Stereotypes In The Breakfast Club

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.

The Breakfast Club is a movie about five students from Shermer High School who gather on a Saturday to sit through eight hours of detention. These five students; Andrew Clark, Claire Standish, John Bender, Allison Reynolds and Brian Johnson, have nothing in common. The Breakfast Club zooms in on the high school social groups and cliques that are often seen in the development of peer groups during adolescents. The peer groups that are portrayed in The Breakfast Club include, John “the criminal”, Claire “the Princess”, Allison “the Basket case”, Brian “the Brain”, and Andrew “the athlete”. The movie centers around an essay that Principle Vernon wants each student to write regarding who they think they are. In the beginning of the film, the

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

Five teens, five different cliques, one eight-hour Saturday detention. These is the basics of The Breakfast Club. Through spending the day with one another Allison, Andrew, Brian, Claire and John realize there isn’t much difference between them, and the differences that are between them aren’t too important. Watching The Breakfast Club is a great way to learn about adolescents. You have five, very different -yet very similar- adolescents to observe along with what they do together. In observing them you can understand how they’re beginning to cognitively develop from children to adults

The Breakfast Club movie is about five high school students from Shemer High School with different backgrounds. It’s the story of “a brain (Brian), an athlete (Andrew), a basket case (Allison), a princess (Claire) and a criminal (Bender).” The purpose of the movie is to captive the feelings and perspectives on what other people have experienced and learned from each other. The analysis about The Breakfast Club is about the common insecurities and challenges of the teenager during high school. The Breakfast club is a movie to convey emotions, fears, and companionship that everyone can relate to. However, with new knowledge comes new perspective and emotions. This movie opens up a world of abstract thoughts because none of the five students know each other and it helps to create an interpersonal communication, they revealed to each other how their lives actually are. This movie is about Social Judgment Theory, Interpersonal conflict, self-disclosure, Social Comparison Theory and an unresolved life conflicts of a teenager life by finding their identities.

The movie The Breakfast Club was released in 1985, and is based on a group of five high school students from stereotypical cliques; the popular, jock, nerd and the outcasts, who all wind up stuck together for Saturday detention. Throughout the movie many themes present themselves such as teenage rebellion, peer pressure and family issues as the students get to know each other. The most prominent theme throughout the movie is the student’s placement in the social structure of the school. From the very different reasons why they are in detention to the way that they are all treated differently by the principle, their social placement is evident.

Stereotype; a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. In the realistic fiction novel, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, and in the short story, “Geeks Bearing Gifts”, written by Ron Koertge, stereotypes are defied by ordinary people. In The Outsiders, Johnny Cade and Darry Curtis face many struggles throughout their lives. Their town in separated into two: the rich and dangerous Socs, and the quiet, tough Greasers. For them, living dangerously is a reality. As a result of their lifestyle, Johnny has become fearful and Darry is considered the toughest man in the gang. In “Geeks Bearing Gifts” aspiring journalist, Renee, interviews her fellow classmates who are classified as “outcasts.” After meeting several students, she realizes her assumptions were incorrect about them. After reading both of these stories, the reader learns that our thoughts about others often revolve around stereotypes and assumptions, but most of these ideas that we have about other people are proven wrong.

Released in 1985, The Breakfast Club depicts five high school students from Illinois as they spend a Saturday together in detention. Prior to their arrival, John Bender, Claire Standish, Andy Clark, Brian Johnson, and Allison Reynolds had not met, nor would they have associated with one another on a typical day in high school. After spending nine hours together, however, the group of vastly different adolescents break down emotional barriers, manage to build a sense of intimacy, and some establish dating relationships by the day’s end (Hughes et al., 1985). The film illustrated a rather realistic portrait of adolescence in several topical domains.

The movie The Breakfast Club takes viewers on a comedic tour of the ups and downs of adolescence. The Breakfast Club, directed by John Hughes, focuses on the events that unfold between five very different high school students during a Saturday detention. Even though the movie was shot in the 1980 's the characters portrayal is still relatable in a way to a lot of people today. Director John Hughes takes us on a comedic ride with what seems like another typical "teen movie" while still portraying a few life lessons along the way and exposing some truths behind stereotyping.

The Breakfast Club is a film that exhibits many dynamics within society which are then displayed throughout school systems. Throughout watching this, I was able to relate some of these sociological groups to my own experiences within high school and analyze sociological elements and themes within the film.

The Breakfast Club is about a group of five teenagers that portray different stereotypes of the athlete, the brain, the princess, the basket case and the criminal. They are all sent to detention at their school on a Saturday morning in order to write a letter about who each of them think they are and what sent them to detention. Throughout the entire afternoon they start from being

Andrew Clark is one of the main characters in Breakfast Club. He was one of the main characters, but he was not the loudest or most talkative one, he only talked when other people talked to him or when someone was doing something they shouldn’t be doing. He was the most mature out of all the actors in the movie, he was a leader and took control if something got out of hand. He was a popular kid in school, he was on the wrestling team, varsity too. When John, another main character, was mean and offensive to people, Andrew would stick up for them. He was the best kid in school out of everyone in the film, he wanted to be as good as he could be and didn’t want to get in trouble and lose a spot on the Wrestling team.

The interesting, classic old fashion American film directed by John Hughes and also written by Ned Tanen called the Breakfast Club is a well known movie realised on the 2nd of May 1985. The movie is about 5 kids called Brian, Andrew, Claire, Allison and John who are stuck in detention with the nasty, mean and evil vice principal for different reasons. Together they get to know each other having lots of fights with each other at first but then in the end, everyone knows each other so well that they are all best of friends. It is one of the best movies in which uses lots off different variety of scenes and acting of particular personalities to be able to stereotypes of the six characters. One stereotype in particular is shown a lot across the

They were five students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday in detention together in their high school library. At 7 a.m., they had nothing to say to one another, but by 4 p.m., they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. To the outside world they were simply a Brain, an Athlete, a Basket Case, a Princess, and a Criminal, but to each other, they would always be the Breakfast Club.. I’m am going talk about what 3 characters I can identify with the most, their challenges and how they overcame in the movie and how they interact with one another.

They also found out that they all have strained relationships with their parents : Allison’s parents leave her because of their own problems, Andrew’s father criticizes his effort in wrestling even when he’s trying his best, John’s dad verbally and physically abuses him, Brian’s parents put pressure on him to earn high grades, and Claire’s parents always use her to get back at each other in their frequent arguments. They realize even with their differences, they also have similar pressure and problems in life. They began to form friendship when Claire gave Allison a makeover to show her how beautiful she is, and her new look made Andrew speechless, sparks a new interest in him. Claire kissed John in the closet and gave him a hickey to break the stereotypes people gave her. They suspect that their relationship will end after detention but it will forever change the way they look at each other afterwards. When the detention almost ends, John went back to the storage to fool Mr.Vernon that he hasn’t left and Brian finished the essays for everyone, he signed it as “The Breakfast Club”. As everyone left the school, Andrew and Allison kissed, so did Claire and John. Allison took a batch from Andrew’s jacket to keep and Claire gave John an earring that the she was wearing. John raises his fist in the air as he walked