having to hunt and find food for her family, which in turn suprisingly makes her a provider and nurturer to them. Another time the author introduced an archetype in the story was after they introduced Haymitch. In the beginning of the story, Haymitch appeared to be constantly drunk. However, I annotated, "when Katniss and Peeta showed their true potential, Haymitch revealed that he could be a mentor."

The Breakfast Club brings many types of peoples, and many types of personalities together. I personally think I relate to all of them, not completely because they all have characteristics that I think I also have. John is this bad kid who does and says whatever he wants to do. Claire is the pristine goodie goodie. Allison is this strange girl who is considered to be a basket case. Andrew is the jock whose main concern is westing. Brian is a depressed brainiac.

In Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, the repeating character archetype seen is the rich villain. This archetype is seen in Leigh Teabing, the main antagonist in the novel. This archetype influences the way people see wealthy people in society. It influences the average middle class person into thinking that money will corrupt them, that those with money are not trustworthy and sexist.

Once there was a woman who told a story. However, she had more than just an entertaining tale to tell. She chose common images that everyone would understand, and she wrapped her story around them, and in this way she was able to teach the people . . .

After having offered an examination of the Mammy’s archetype, including her characteristics, as well as proposed an analysis of the depiction of Big Momma in the film Big Momma’s House, an ample comparison between both can be made.