Essay about Psychoanalysis of Brian from "The Breakfast Club"

Perhaps no other film changed so drastically Hollywood's perception of the horror film as did PSYCHO. More surprising is the fact that this still unnerving horror classic was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, a filmmaker who never relied upon shock values until this film. Here Hitchcock indulged in nudity, bloodbaths, necrophilia, transvestism, schizophrenia, and a host of other taboos and got away with it, simply because he was Hitchcock.

The film, Edward Scissorhands, directed by Tim Burton is about a man who has scissors instead of hands. Edward is isolated from the community and objectified for a significant part of his life and when he abstains a visit, he has taken advantage of. Agnate The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Edward Scissorhands declares that all have inherent dignity and that people deserve to endure being treated equally in a loving and caring environment.

Besides that, in reference to Kohlberg’s stages of moral reasoning, I classified John Bender in level three of the stage, which is the post conventional morality stage. It is because, we can see that Bender always do things that is considered wrong, for example, smoking cannabis, vandalism and being rude to older adults even though he knows what he did are wrong (self-chosen principles). On the other hand, Brian can be categorized in level two (conventional reasoning), stage four (social system morality). We can clearly see it when John Bender wants to remove the screws of the door in the library, Brian agitatedly yells and asked Bender to stop doing it and do not mess with school property. It shows that Brian believes that breaking rules is a wrong thing

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He is subject to domestic abuse by his father and is a drug user, storing marijuana in his locker. This reflects on his attitude. He is intimidating to the others and calls out the others for how lucky they are and makes fun of them for being soft. Him and claire will hate each other one minute and like each other the next. At the end they end up together. Andrew Clarke is a person that who is not afraid to stand up to people who either hunting him or his friend. Andrew is confident on the outside, but on the inside he wasn't sure who he was because he committed to stay as who he is right now, if he were to change then he would be disappointing his father. He is basically kind hearted, well mannered, and despite what seems like a lack of confidence will stand up for himself. He also knows that what he did to Larry Lester was wrong. Andrew's true compassion and good heart shows when he admits that he felt bad for doing, and ashamed because he knew that the nerdy boy would have to go home and face his father after the humiliation. He treats the other characters well besides John Bender which they always get into heated arguments. Brian Johnson portrays the high school nerd and he belongs to the subcultural group of what his peers call “geeks”. is seen as an intelligent and happy individual to others. But in reality brain is not happy with his life. He is constantly pressured by his parents to do well in school and his expectation for the future soon become out of his reach. When Brian is overloaded with this constant pressure it backfires upon a bad grade he receives. Brains self-confidence is shattered as his dependable great marks have failed to give him motivation. He treats all characters nicely because he looks up to them and sees them as his

According to Erikson, Manny’s psychosocial crisis at 16 (adolescence) would be ego identity versus role confusion.

The breakfast club was to say the least a boring 80’s movie. But it was a good movie for the purpose of analysis. Simply put, it will not be on my list of movies to rent next time that I am at the rental store. I chose to explain the points of view of Andrew, the jock, and Allison the loner/quite person. I will also be making use of the key terms Clique Groups, and Identity Crisis.

“Strength lies in differences’ not similarities.” (Stephen Covey) Evidently this is not believed to be the case in the society of Tim Burton’s “Edward Scissorhands”. It is undoubtedly clear to anyone who has watched the film that it is absolutely jam-packed with critiques on society, on how it runs and how it treats those who do not fit in. A few of the comments that Burton makes that stick out the most include; firstly that society takes things that are different, uses them and throws them away once they’re no longer useful.

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During our lives, everyone goes through a change and evolves in different ways. However, in the field of psychology as far as development, the process of growing and maturing has been previously linked only with childhood. One of the first theorists Erik Erickson felt that development continues throughout life. Erickson believes that each stage in life resembles to specific opportunities that the society might have. Erickson’s theory defines the impact of social involvement across the entire lifespan. Each stage of Erikson’s stages is unique in their own way. Erikson decided to present eight different stages of the psychosocial crisis for almost each age group.

In 1960 one black and white movie shocked us all. This movie attacked our minds and our hearts in one of the most vulnerable places in what is considered to be one of the greatest and most epic scenes of all time. Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho made women and even some men afraid take a shower. This movie was the first of its kind and gave birth to a whole new genre of movies, the slasher film. Without this movie Freddie Kruger, Jason, Michael, Leatherface, and all of the other psycho killers would cease to exist. All these killers, even Ghost Face from Scream owe Norman Bates a huge debt of gratitude. If it wasn’t for him these killers would not exist Norman Bates was the first of the masked psycho killers.

In life there are a number of challenges that everyone will go through. This is a part of discovering who they are and what they want to do with themselves. To help explain these differences, Erikson introduced his development theory. This helps to address some of the challenges and needs that person will go through at particular stages in their lives. To fully understand these phases there will be a focus on two characters from the film The Breakfast Club and contrasting them with Erikson's theory. Together, these different elements will provide specific insights that will highlight the transformations and challenges that everyone will go through during the course of their lives.

Entrails torn from the body with bare hands, eyes gouged out with razor blades, battery cables, rats borrowing inside the human body, power drills to the face, cannibalism, credit cards, business cards, Dorsia, Testoni, Armani, Wall Street; all of these things are Patrick Bateman’s world. The only difference between Bateman and anybody else is what is repulsive to Bateman and what is repulsive to the rest of the world. Bateman has great interest in the upper class life, fashions, and social existence, but at the same time he is, at times, sickened by the constant struggle to be one up on everybody else. On the other hand Bateman’s nightlife reveals a side of him never seen during the day. Bateman is relaxed, impulsive, and confident

by three years old. He speaks clearly and with expression. Brian is able to express his feelings

Fight Club is a movie that is based on a Chuck Palahniuk novel of the same name. The movie adaptation was written by Jim Uhls, directed by David Fincher and released October 15, 1999. The movie is about the life of the narrator, a depressed insomniac who works as a recall coordinator for an automobile company. The narrator is refused medication by his doctor, he turns to attending a series of support groups for different illnesses and uses these support groups for emotional release and this helps to temporarily cure his insomnia. This newfound cure ceases to help him when a girl, Marla Singer who is not a victim of any illness for which the support groups are offered begins to attend the support groups. The narrator returns from a business