Claire In The Breakfast Club

In the first 10 minutes of MG, we are introduced to all of the different cliques (friendship groups) in the school, these include, “Freshmen, Preps, Jocks, Asian Nerds, Cool Asians, Varsity Jocks, Unfriendly Black Hotties, Girls Who Eat Their Feelings, Girls Who Don't Eat Anything, Desperate Wannabes, Burnouts, Sexually Active Band Geeks and The Plastics.” In the Breakfast Club, we are only exposed to the cliques that are in detention, “a Brain, and an Athlete, and a Basket Case, a Princess, and a Criminal.” Cliques and friendship groups have different stereotypes and this is shown very clearly in both TBC and MG. The cliques in Mean Girls are based on a stereotypical American High School environment, the cliques in MG have all different roles, when first introduced to all of the cliques, the most prominent attribute that is all of the different cliques are doing something different that would result to a stereotype being instantly made, the same goes for TBC when all of the main characters are first introduced into the scene, Claire - with not a hair out of place and a father who tells her not to skip school to go shopping, making her look like a “princess”, Brian - with the overbearing mother who is constantly on his back to study during detention, making him look like the “brain”, Andrew - with a state varsity jumper on and a father who is yelling about not being able to get an athletics

While they fit in their own separate, but broad, categories, these teens can be put into two broader categories: popular and unpopular. Andrew and Claire both fall under the popular category, while John, Allison, and Brian would all be considered unpopular. While in the movie the teens

In all of our lives there are goals we have, values we possess, and strengths and weaknesses that make us who we are. All of us, no matter if we are a jock, or a brain, someone who succeeds in education, or someone who wants so badly to get out, face barriers in our lives. Some of us come from broken families, some us of come from abusive situations, but all of us have a unique and individual story. At the heart of this story are the struggles we have experienced, the people we have associated ourselves with, and the lessons we have learnt along the way. Such can be said about my own life, and the lives of the characters from the Breakfast Club. The characters from the Breakfast Club that I feel most represent me are: Claire Standish (The

Claire Standish is the typical popular, mainstream, and rich prom ruler at her high school. When she decided to ditch school and instead go to the mall she got served a Saturday Detention . Claire’s parents also don't have the best relationship and they mostly use Claire as an excuse to get at each other's throats. Claire is stuck up, snooty, and has clearly stated that she will not hang out with you if your so called not popular at school. In the movie she also states that she her decisions mostly are not based on her own feelings, but her peers and parents feelings or so called, peer pressure.

Over these past few weeks, I have been reading the book, Unfriended by Rachel Vail. In the novel, the main character Truly gets put into a situation just like every other 8th grade teenage girl may deal with. She gets invited to the popular table. She was already friends with one of the girls, Natasha. However, once Natasha dumped Truly, the only one that was there for her was Hazel. Hazel gets a little odd when it comes to popularity, so when Natasha asked Truly to sit with them, Hazel got very defensive. Truly had to make a decision between the populars and the “losers” who turn out to be her ex-best friends. However, does Truly know what it takes to be one of the populars? Are they really trying to be her friend, or is Natasha just messing with Truly to humiliate her? Truly starts to find out the real story on why she was invited with the populars, and she quickly realizes she doesn’t need to pretend to be someone she is not.

Claire Standish played the status of the “Princess”, as shown in the movie, is a girl that is stuck up and has been

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.

The reinforcement for Clair’s behavior was mainly dependent on the approval she received from her popular peer group. She has a notion that she needs to be “popular” or approved in order to be seen as better in her school. Reinforcement would also be abiding by her parents so she is able to shop with her families wealth. After she had bought something materialistic, it makes her feel good. There was a battle of the reinforcement values in this movie. One was, as stated above, to seek approval of her older known peers known to be stuck-up, condescending, and popular. The other is reinforcement of a more positive virtue. This virtue is as stated, thinking independently and

There’s a perfect mold that society has created for us as teenagers to fit into. Individuality is a trait that is often forgotten amongst teens. We walk into school everyday and compare ourselves to the “popular crowd”, longing to dress, act, and be like them. In The Glass Castle, Jeannette was ridiculed and bullied for being different. Similar to Jeannette, I have always aimed to have a ton of friends, own cute clothes, and have as many people as possible like me.

