The Breakfast Club Every person sees themselves differently, whether you're the jock, the brain, or even the criminal, we all have a plethora of personality quirks in common. We don't belong solely to the singular “clique” that society has placed us in. Throughout The Breakfast Club, we see ourselves in each of the characters, and so did John Hughes, while we may relate to a singular character or clique in the beginning, we come to see ourselves, our struggles in each and every character. Though John Hughes may have seen himself as the geek or the athlete in high school, that's not all he was, and it's through this classic film that he shows himself to be all of the characters in some way or another. We're all united in common beliefs, in …show more content…
our era, and our problems be they internal or otherwise. With this motif in mind, John Hughes proves that, “in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions...each one of us is a brain...and an athlete...and a basket-case...a princess...and a criminal” (The Breakfast Club). Though the characters were all separate in their beliefs, John Hughes displays a connection through their personal problems.
Pressure is one of the most profound and evident social problems that integrates a bond between each character. While they believe themselves to be alone in their struggles, separated by a belief that the other is too privileged, or too impoverished to understand the problems of the former, they all deal with the same issues though they may present themselves in a distinct manner for each and every one of us. John Hughes uses the concept of pressure be it from our parents or our peers to help the viewer see the connections in society because pressure is a daily quandary that each and every living person faces on a daily basis. In the Breakfast Club, Claire is faced with peer pressure, placed upon her by friends that she consorts with daily. She is skeptical that anyone else can feel the way she feels, especially outsiders such are the people she's been trapped with for this Saturday morning. Even so, every person who John Hughes placed in the film served a purpose, and each of the students had pressure to deal with of some sort. Brian; the pressure to be perfect, to please his parents and to lead a successful life. Andy; to please his father, by becoming the perfect athlete and being a “man.” John; to survive an abusive relationship with his parents, teachers, and classmates, in order to make his way into adulthood. The Breakfast Club isn't about the characters alone, it's about human-kind, we're all alike, connected in our troubles, and our
personalities. Another major figure in the film is that of Mr. Vernon, the tyrannical and dictatorial ogre who stands between the students and freedom. Though Vernon stands between the students physical liberties, in that they are forced to serve eight hours in a single room to reflect upon their behaviour. However Vernon, in effect, reveals a new metaphysical freedom the likes of which is brought about by the knowledge that each character is alike; in traumas, and characteristics. John Hughes uses the tyrannical teacher to represent society in that each student represents a sector of that society; each a different stereotypical clique. Though society is what separates each individual, by labeling them with such titles as; basket-case, princess, brain, criminal, jock, so on and so forth. However it's that same society that divides humanity that brings each group together, and with the mindset to transcend such barriers, each group can be seen as the same, each of us human, no different at the core than the next. Society tags us with labels, corralling us into cliques based on the personality that we most embody, the one that we display. Though the personality that we choose to display is based on society's treatment of us, and they way in which we treat ourselves. Furthermore, John Hughes uses this concept to show that each of the characters belongs to a different clique, though humans have reasons for existing in the manner that they do. The struggles and pains in their lives defines them. It's these pains that the characters in the Breakfast Club initially think sets them apart from one another. It's these defining moments in our lives set in motion by society that separate us but, in truth, these defining moments are what bring us together, unite us in common knowledge and ultimately in common goals. So in many ways, Vernon isn't a dictatorial ogre, but rather an angel, unifying a number of students, lost in their own segments of the vast world before them. John Hughes is essentially a genius as he utilizes a mere six characters to represent the entirety of the world. Manipulating the simplest sides of human nature in order to show how basically similar all personalities represented in the Breakfast Club are. Despite the more complex notions of internal and external pressure as well as the plethora of teenage quandaries explored by director Hughes.
The 1985 film, The Breakfast Club, directed by John Hughes shows how a person’s identity can be influenced by conflict he or she has experienced in life. First, John Bender is in the library telling everyone how he got a cigar burn on his arm from his dad. For example, his mother and father don’t treat with the most respect or any respect at all. They call him names and say he can’t do anything right. One day him and his dad got into a really bad argument and his dad burnt him with is cigar that he had. Because his parents treat him that way, he treats everyone he’s around very badly.
