I am going to research two popular coming of age films as part of my sociolinguistics assignment, and evaluate the different aspects of dialogue and language used to shape the characters, their backgrounds and social standings. I believe that language is a profound indicator of identity, and so by analyzing the dialogue used in these well known films I hope to be able to understand and attribute certain linguistic features to different social classes. I also wish to explore how language is used
The first sociological concept or principle that is seen in The Breakfast Club is the idea of labeling or giving an individual a certain trait. For example Claire is known as the rich and popular princess. She represents the higher class of students including the popular kids, and does everything she can to keep this image. The implied message she portrays in school is that she is stupid, selfish, and arrogant. Brian is the nerd of the group and loves to brag about his outstanding grades in school
Angel Tapia Dan Shanley Film Criticism 18 September 2014 Revolutionizing the Youth Film Genre “Just once I want my life to be like an 80's movie, preferably one with a really awesome musical number for no apparent reason. But no, no, John Hughes did not direct my life (Royal)”. Hughes is best known for his 80’s teen movies because he made every person who watched them want to live that life. The reason they were always so good was because he wrote for the teen audience. He was the first writer