The Breakfast Club

The novel ‘the outsiders’ is making the same point about friendship as the film ‘rebel without a cause’ as they both convey the idea that during this time, friendship was very important to all teenagers as they are more independent and spend more time away from their families, and aren’t as close.

In the Breakfast Club, there are many cognitive advancements that are conveyed. The biggest cognitive advancements that takes place throughout the film are abstract thought, hypothetical thought and multidimensional thought. The movie centers on the essay that the students need to write, “Who do you think you are.” This question requires the group of students to think about their experiences, formulate ideas, acknowledge their knowledge, awareness and reflect on their experiences. The film illustrates how the adolescents thinking changes from concrete thinking- judging their peers and their own lives, to abstract thinking- viewing similarities between the characters and understanding the differences in their lives while showing empathy.

Throughout the movie, Brian goes through the Identity Foreclosure, Identity Moratorium and Identity Achievement statues of James Marcia’s identity statuses theory. When Brian lives up to his obedient, “Good Citizen,” nerd image, he’s in the Identity Foreclosure status since he unquestioningly adopts his parents’ and society's visions, values and roles. He follows rules, questions rebelliousness and allows others to view him as weak for being a geek. Then, he transitions into an Identity Moratorium status where he delays his commitment to being the Brain and explores “alternative ideologies” and sides to himself when he smokes weed and connects to the troubles and philosophies of the rest of the Breakfast Club (Weiten, 457). Finally, at the end of the movie, Brian achieves the Identity Achievement status where he grows closer to a sense of identity and direction after “thinking through alternative possibilities,” or hanging out with the rest of the Breakfast Club (Weiten, 457). After being accepted by others, Brian builds his self-esteem and values his life despite his failures once and for all.

Brian Johnson, or the “Brain,” in the movie The Breakfast Club, possess thought processes evident in Piaget’s Formal Operational Period stage in his theory of cognitive development. During Piaget’s Formal Operational Period, people begin to “apply their mental operations to abstract concepts in addition to concrete objects;” their thinking is hypothetical, systematic, reflective and logical (Weiten, 448). Brian asks himself existential questions like “Who do I think I am? Who are you? Who are you?” as he brainstorms Mr. Vernon’s assignment for the students in detention; these thoughts are abstract. His thought processes are also logical since he’s extremely intelligent; being part of the math, Latin and physics club requires some advanced thinking skills. Additionally, he understands how concrete applications like engineering stem from abstract concepts like Trigonometry. He also reasoned that if he took a class like Shop that “dopes” take, he could pass that class easily to maintain his GPA; such reasoning requires complex thinking. Finally, his thinking is reflective, especially when he ponders the permanence of the Breakfast Club’s friendship and describes how he steps outside himself to analyze what he sees. Unfortunately, when he observes himself, he’s highly critical and despises his “true” self; he possess a highly negative view of himself, labeling himself a failure, eventually leading to suicidal thoughts and actions.

The film The Breakfast club illustrates how a person’s identity can be influenced by conflict he or she has experienced. First, Claire Standish she gets everything she wants, her dad treats her like a princess and she can’t do anything on her own. For example , She skipped school to go shopping but her dad didn’t really care cause he used to all ways get her out of Sunday detention but this time he couldn’t. Everybody looked up to her like she was god because she was pretty and had popularity. Andrew Clark he can’t really think for himself because his dad was mainly running his life as if it was his because he wanted his son to be like him. For instance, Andrew taped some kids booty together everybody else thought it was

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.

The Breakfast Club was an extraordinary film that dealt with teenagers in detention. Although it looked like a regular movie, it had deep meanings involved with it. The movie showcases a circle of teens who are completely different from each other. At first they didn’t interact with one another, but as the movie goes on they begin to become close friends. The Breakfast Club does a great job at exemplifying the dynamics of a group in society because there are so many associations of people who interact with each other even if the interests are completely different. The characters in the movie move from an out group to an in group because they all felt like outsiders towards each other, but as time was going on in detention they were starting to really like each other. They became an in group towards the end of the movie because they made their own grouping, which they referred to it as “The Breakfast Club”.