In the iconic film, The Breakfast Club, five random high school students must spend their Saturday together in detention. Each teen is in detention for a different reason. The Jock (Andrew), the Princess (Claire), the Brain (Brian), the Basket Case (Allison), and the Criminal (Bender) must put aside their differences to survive their grueling eight-hour detention with their psychotic and rash principal Mr. Vernon. While in detention, they are expected to write about “who they really are” in one thousand words. Throughout the day, their actions reveal their innermost struggle involving their cliques and their home lives. As the movie progresses, we find out the reason each teen is in detention that culminates in a climactic discussion about
The “push to be perfect” (Thomas) is at an all-time high. Pressure for perfection from peers, parents, teachers and coaches is so unreasonably high that many students don’t think that they will ever be able to achieve it. A student feels that it is impossible to get good grades, be athletic, in multiple organizations, and most of all appear to be happy. Students have turned to cheating, drug/ alcohol abuse, and even suicide to try and cope. They are competing with friends for top spots, and believe that if they don’t beat them, they are a failure. Not only other students, but parents play a big roll, too. Their own parents and the parents of their peers will compare kids. New Trier High School’s Jim Conroy said that the biggest problem about pressure comes from the parents who compare (Robbins). With all...
Breakfast Club film contained a wide variety of behavior and stereotypes. Each person had their on personality and taste at the beginning of the film. I believe that communication played the biggest part in the movie. It shows the way that people from totally different backgrounds can communicate and even agree on issues. The various types of communication and behaviors within the film will be discussed.
The Breakfast Club, showed viewers how people from all economic backgrounds have something in common. From the very beginning of the film, as each student is dropped of for detention, the assumption about what these kid’s home life is like, what type of child they are and what social class they come from is established. When the kids are sitting in the library, where they sit even screams social standing. Claire and Andy sit next to each other because, from what we can tell, they are in the same standing. The hierarchy is started right from the beginning. The other kids all choose seats behind them. This shows that the popular, upper class, come first, everyone else is under them.
The Breakfast Club points out that certain stereotypes result in greater isolation than others. For instance, Allison is the "basket case" or " weirdo" who sits by herself at lunch. When Allison enters the library for detention, she quickly slouches in the back of the room, sitting alone. Allison 's behavior allows the viewer to perceive her has the social outcast who doesn 't have many friends. In fact, later in the movie, Allison admits she doesn 't have any friends and that she is only in detention because she "had nothing better to do." Allison shows her feeling of isolation by not talking until halfway through the movie. However, when she does talk, she makes up an extravagant lie and explains how she is a compulsive liar. The viewer realizes that Allison is attempting to escape her isolation by drawing attention to herself. Another stereotype that exhibits isolation is the "brain" or nerd, Brian. When the five students are talking about belonging to clubs, Brian quickly jabs in how he is in the physics and the math club. The viewer can see this as Brian wanting to belong with the rest. However, shortly after he says this Claire makes him feel even more isolated by saying that "academic clubs aren 't like social clubs." Brian then has a look of sadness which shows the viewer Brian 's intentions for his
The Breakfast Club is a movie made in nineteen eighty-five, directed by John Hughes. The plot follows five students at Shermer High School, as they attend for Saturday detention on March 24 on nineteen eighty-four. The students are not complete strangers to each other, but the five of them are from completely different cliques or social groups. John Bender “The Criminal” is one of the worst behaved kids in school, does drugs and is always involved in some kind of trouble, Claire Standish “The Princess” is one of the most popular girls in school, all the guys want to date her. Brian Johnson “The Brain” is the typical nerd, he is really smart in school, but has no idea about relationships, parties or drugs. Andy Clark “The Athlete” is a really popular kid in Shermer High, he is the varsity letterman, captain of wrestling team and a ladies man. Finally the last student in the detention is Allison Reynolds “The basket Case” she barely talks to anyone in the school and act really weird when approached.
