Family In The Breakfast Club

The mother in “The Other Family”, by Himani Bannerji, has numerous static traits. Perhaps one of her most dominant traits being affection. It is clear various times in the text that she is affectionate when she felt “sorry that she was putting such a heavy burden on such young shoulders” (Bannerji 2). Before, she had also said that she did not want “frighten [her daughter]”(Bannerji 2). She even manifests panic just from thinking of potentially losing her daughter. Her second most evident trait is loneliness. The mother displays loneliness when she sometimes is “unsettled” with the news contained in “letters that [arrived] from home”(Bannerji 1). This could most likely be that the letters may be about certain people or things she misses from

Is the importance of family becoming less and less valued by the people in today’s society? In America today, the way we value and view things is far from becoming anything even close to the society/values that are portrayed in the novel Brave New World. We are far from Brave New World because in America we have very strong values on family, how important it is for childhood, and the mental effects they have on us.

New norms of what is perceived as a family are emerging, according to Kaakinen, each distinct, with its own set of characteristics defining a healthy family (Kaakinen, Coehlo, Steele, Tabacco, & Hanson, 2015, pg. 37). Based on current demographic indicators, nursing must adapt to these evolving changes, to effectively identify real and potential risks affecting both the health and safety of the family unit.

When comparing Bender to Brian Johnson; the character portrayed as the 'brain ' or the nerd of the group, it

Dysfunction and volatility is common amongst families. These families dislike their kin and often resent them. In the play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams, the Politt family does not function as a normal family. Brick, Maggie, and Big Daddy are three members of the family that have the most problems that affect the whole family.

As time goes on, Allison begins to open up more towards the other characters, we see that even though she appears to be really weird she is actually pretty similar to the other kids and is just a little misunderstood. The primary example of when she deviates from her stereotype is when she gets a makeover from Claire and changes into much brighter, more feminine clothing. Another, less popular character in the movie, is Brian. Brian plays the role of the nerd in the group and is highly respectful, polite, intelligent, a little dorky, and generally always follows the rules. He displays these characteristics in the beginning of the film when we first meet him and he’s talking to his mother about how no matter what, he needs to find a way to study during his detention. He also exhibits this in the library; he’s very respectful towards Mr. Vernon and is clearly there just to do what he’s expected to do. However, Brian also makes it very clear that he is unhappy with himself because of the fact that he always follows the rules because he feels like he never does anything for himself or just for fun.

His parents are very permissive, maybe even to the extent of uninvolved. They call him stupid and worthless. This is accompanied by abuse. Bender acts resilient, but I believe that it actually hurts him and makes him think poorly of himself. For Christmas his parents gave him a pack of cigarettes. Not only do they insult and abuse him, but they also encourage him to partake in bad activities, like smoking. Bender must figure out his own values in life because he cannot take those of his parents. I think he knows that they are wrong, but does not know what else to do and is struggling to figure out who to be in

The Breakfast Club was a movie about five very different characters, Claire, Andrew, Brian, Allison, and John Bender. Claire was a popular girl, Andrew was a wrestler (jock), Brian was intellectually gifted, Allison was a basket case, and John Bender was a rebel. On the outside they seem like very different people, in fact they were all socially opposite, but they also shared so much.

The Breakfast Club is an inspiring tale of five adolescents: Brian, Andrew, Claire, John Bender, and Allison, from diverse backgrounds that unite over a course of eight grueling hours in mandatory Saturday detention. These five individuals come from different social groups and a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds are present, but in the end they discover that they are more alike than they assumed.

Almost everyone knows that “perfect” family that they perceive never has any conflicts within it, and they often use that family as a cookie cutter to shape their own. What people frequently don’t know is that behind the closed doors of that household, there are rebellious teenagers and fighting parents. In the case of the Clutters they are the town’s icon for a flawless, midwestern family. If the town of Holcomb dug just a little bit deeper into their rolemodels’ lives, only then could they notice the life draining depression and the lies of the children that takes place in the home of the Clutters. Throughout In Cold Blood, Truman Capote displays to the reader through the characters Mr. Clutter, Nancy, and Mrs. Clutter that perfection is only a delusion that no one can fully achieve.

I chose Andrew as my character because his story was the most interesting and relatable to me. Andrew appears to be your typical high school jock basking in the light of popularity with a life revolving around sports. But when you take a deeper look at his character, you can see that there’s much more to his story than what he shows. He’s constantly trying to prove himself to his father and be the best for him. This is the exact reason that he’s in the Breakfast club to begin with.

Based on the “Breakfast Club” our group chooses the Character John Bender. Bender’s feature role was that of a monopolist. He was the one who took control of the group, talk incessantly, and disrupted the group with his aggressive and disruptive behavior.

Brian wants to develop a friendship with Claire, Andy, John, and Allison. Since detention is boring Brian tries to fit in with whatever the rest of them are doing. They sit together in a circle on the floor, getting to know a little bit about each other. During their talks they find out that they have some things in common. They have similarities in their feelings about their parents.

Allison Willis was known by the name of Ali to her friends and she too was a high school dropout. Allison had many outbursts and often times acted crazy but her parents seldom said or did anything because they felt it related back to when she was raped at the age of fourteen. Lisa introduced Bobby and Allison in a selfish attempt to better the relationship that she (Lisa) had with Marty.

What is family in your opinion? Family can be a source of support, compassion, optimism, love and happiness, but family can also be a cause of depression, betrayal, hurt and pain. Family is not always determined based on having the same DNA but it is the relationships that people can make or have with one another. Family can consist of several different people like, friends, co-workers, classmates, a community, etc... Some family members can be your worst enemies because they have the most information of secrets to bring a relative down. Being able to trust a person, depend on them, and be carefree is a person that can be valued as being a part of a family. In the movie Little Miss Sunshine, their dysfunctional family is loving, supportive, optimistic and motivating. The movie is filled with humor about a modern middle-class family that is about to encounter a financial catastrophe but in the midst of their struggles they still find the beauty in life and the meaning in life. The beginning of the movie Richard, the father is giving a motivational speech about winning, he states “There are two types of people in this world, winners and losers”.(Little Miss Sunshine) Richard is a protagonist motivational speaker that is obsessed with winning. He is so consumed with achieving that he ridicules his family for not being perfect throughout the film. Richard trying to build up the ideal life or what he thinks is the ‘American Dream’ around himself. He chooses to ignore aspects of the life around him that he sees as unacceptable or out of sync with his ideal lifestyle, trying instead to fulfil his role as the authorative head of the family and provider. Sheryl is the mother who is optimist, she is always giving words of encouragement even when Richard is trying to bring down his family and she is all about being truly honest. Frank is the brother of Sheryl whom at the beginning attempts to commit suicide due to a broken heart and losing his standing as Americas pre-eminent Proust Scholar. Dwayne is the son of Richard and Sheryl and is committed to joining the air force. He also is very committed that he takes a vow of silence until he gets into the air force, but then he finds out he is color blind and breaks his