Character Analysis : Claire Standish '

As she starts high school, we see she's not really part of a specific “group.” She feels like she doesn’t fit in with the girl cliques. As a tomboy, she feels she doesn’t fit in with the girls or the boys. She feels invisible within her school. To help her become more recognized, Mick comes up with the idea to have a prom at her house. She decorates her house and even wore one of her sister’s

There will always be students that will feel better than others, dress better, and get recognized more. These kids are usually considered popular based on everyone else in the school. In The Breakfast Club the popular students in detention were Claire and Andrew. Claire is a high school tease that every guy wants, also a rich girl that lives up to her reputation. “ Everybody loves me so much, at this school”, Claire practically believes that everyone wants to be her, be around her and feel just as popular as her.

The identity status she best fits in at this stage is identity diffusion. I feel like she fits better in this stage because as a result of Brooke not having experiencing any sort of rules around her household during her teenage years, her world revolved around shopping, partying, and boys. She never really gave much thought to what she wanted to become in the future because she lacked that motivation from her parents. Later on, Brooke develops a strong interest in designing her own clothes and begins her own clothing line, Clothes Over Bros, while still being a senior in high school. After she graduates from high school, four years pass and we see Brooke become a major and well-known fashion designer in New York and her clothing company had already made millions. This is where Brooke Davis experienced the status of identity achievement. Her clothing line started as a small idea in high school and through exploration of the fashion designer world, her dream became a reality. I would not say that she ever experienced the status of identity moratorium because she never really was torn between to career areas. Once she knew that she had that desire to design clothes, she went for it without second guessing herself. The status that Brooke proved wrong is identity foreclosure. She proved this wrong because just because fashion designing was her passion, she did not let the industry change who she was. She managed to be highly successful while still remaining humble and not changing her beliefs or morals to conform to everyone else. A lot of time, the money changes people but because money was always a constant in her life she was able to remain that “presidential” worthy

Claire Standish is known as the “princess” of New Trier High School, similarly, Regina George is also viewed as that “Queen Bee” of North Shore High School. Although these two characters are both reasonably wealthy and that they are both on top of the social hierarchy, they are both very different whom share no personality similarities whatsoever. Regina (MG) is a manipulative, promiscuous teenage girl who cares about no ones feelings, however, Claire (TBC) is emotionally vulnerable, modest and kind. Although people would assume that these two characters are very much alike, due to their popularity, there could not be anything more wrong, as a matter of fact, these characters resemble more of other characters than one another. Regina’s manipulative and controlling attitude resembles John Bender. Both Regina and Bender say things that resemble one another, whether it be when they are talking about the opposite sex or clothing, in MG when Regina is trying to make Cady jealous with Aaron Samuels she says “Why do you wear your hair like that? Your hair looks so sexy pushed back. Cady, will you please tell him his hair looks sexy pushed back?” similarly, Bender says something quite similar to that quote to Claire, saying, “You're kind of sexy when you're angry.” If John Bender and Regina George were placed in the same film they would be in two completely

In Erik Erikson's stages of development, the identity vs role confusion theory coincides with Claire’s life tremendously. The identity vs role confusion is a theory where basically the question, “Who am I?” pops up to the teens head many times in order for them to find out what type of person are they. The teens usually hang out with many social groups or act a certain way in order to fit in with the norm or to feel at all comfortable with who they are. The identity vs role confusion usually involves teens who go through the ages of twelve through eighteen. In Claire’s perspective she experiences she experiences this theory in a way that she just tries to go with the flow. She just suppresses feelings just because she has no real friends or parents in her life. She has no grip on her personality

An impending identity crisis is another contributing factor in Holden 's breakdown. According to Plotnik, "Identity refers to how we describe ourselves and includes our values, goals, traits, interests and motivations" (394). Erik Erikson theorized about identity by way of "eight developmental periods during which an individual 's primary goal is to satisfy desires associated with social needs" (Plotnik 393). These stages span from infancy to old age. During adolescence, Erikson views people in the psychosocial stage of identity vs. role confusion.

Claire- being the beautiful and popular girl in the equation, she has an act for attention and was a great influence in the problems of the group, mostly by Bender making fun of here, and everyone mostly Claire and Andrew reacting. Some of the group roles that claire portrays are some task roles such as clarifying. She would state to Bender who was always being mean to her should sit down and be quite or that Mr. Vernon would catch him messing around and cause even more mayhem. She would even showcase maintenance roles such as harmonizing and relieving tension. When bender would make a messing by being outlandish she’ll tell him to shut up and be quite and when here and bender were alone in the closet they would take to each other and as well exchange a hickey, but one of the greatest roles she played was the withdrawing role. When Bender and Allison were pressuring her to reveal if she was a virgin she would avoid the question or not even say anything at all for for of them finding out. She did eventually say that she was a virgin but was heavy pressure by the group.