We may find relative examples with the things friends do for each other and the lies and deceit they take just for the benefit of their friends. In Number the Stars we see a great example of friendship between the characters Annemarie and Ellen. Friendship is a state of mutual trust and support between two people and the relation of these two characters symbolizes a great example of the true meaning of friendship. As the Jews were being deported the Johansen family decided to take care of Ellen during the occupation of the Nazis in Denmark. The political instability in the government affects the friendship in Number the Stars because as the author Lowry stated: “Friends will take care of them. That’s what friends do” (Lowry 22). Also, the lies and deceit represent a friendship. While Ellen was trying to survive this tragic mass movement, the Johansen family accepted her and she pretended to be one of the Johansen’s daughters just for her safety. Since Annemarie’s Johansen older sister had died a few years ago, they lied by saying that Ellen was one of her sisters. In my opinion, friends will always do what is necessary for the safety, health and happiness of each other. This is why the political instability in the government affects the friendship in the novel Number the

“We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all.” This is a quote from one of the main characters from this film. This film is an older one and came out in the year, 1985. It centers around five high school students who spend their Saturday in detention. Each of the five students signifies a stereo type, that are displayed in schools. The characters are John who is known as the criminal, Claire as the princess, Andrew known as the athlete or jock, Brian as the brain/nerd, and lastly, Allison is known as the basket case. We are also introduced to Richard Vernon the school principal and Carl the janitor. It helps us to remember that no matter how I may observe a student to be, there could be a very good chance, there will be some darker parts that are just waiting to be shared with others, they could be just waiting for someone to ask.

“The importance of a good friend in our lives is like the importance of our Heartbeat's! Though they are not visible, they silently support our Life” (unknown). What is the importance of friendship? Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a story about a writer, whose name is never mentioned, and the writer’s neighbor. The narrator moves into his New York apartment where he meets his neighbor, the young and unusual Holly Golightly. Both characters take a liking to each other and form an unlikely friendship. When Holly gets into a terrible situation, she and the narrator work together to get her out of New York. Throughout the entire story they remain loyal friends. Therefore, friendship is important because friends can be there for each other in times of need, comfort, compassion and understand each other on a different level.

In order to truly understand the scene you need to know the basic summary of the movie up until this point. The movie starts out with a narrator, Greg, with an interesting outlook on friendships in high-school. Greg’s basic idea on relationships is to be on good terms with everyone, but without having any real attachments.Greg shares this

Another part of the concept of friendship is we want to depend on our friends and accept them as they are. Sometimes, we will have a better understanding of the other’s feelings from a quick argument. But we can also face a loss of friendship if we will end up being hurtful to others. A friendship always takes a long time to be repaired. Most of the time a friendship can never be repaired again. Supporting a friend is an important aspect that a friendship offers us. Giving a feeling of support to your friend and believing them that there would be a person who always stands with them in every decision they will take or in any worst situation they will face. It provides a good establishment for friendships. If one friend does not make the same decisions as like other friend does, the true friends will still be together to support each other’s decisions.

Friends are essential in a happy life. As explained on page 47, “I don’t know why I bother. Dinosaurs had brains the size of walnuts and they ruled the world for 67 million years.” This quote is showing how no matter the situation, you can turn to your friends to lift you up and make light of the situation. Freak is saying that even if he is struggling in school or smarts, that he could do great things and could be as smart as anyone. This is showing what a good friend does. In the long run, you don’t just need a friendship as a kid, but also when you are older - have someone to lean on when something happens in the real world. Also, another example of friendship is when Max says that he didn’t have a brain until Freak came along (page 1). This is showing that if you are struggling with something, whether it is school related or something at home, friends are there for you. In fact, when you don’t have the worksheet for homework, who are you going to turn to? Your friends, of course, friends are essential. You need a friend, in the long run, they will always be there for

There are many friendships that each individual goes through in their life period. Some are long, some are very short lived, and some are more complicated than imaginable. Every familiarity is different, but at the same time they are all the same. There are three categories that friendships can be sorted into: utility, pleasure, and goodness. Each friend can be described as at least one of these categories; sometimes it may be hard to tell, and other times it may be as clear as glass. Forrest Gump gives an excellent example of each type of friendship, and shows how easy and hard it can be to choose which type it is.

Friendship helps conquer all hurt in a teenagers life today. For instance, in Looking For Alaska, they face trials that teenagers shouldn’t have to struggle with or face; however, they work through their problems with the help of each other. Pudge and the Colonel grew very close to Alaska quickly. Pudge wasn’t used to having people there for him and always having his back but at Culver Creek his life changed for the better until January 10; from that day on his life was changed. Furthermore, Pudge and the Colonel helped ease the pain that each of them had. This problem affects teenagers in todays society because every teenager has an issue in their life. I, personally, face struggles everyday that I think are a big deal but it’s essentially