High School Stereotypes In Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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.

Identity; Romance; Segregation; Beauty; Friendship; Within the film industry’s classic interpretation of female adolescents, these elements of teen culture are typically represented. A film’s demonstration of themes such as relationship tensions or social status struggles are that which attracts the popular viewership of female adolescents, for they are personally dealing with similar experiences. Furthermore, in continually representing the aforementioned traditional elements of teen culture, the film industry seems to make it so films’ story-lines and characterizations adapt to and directly reflect the era in which the film is set. This adaptation is significantly demonstrated in the popular teen films The Breakfast Club (1985), Clueless (1995), and Mean Girls (2004) as they each clearly and diversely characterize young women based on the distinct time period and the cultural attitude towards teen girls of that time. The Breakfast Club (1985) details five high school students in Illinois, a nerd, a jock, a bad boy, a weirdo, and a

Every time that I muster up the courage to exercise it is like every part of my body bounces, like dropping a tennis ball from a fifteen story window and waiting for it to settle. My mind screams “Work harder! Obtain your goals!” while my body lags behind whining about wanting to sit on the comfortable couch at home. Unfortunately I have never been able to match those two up. The first time that I had questioned my size was in the first grade when your teacher makes you line up by height and not by name. I was easily the tallest kid in my class, towering over the little boys and girls with both my height and my stature. I remember looking back behind me and seeing all of the other kids judgmental eyes glaring at me and in my mind

This scene supports the theme “You will have to deal with life” because Julian and his family will have to deal with not having a dad and he makes a lot of the money that the family

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.

The Breakfast Club is a classic 1980’s film depicting the various lives of a group of extremely diverse high school students; each dealing with and trying to overcome their own obstacles and challenges. Despite the initial conflict between the characters due to them all coming from different backgrounds and social cliques, they soon learn that they are not all so different from one another and are each struggling with similar problems within themselves and their personal lives. They eventually learn to accept the differences between each other and realize the falseness of some of their internalized values and stereotypes that they hold against others and themselves. The Breakfast club perfectly exhibits how stereotypes effect our lives, illustrates

The movie Dope takes on some of the most controversial issues of this generation but with a surprisingly fresh and funny twist. Dope is a witty, coming-of-age type of movie about three teenagers growing up in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in L.A. With style reminiscent of 90’s movies like Boyz in the Hood, and music from some of the biggest names in early hip-hop, “Dope” follows an 18 year old African American named Malcolm in his senior year of high school on what might be the biggest adventure of his life. Malcolm and his two best friends are nerds and somewhat sheltered despite growing up in such a dangerous neighborhood. Going into their senior year, they are basically clueless when it comes to drugs and gangs. Throughout the

Ferris Bueller’s personality explains why he is a hero in the movie. Through his outward charm he charms everyone except his sister when she said “Yeah, right. Dry that one out and you can fertilize the lawn” and Rooney who told Ferris’ mother, “That’s probably because he wasn’t sick. He was skipping school. Wake up and smell the coffee, Mrs. Bueller. It is a fool’s paradise. He is just leading you down the primrose path” who can notice it. Through this, his interactions with others are rarely based with engaging with anyone genuinely. He manipulates people for his own benefit with what he understands about them. He says “the key to faking out the parents is the clammy hands. It is a good, non-specific symptom”.

At the beginning, Charlie is without friends and is rather alone. He is very gifted and quite an overthinker which expels him from the usual teenage social groups. This changes, however, when he meets Sam and Patrick at a football game. They expose him to all new experiences. Resulting from his new friendships, is his relationship with Mary Elizabeth, his experimentations with drugs, and new knowledge of being a person. During this time, he is increasingly happy because Charlie was finally living.

The story begins with Ferris lying in bed trying to convince his parents that he is too sick to go to school. He was able to successfully convince them while getting an evil stare from his sister, Jeanie. Since he does not have a car Ferris must try and convince his friend, Cameron, to come get him and enjoy the day off together. The school dean, Ed Rooney, knows Ferris is not sick so calls Ferris’s mother who confirms that he is sick. He tells her that Ferris has nine absences, but on the computer screen the absences dwindles from nine to two, Ferris changed this from his computer at home. Ferris and Cameron devise a plan to get Ferris’s girlfriend out of school. They need Cameron’s dad’s Ferrari to get her out of school and it works flawlessly. The three of them go out and explore the city of Chicago. Some of the things they did were, eat a fancy restaurant, go to a baseball game, join a parade, and visit an art museum. While they were

Ferris has a very easy-going personality and is very cool which is why everyone loves him. Considering that they started a fund for a new kidney for him. Ferris, Cameron, and Sloane spend an incredible day, skipping school, and touring the amazing city of Chicago. The first thing to look into where Ferris resides. He probably lives within a few miles of his school due to the

In every high school film, there are always the teenage stereotypes that are seen. In The Breakfast Club, the five students each represented the major stereotypes that people join with high school. Claire was considered the preppy popular girl, John was considered the bad boy, Allison was considered the weird emo girl, Andrew was considered the school’s best athlete and jock, and lastly Brian was the nerd. The crazy thing about this was that those stereotypes didn't even match the students, those stereotypes are what they used to hide their real identities. John wasn’t the real bad boy, he was insecure and scared. Claire didn't like being popular because she hated to agree with everyone, she wanted to be herself but she couldn't around certain people. Brian didn’t want to be the nerd, but his parents made him become one. Brian was just as cool and chill as the other students but he could never show

Breakfast Club film contained a wide variety of behavior and stereotypes. Each person had their own 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.

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it. I do have a test today, that wasn't bull-sh*t. It's on European socialism. I mean really, what's the point. I'm not European. I don't plan on being European, so who gives a crap if they're socialists. They could be fascist anarchists and it still wouldn't change the fact that I don't own a car” (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off). This movie quote from 1986 continues to make an appearance thirty years after it’s creation, not only as just a quote, but as a film that youth and adults alike continue to agree and relate with. The film is continuously cited in yearbooks as senior quotes are published. The film follows a rebellious high-school senior on his ninth

He feels lonely, blames himself for his aunt’s death, abuses substances at parties, and has thoughts of suicide. Before he returns to the mental hospital, the camera shows him reaching for a knife. This moment suggests he would have committed suicide if his sister had not sent the police to his house. His depression could have been caused from his PTSD and feelings of loneliness. He was lonely on the first day of highschool because his best friend had also committed suicide the May before. He even describes to his new friends, “I didn’t think that anyone noticed me” (Perks of Being a Wallflower). He describes himself as “getting bad again” when his best friend dies, when he has not seen his friends for two weeks, and when his friend group leaves for college. These are all times when he may have been feeling lonely. He reveals his PTSD and depression through his relationships as well. Charlie is close to his family and reveals he has not spoken to anyone outside his family since the school year, but he meets seniors who help him find his way. He is loving, caring, and thankful for his friends and is sad when they leave, and he even stands up for them after they had asked Charlie to stay