The movie The Breakfast Club is a perfect example of peer relationships in the adolescent society. It shows the viewer some of the main stereotypes of students in high school you have a jock, a nerd, the weirdo, a rebel, and a prep. Over the course of a Saturday detention the different types of peers learn a lot about one another by hearing what each one has done to get into Saturday detention as well as why they chose to do it.
What can you learn about adolescence by watching five very different teens spend Saturday detention together? With each and everyone of them having their own issues weather it be at home, school, or within themselves. During this stage of life adolescents are seen as rude, disrespectful, and out of control. But why is this? Is it truly all the child’s fault? Teens have to face quite a few issues while growing up. Adolescence is the part of development where children begin push back against authority and try to figure out who they are or who they are going to become. Therefore, we will be looking at adolescent physical changes, their relationships, cognitive changes and the search for identity as depicted in the movie The Breakfast Club (Hughes,1985).
Social Psychology is the study of how we think and relate to other people. These psychologists focused on how the social situation influences others behavior. We see social influences everywhere we go, but might not notice it. Like when watching a movie for fun you do not notice it as much as when you are actually looking for the behaviors, like in the film The Breakfast Club. There are several examples of social psychological behaviors in the film.
In the film The Breakfast Club there are various social psychological theories and concepts that describe the inner selves of the characters. The characters in the film are initially perceived in a certain manner by each other because of knowing the way they behave in school and the type of people and environment they surround themselves with in school. However one detention on a Saturday brings these characters together and throughout the film their true personalities and behaviors start to reveal themselves by means of social psychological theories and concepts. The characters individually and as a group display their personalities through theories and concepts of social psychology. At the very start of the film, one of the concepts displayed is the acceptance type of conformity. The principal assigns the characters (students) to complete a task and because he is a figure of authority, the characters accept having to complete the task by the end of the day without any attempts to alter that. One of the students, Claire Standish, is revealed to display the concept of narcissism, which is unfortunately a dark side of herself. This is evident as Claire claims that she is popular and loved by her fellow schoolmates and seems to care and showcase her rich and beauty too much. She is, as her detention-mates discover, full of herself. In addition this also shows signs of the spotlight effect theory which can relate to Claire in that she believes that her schoolmates look at her and pay so much attention to her appearance add rich, spoiled-like behavior. Another character to show a theory of social psychology is Allison Reynolds. In the film, Allison is a character with an introvert personality, although she also displays strange and...
John Hughes’ 1985 film, The Breakfast Club, gives countless examples of the principles of interpersonal communication. Five high school students: Allison, a weirdo, Brian, a nerd, John, a criminal, Claire, a prom queen, and Andrew, a jock, are forced to spend the day in Saturday detention. By the end of the day, they find that they have more in common than they ever realized.
Despite an inappropriate music-video sequence and a phony up-tempo finale, The Breakfast Club offers a breakthrough portrait of the pain and misunderstanding which result from the social hierarchy created by youth themselves. The lookers and the jocks are popular and can do whatever they want — except relate to those outside their social circle of winners.
... instead of following the majority. The issue of peer pressure can relate to teens, as they are in constant pressure to be ‘cool’ or to be in the ‘in’ group. It does not really promote individualism, so people cannot develop their own ideas but rather follow the leader of their group.
I mean the pressure kicks in as soon as you reach the age of 13. You 're trying to get into that big fancy private school with a castle as the cafeteria. But guess what? You’re one of those lucky kids who needs a full scholarship to attend this school and if you don’t get that scholarship... guess what? You’re not going. So I guess you start carrying things when you’re in like elementary school. You have to make sure you get a pretty good grade on all of your tests because every single point out of that 100 counts. And don’t forget the bonus points too! And then there’s the MCAS and the ISEE and you have to score high on those exams or else you won’t get into that school you like or maybe it’s your parents that like it but it doesn’t matter. But yes, the pressure is quite overwhelming. I can still remember that moment when your exam score comes in the mail. It’s been a few weeks since you have taken the test and you know the mail is coming any day now. You’re at school and you can’t think about anything else but this. Your parents probably aren’t going to listen to you and will open the mail before you come home from