by, showing how the characters in the movie interact with each other especially since they all come from different sociological groups in their school. In the beginning, it was difficult for them to get along. The characters in the movie are Claire Standish, who was in detention for skipping school to go shopping. Brian Johnson, was in detention for having a gun in his locker. Allison Reynolds, was in detention because she had nothing else to do. Andrew Clark, was in detention for tapping another
have associated ourselves with, and the lessons we have learnt along the way. Such can be said about my own life, and the lives of the characters from the Breakfast Club. The characters from the Breakfast Club that I feel most represent me are: Claire Standish (The
In the movie “Breakfast Club” five high school students are punished with an 8 hour Saturday detention. In the beginning, they introduce each of the characters as the criminal, the athlete, the princess, the brain, and the basket case. All five students are from different groups of social status and think they all have nothing in common, but soon realize they have more things in common than expected. This movie can be seen through Structure-Functionalism, one out of three core theories. Structural
would constantly offend and pick on other characters. In addition to John Bender another character who experiences difficulty finding her own identity is Claire Standish; who was sent to Saturday’s detention for shopping during class but it didn’t cause much of an issue to Claire’s father. Claire is sought out to be a “conceited snobby rich prom princess” throughout the movie, making it challenging for the characters to get to fully know her before making assumptions. In the movie, one character named
Esteves (Andrew Clark), Anthony Michael Hall (Brian Johnson), Judd Nelson (John Bender), Molly Ringwald (Claire Standish), Ally Sheedy (Allison Reynolds), and Paul Gleason (Richard Vernon). The Breakfast Club is about five stereotypical high school students serving detention together, we have Andrew Clark, the athlete, Brian Johnson, the brain, John Bender, the criminal, Claire Standish, the princess, Allison Reynolds, the basket case, and Richard Vernon, the power abusing principal. The story starts
entertaining and true. I believe that without the character of John Bender, “The Breakfast Club” as a movie would really be missing that extra punch that made it such a hit with all his funny comebacks and entertaining scenes lead by Bender. Claire Standish (Played by Molly Ringwald) is
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
The Breakfast Club 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
Basket-case, The Princess, and The Criminal. Brian Johnson (Anthony Michael Hall) is the brain a straight A student who seems like he shouldn't be there, Andrew Clark (Emilio Esteves) who seems like your typical jock who seems like the guy who would end up there every now and then, also you have Allison Reynolds (Ally Sheedy) who seems kind of like your everyday emo person who seems like a person who might end up there more than once a month, then Clair Standish (Molly Ringwald) the princess who looks like
Pariñas, Alyssa Dane | 2015-00266 Ms. Louise Jashil Sonido | ENG 10 WFU3 Second Documented Essay: Draft 18 May 2016 High School Themed Movie Stereotypes A stereotype is “...a fixed, over generalized belief about a particular group or class of people.” (Cardwell, 1996). It “…lead[s] us to infer that an individual in a group has a whole range of characteristics and abilities that we assume all members of the group or nationality have.” (McLeod, 2008) With stereotypes, what we basically do is to