What Are The Stereotypes In The Breakfast Club

Reading coming of age stories are always interesting and at times nastolgic. Coming of age stories typically include a young protagonist forced to make a grown decision which is a transition to their first move into adulthood. In a sense, these stories show the protagonist shifting from innocence to gaining experiences. The two coming of age stories that we read in class were “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett and “The Man Who Was Almost A Man” by Richard Wright. Both being coming of age stories, they have similar features but were different in the sense that one protagonist seemed to have made a shift into adulthood whereas one did not.

The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American movie written and directed by John Hughes. The movie focuses on five different teenagers, each of which fits a typical stereotype. Each teen is introduced individually, displaying the traits of their respective stereotypes. The audience is first introduced to Claire, the preppy, popular girl, referred to as “The Prom Queen” in the script. Next, the audience is introduced to Brian, the nerd, or geek, of the group. Following Brian, the audience is introduced to Andrew, the popular athlete, referred to as “The Jock” in the script. In the shortest introductions, the audience is given a small glimpse of John Bender, although at this time the stereotype he fits is not known, a short observation of the physical attributes and clothing style will reveal to the audience that John Bender fills the role of the rebel or delinquent. The final member of the group is introduced in a short fashion as well. Allison, steps out of a car, dressed in dark clothing, with dark hair and makeup, is the outcast, or introvert of the group. Each stereotype represented by the teens is predicated on the general idea of high school cliques and the categories they generally fall into.

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.

In the critically acclaimed movie, “The Breakfast Club,” there are five very different cast members, a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal. One of the five cast members, the criminal named John Bender, can be described as a selfish, parsimonious douche. Throughout the whole movie, Bender was constantly bullying, making fun of, or agitating every student. He would bully Claire because of her less than stellar sex life, he made fun of Brian for being a nerd, he would agitate Andrew because he thought it was funny, and he bullied Allison for being an awkward spaz. By being such a dick, he made all of the students serving the detention with him, very upset and aroused.

Breakfast club is a story of 5 different people who are forced to spend an entire Saturday together learn a little something about each other. The Jock, The Brain, The Basket-case, The Princess, and The Criminal. Brian Johnson (Anthony Michael Hall) is the brain a straight A student who seems like he shouldn't be there, Andrew Clark (Emilio Esteves) who seems like your typical jock who seems like the guy who would end up there every now and then, also you have Allison Reynolds (Ally Sheedy) who seems kind of like your everyday emo person who seems like a person who might end up there more than once a month, then Clair Standish (Molly Ringwald) the princess who looks like the girl who would never

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

1. Brian is a perfectionist when it comes to school. Only once has he got any grade under an “A”. Brian’s parents but a ton of pressure on Brian to perform exceptionally in school.

Emily Smith Professor Mary McMyne December 8, 2014 English 110 Rough Draft #3 John Hughes "The Breakfast Club": Judging a Book by it's Cover A rigid, oversimplified, often exaggerated belief that is applied both to an entire social category of people and to each individual within it.("Stereotype") Everybody has been in a situation where they have been stereotyped or themselves have stereotyped others. The way we present ourselves, the way we dress, and the friends we hangout with, these are all things that people stereotype.

John Hughes’ eighties classic film, The Breakfast Club, tells the story of a rebel, a princess, a brain, a basket case and a jock spending their Saturday together in detention. They first believe that they are completely different from one another, but by the end they learn that they’re more similar than they are different. A variety of social psychology concepts can be found throughout the entire film. Stereotypes, self-fulfilling prophecy, and social norms will be discussed within this paper.

An observer looking into a classroom may believe that all the students are similar and have similar intentions, to learn. Yes, they are all high school students, but they are not as similar as they appear. Classroom environments contain various types of students, who diversify in their classification. Students typically are categorized by the way they dress, the activities they participate in, their values and morals and how they choose to spend their free time. All around the world, whether in high school or college, you will be introduced to people who are classified as cliché students.

Teenagers often find themselves going through the motions of doing what they are told when they are told to do it. In conforming to societies norms teenagers begin to feel as if they blend in and nothing is really special about them. John Updike was able to write a coming of age story in which his main character Sammy gets shoved into adulthood rather quickly over spontaneous decision. Through Sammy’s thoughts, intense observations, and his actions we are able to see his deep depravity and his longing to stand out from the crowd.

These films are ones that are re-leased throughout the years with much more excitement to them and that have a very similar fan base as when it first came out. The Breakfast Club is one that is enjoyed by various generations of audiences due to the entertainment and the teenage stereotypes that follow it. By having a character from each clique, such as the tough guy, the jock, the insecure and timid one who hides behind her clothes, prom queen and the Brainiac, it allows the audience and fan base to immediately relate to them. The fan base is able to connect to the film because the concept is still relatable in today’s society. Even though the movie was not as popular when it was first released back in the days, overtime fans started to appreciate the great works and cultural influence brought by Hughes.

The interesting, classic old fashion American film directed by John Hughes and also written by Ned Tanen called the Breakfast Club is a well known movie realised on the 2nd of May 1985. The movie is about 5 kids called Brian, Andrew, Claire, Allison and John who are stuck in detention with the nasty, mean and evil vice principal for different reasons. Together they get to know each other having lots of fights with each other at first but then in the end, everyone knows each other so well that they are all best of friends. It is one of the best movies in which uses lots off different variety of scenes and acting of particular personalities to be able to stereotypes of the six characters. One stereotype in particular is shown a lot across the

In a standard coming of age novel, the protagonist is usually in their adolescent to early adulthood years.

No Exit, a play written by Jean-Paul Sartre that debuted in 1944, has many similar themes to the movie The Breakfast Club, written and directed by John Hughes. The play No Exit is perceived as taking place in literal Hell and describes the interactions between those who have died and have been placed in a room together. In The Breakfast Club, students have been put in a metaphorical “hell,” detention, and spend a full day together in the school’s library. For characters in No Exit, trying to deal with other creates a living hell and ends with each of the characters hating one another because they do not help each other; while in The Breakfast Club the characters end up accepting each other after going through the same “hell” because they learn and accept each other.