Stereotypes In The Breakfast Club

Judging someone by their cover seems like something we would never do. Yet, we seem to do it without a care. In fact, in the book To Kill a Mockingbird; there are many characters that without knowing actually made judgement. There are many judgements drawn towards the main character Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson. They judge Boo on the way he lives.

It has not been too long ago that I still remember my adolescent years. I always remember the unintelligent things I did that I wish could change, but this Psychology class made me realize that all adolescents go through the same things I experienced. Adolescents are known to try to find their identity, go through peer pressure, make mistakes, and try new things. The move I picked that closely represented what adolescents go through was “Mean Girls”. Some of the scenes in the movie seem a little exaggerated, but it has happened in certain high schools even though I had not experienced it personally.

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

We have all seen them in TV shows, movies, and music videos from the day. Greasers were heavily stereotyped gang members in the 40s and 50s that were known for their greased hair, switchblades, and leather jackets. How many of those are inaccurate, for greasers are not the only group that have been wrongfully stereotyped. One fictional greaser that has been stereotyped is Ponyboy, the fourteen year old narrator and main character of the popular novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Ponyboy is wrongfully stereotyped to be dumb, rough, and a criminal as are the rest of the greasers.

The Outsiders which is set in 1967 in a greaser neighborhood in Tulsa Oklahoma is a novel written by one protagonist who’s the main character, Ponyboy Curtis. On the other hand, The Breakfast Club set in 1985 in the Sherman High school library Chicago is a film with not one but five characters who tell the story of their lives as particular stereotypes.The Outsiders live in a world where the only places they can really feel that they fit in are the Drive in,The lot and the Park but with The breakfast club there stuck in a high school so really all they had was the Library the gym and the hallways.The Outsiders is mainly a male focused novel with only a few female characters, meanwhile The Breakfast club is both male and female focused. One

What Are Stereotypes Have you ever judged anybody without getting to knowing them. According to google dictionary A stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. We treat people the way we do because of stereotypes. In the article Holocaust and Human Behavior it talks about why we use stereotypes.

I choose to watch the breakfast club movie and relate it back to the stereotypes that are displayed throughout the movie. I am going to focus on several different things that I saw throughout the movie such as stereotypes, deviance, socialization, and family.

The breakfast club, an amazing movie to watch that breaks down stereotypes through the amazing representation of film. Film isn’t just a movie it’s a movie with many hidden meanings. This essay will explore how the director, John Hughes, illustrates code throughout the film.

I have read a book called ‘The Joy Luck Club’ by Amy Tan recently, and it is about stereotyping. Amy Tan was an American born Chinese, who experienced being stereotyped very often through out her life, and she explained how she had been stereotyped and how she stereotyped others in her novel. She mentioned the fact that she had been stereotyped so often actually affect the way she think about things, and it is very fascinating to find out whether stereotyping will affect other people’s concept. This book interested me on further investigation towards stereotyping, and made me to keep an eye on the stereotypes around me. It is very interesting to find out that stereotyping has a such great impact on our community and the way people think, it can have an impact on community in different perspectives, not only personally, but also globally.

I can barely hear myself think over the constant roaring of the student body as we pile into the lunchroom. I take a glance around the room as I make my way towards a table in the back, seeing everyone else make their way towards their usual tables as well. As cliché as it seems, most people sit with those who are like them – the popular girls sit together and talk about homecoming or boys, the football players sit side by side talking about their upcoming game, and the band kids huddle around their sheet music, using their lunch break as practice.

The parts played by stars in the movie are directed in such a way that we can realize and see the difference in teen's behavior. After watching the movie, you will can find the difference in mentality of teenagers. The reviews and opinion given by experts about the movie describes that we are always neglecting the teens because they need more support at that

While watching the movie, I truly experienced an emotional roller-coaster. At times, I was laughing hysterically with the trio; at times, I was moved to tears. Despite the redundant number of clichés, the movie grasps the essence of adolescence: a period where teenagers struggle to get a better understanding of the world and themselves. Although the movie’s frankness in depicting teenage problems might be a target of criticism; for me, it only brings up memories of my high school years.

As sad as it is that teens are bullied and their doing things that are before their time like smoking and drinking, these things will always be around for generations to come. Just look at when this movie was produced in comparison to now. Thirteen years have passed but teenagers are still being introduced to the same things that were portrayed in the movie. And now I’d say it may be even worse because of how popular social media is today. Now teenagers are introduced to even more due to the things being promoted or show through television, smart phones, computers etc. If more positive messages could be portrayed through media then I feel as though the generations to come could have a better chance at going through middle school and high school with different mindsets and influences. It can start with the ones who witnessed the all the bad and want to see better for the

Films have created a false reflection of teens. Teens are falsely portrayed in films because there exists a prevailing idea that teens revolve their lives around sex and partying. Teenagers are also inaccurately portrayed because films attempt to dictate what teenagers value. While some teens do engage in these activities, not all teens revolve their lives around sex and partying. Instead, teens have begun to revolve their lives around school and have created educational goals for themselves that will open

A movie that defines many of the issues adolescents are faced with is Rebel Without a Cause. For example, when Jim Stark repeatedly asks his father “what do you do when you have to be a man?” we see how Jim is dealing with Erikson’s stage of identity versus role confusion. Still only in high school, Jim is trying to figure out what stage in his life defines him as a man by his family and culture. He finds that although he may be gaining more privileges year by year, he is still under the control of his parents. There are also examples of risky behavior in this movie when Buzz challenges some thugs to a knife fight and when the teenagers engage in a game that involved jumping out of a car as late as possible before it goes over a cliff. Part of their logic behind doing this, as explained in the previous paragraph is because their brains were not yet fully developed and they felt as if they were indestructible. Lastly, there is also an example of peer pressure in the movie when Jim decides to engage in the knife fight after the thugs call him a “chicken”. Jim wanted to show his friends and others around him that he was not afraid to turn down a challenge and would do anything to beat these thugs, even if he secretly had some doubt in his mind. There are also other examples of peer pressure such as when the teenagers