In the film The Breakfast Club, Deviance and Conformity to the norms are used throughout the film to help viewers understand the Labeling Theory and how it connects to the behavior of adolescents. Deviance simply put is the departing of social norms and and values in social situations while the Labeling Theory can be defined as that people generate their own self image solely based upon what others think of themselves which leads to poor self image and feelings about themselves and others around them. The Labeling Theory is applied in The Breakfast Club because it appears that all the characters feel like they already know everything about one another solely based on who they really are when they all first meet. In the film, we start to get an idea of exactly who the characters really are inside. In the first few minutes we start to understand that there is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal but by the end of the film we start to understand that the individuals are all different than what they seem. It feels like only in high school, you really care about how others perceive you, how you’re labeled and you’d do anything to just prove that you’re not some loser who spends time alone feeling bad for themselves. An example throughout the film is how defensive Claire acts when Bender is teasing her for all she has. By the end of the film, we start to understand that Claire does everything she can to get respect from her peers.

The film tries to mimic some aspects of a public high school. There are some elements of cliques throughout the movie, which a typical high school tends to have. These groups are usually people that have a common interest, mainly being a friend group. In the movie, certain cliques are shown in the lunchroom: the plastiques, the jocks, and the Asian nerds. So, when Cady moves to the new school, it is difficult for her to fit in just like being new at any high school. The movie is also realistic in the way it shows the types of friends some people may have in high school. When Cady joined the plastiques, Regina George, the head of the plastiques tells her that she has a lovely bracelet. Cady rejoices at the moment, but later Regina comments on someone else's skirt while immediately turning to

Second, while discussing her attitude, Claire discloses feeling substantial pressure from her friends, admitting that she hates doing what they say (Hughes et al., 1985). This is a realistic example of how clique member’s ensure conformity and strengthen cohesiveness (Arnett 2013).

Claire Standish or “the princess” portrays the stereotypical popular teenage girl in The Breakfast Club. She is in detention with everyone else because she decided to skip class and go shopping, which also plays into the stereotypical teen girl image. It can also be assumed that she is spoiled and rich since her father tried to get her out of detention but failed, and she mentions to the group that her parents only use her to get back at the other one. She brings a fancy lunch of sushi while the other teens either have nothing or the standard lunch one’s parents might pack for them. There are a couple of times in the movie that she brings up her social standing and could even be considered as looking down on those who are not as popular as her. Even closer towards the end of the movie she informs the others that if they were to say hello to her in the hallway in front of her friends, she would have no choice but to ignore them. By the end of the movie, she has opened up to everyone else about her fears of letting her peers down and has formed a close relationship with Bender.

John Hughes's The Breakfast Club is one of film history’s most iconic and renowned movies and is a cornerstone of 1980’s pop-culture. The Breakfast Club showcases five unique high school students who all unfortunately find themselves imprisoned in an all-day Saturday detention. The students go as following: Claire (a pretty girl), Brian (the nerd), John (the bad boy), Andrew (an athlete), and Allison (the strange, goth girl). These students come from very different backgrounds and social settings which proves to spark many conflicts between them as well as with their supervisor Mr. Vernon. But through this conflict they find similarities between themselves, and after spending nine hours locked up together, they find resolution within themselves and with their new friends. Psychology can explain why this happened as well as what caused other events to occur. This paper will examine four different psychological phenomena: stereotypes, conformity/normative social influence, ingroup versus outgroup/superordinate goals, and the various causes of attraction.

“We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all.” This is a quote from one of the main characters from this film. This film is an older one and came out in the year, 1985. It centers around five high school students who spend their Saturday in detention. Each of the five students signifies a stereo type, that are displayed in schools. The characters are John who is known as the criminal, Claire as the princess, Andrew known as the athlete or jock, Brian as the brain/nerd, and lastly, Allison is known as the basket case. We are also introduced to Richard Vernon the school principal and Carl the janitor. It helps us to remember that no matter how I may observe a student to be, there could be a very good chance, there will be some darker parts that are just waiting to be shared with others, they could be just waiting for someone to ask.