Cady Heron is a 16 year old teenager who moved to a small town in Chicago where she also attended Northshore High School. She was homeschooled by her parents and they also stayed in Africa for about 12 years because of her parents job but since her mom got an offer in Chicago they have to move back. Since it was her first time going to a mainstream school, it was really hard for her to adapt especially her age. It would also be her first time dealing with a lot of social rules that many teenage girls deal with today. Her first friends that she met at this new school are pretty much complete outcasts, Janice Ian Dyke and Damien, later on she finds herself crossing paths with the three most popular girls in the school called, The Plastics. Regina George who’s “The Queen Bee” of the group, leading this group of 3 girls, tries to make Cady be apart of this clique by introducing her to their crazy rules and luxury lifestyles. She told Janice and Damien that

Erik Erikson created eight stages in psychosocial development that are categorized as crises that a person will experiences at some period during the life cycle (Steinberg, 2014). In Hannah’s case, she is experiencing the fifth and sixth stage of psychosocial development. The fifth stage is Identity vs. Identity Diffusion. In this stage, adolescents are trying to discover a sense of identity (Steinberg, 2014). As an adolescent matures, he or she starts to realize and think about their place in society. For example, they start to reflect on how people view them and the different opportunities they have for their future. In order for adolescents to develop a sense of

Allison Reynolds, the “basket case” of the Breakfast Club, comes across as quite the strange character compared to her classmates. Her antics include tying a string extremely tight around her finger, standing around cooly as the rest of the Breakfast Club runs around frantically, and lying compulsively. Perhaps she is just inherently weird, enjoying being herself without any care of peer judgement, yet there’s often more to it than that. Some of her behaviorisms may just be quirks, but many of them can be evaluated and traced back to a reason. Through behaviorism analysis, it will be determined: how Allison describes herself, how others see her, and what impact her family life has on her behavior.

these girls consider shopping an art form and are quick to gossip and place their peers on the out list. Although Claire is desperate to fit in and become a part of Massie's group, she is brutally shunned by the girls. As the ringleader, Massie makes it clear to her clique that Claire is persona non grata. They engage in cruel tactics such as smearing red paint on the butt of Claire's jeans, ignoring her presence and throwing food at her. As Claire struggles to find a place for herself in her elite new surroundings she finds a way to turn the tables on Massie and alot of other things happend i just dont know what to do anymore its just way to much and i cant see alot of the peple anymore with is really sad that is why i cheated on him and

Stacey and T.J have a lot of differences and contrast between their lifestyles, and their behaviour in the story. Stacey is a thirteen year old boy who acts as an adult and a child, and isn't so happy for this school year because his mother is the teacher. T.J is an oblivious thirteen year old troublemaker whose parents are sharecroppers for a man named Harlan granger, and brings lots of trouble to the Logan family in the story . They each are good friends, but in the middle of the book they start to have some issues with trusting each other. Stacey and T.J have many differences and contrast in the story that makes them unique from one being a troublemaker and a responsible person.

Another stage of Erikson’s theory that is similar to stages of Kohlberg’s theory is identity versus identity confusion where the adolescent learns the essence of what makes them who they are from bringing together everything they have learnt and what kind of person they will be. Kohlberg’s stages that are similar is the conventional stage of good boy/ nice girl morality where the school-aged child follows rules to be accepted by those around them, and the postconventional stage of social contract orientation where the adolescent will follow society customs for the benefit of others. These three stages are closely associated as someone’s identity is usually shaped by the customs of society. People will do what is expected of them to be accepted which in turn contributes to their identity. The last similarity between the two theories is Erikson’s stage of generativity versus stagnation where the middle-aged adult broadens their concern from themselves to the community and world, and Kohlberg’s postconventional stage of universal ethical principles where the adult’s actions are determined by their own ethical principles and standards of behaviour. These two stages complement each other as a person cannot have concerns for the community and world if they do not have a sense of their own beliefs and values as a foundation. A person needs to know what they value to then go on and have concerns that

However, apart from the sexual deviations he engages in with the hospital medical staff, his ultimate object of desire is his wife Claire. She is also the object of his vindication. His metamorphosis is his plea for obliging her to gratify him in ways he was denied before. Kepesh remembers the first two years of his relationship with his second wife Claire as a time of deep affection and intense sexual prowess on his part. The last year, though, was a year of menopausal ineptness, which Kepesh remembers with a lot of remorse, “As it was, the strong lust her physical beauty had aroused in me during the first two years of our affair had been dwindling for almost a year now” (7). Actually, Kepesh regrets the fact that Claire is a “voluptuous”

Intro : When growing up we as people continue to go through stages. When growing up I hit the stage Identity vs. role confusion by Eric Erickson. This stages hits at age 12-18 years. During those years teens don’t know who they are and what their personal identity is. A person does this by exploring their personal values, beliefs and goals. The teen also wants to fit in with everyone else.