Brian Johnson In The Breakfast Club

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In the movie “The Breakfast Club”, five high school students from different social groups, spend Saturday, March 24, 1984 in detention for the day. Each student has a back story to their reasoning for being in detention. The character that I can most relate to would be Brian Johnson, he is the typical high school academic nerd with red hair and braces. Brian and most teens today, deal with pressure, such as getting good grades. I can relate to being pressured, as it is very competitive to advance to post secondary schools and maintaining a part-time job at the same time. The film also portrays Brian being an outsider. Brian is often shocked by other students behaviours and experiences. This relates to me mostly because I always feel not good …show more content…

Brian Johnson portrayed as “the brain” puts extra pressure on himself and in addition to the pressure his parents put on him to achieve good grades. Essentially, he tries to hurt himself with a flare gun because he got his first “F”, which is why he's stuck in detention. My parents are constantly pressuring me to get good grades and maintain a part time job at the same time. Moreover, now as a grade twelve student, awaiting university acceptances has been one of my Grutta 2 biggest pressures. Brian is genuinely a very nice and friendly student, much like myself and that’s how we both want others to think of us. School is a huge part of why teens experience pressure, much like Brian and I. Being under pressure can be frustrating, our parents and society expect so much from us, however, essentially we put the greatest pressure on ourselves. The increased worries about keeping good grades has to be one of the biggest pressure that Brian Johnson and I have in …show more content…

In this film, John Bender (the criminal), gets weed from his locker and Brian is shocked, I feel Brain is shocked because he's has never been exposed or allowed himself to explore “bad” behaviour. I can relate to Brian in this case because when others speak about parties with drinking and drugs it makes me feel much like an outsider. We usually are left out when our friends make plans as they feel we don't want to hang out with them in these situations ,which makes us outsider. We never really know what’s going on, because we aren't popular like the others. We tend to lose friends because of this and it is usually hard for us to make new friends. Especially with being in the final year of high school, popularity is most important to everyone and I always felt like I didn't fit in. Many kids do drugs and party much like John Bender and kids like Brian and I , John would often look down upon. The reason Brian and I have such a hard time in social situations and making friends is because we are afraid of what others have to say about us. Often, I feel like we see ourselves like an outsider when we essentially

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