The film “The Breakfast Club” directed by John Hughes is a compelling film that illustrates the inner working of the teenage mind-set. A film quite literally opens your eyes to how teenagers work within different stereotypes. John Hughes is able to show how although each character may give the impression that everything is “OK” but really, on the inside their whole life is just constant stress. This stress, which numerous things including their parents and peers brought on, effected them in a way
Allison, the “basket case” character in The Breakfast Club, is the typical crazy girl who doesn’t talk to anyone or do anything even remotely normal. Right from the beginning, she enters by scurrying to the back of the library tables and not talking or looking at anyone. This is the first example of deviance because most people would walk in and maybe even strike up conversation with another fellow peer. This is when the students first take note of her odd, deviant behavior. Later in
Noa Ramos Mr. Manos 80’s Elective 1/7/15 Film Review: The Breakfast Club The Breakfast Club was released in 1985 and it was directed by John Hughes. This is one of the most famous films of the decade and it is regarded as one of the best movies ever. It is also seen as a movie that defines life in the 1980’s. The movie is about a group of high school students that all have to spend a Saturday in detention. They are vastly different people and yet as the movie progresses, they become close. They
Rebecca Kaploun Professor Ryan Farnkopf Gender on the Internet 1 October 2015 Word Count: The Breakfast Club Over the years, The Breakfast Club has turned into a cult classic, becoming increasingly popular as time progresses. The film is viewed and analyzed in many psychology and sociology courses for its numerous displays of gender roles and typecasts. Each character portrays a different gender stereotype seen in society; throughout the movie the viewer is introduced to “The Criminal”: John Bender
Two of my favorite types of movies would have to be children’s movies and teen movies. Both The Breakfast Club and Easy A fall under the teen movie genre. The reason for this is that just like these two movies, there are themes or tropes that follow through to other movies. For example both movies illustrate the idea of teen rebellion and sexuality. In The Breakfast Club there are five students who, in their own way, are in detention for some act of rebellion. The same is for Easy A though she is
On The Breakfast Club, Andrew is labeled as your typical jock. Strolling in with his letterman’s jacket in full view, he gives off the athlete vibe. During the movie we find out that Andy not only looks like a typical jock, but acts like one. Being a part of the wrestling team made Andy have a technique of neutralization; he appealed to higher loyalties. His first thought was not to impress the “Allisons” or the “Brians”, but his main concern was to appease his other jock friends. And his
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
I wake up in a cold, empty prison cell. My head is pounding and I don’t remember anything. Why am I here? Did I do something? All I remember is watching “The Breakfast Club” with my mom last night. Oh my God! Is she okay? Where is she? Does she know I’m here? All of a sudden, I’m pulled out of my thoughts when a tall blonde female officer comes and unlocks the cell door. She looks at me for a few seconds and finally says something. “You’re Emma Jones, right?” she awkwardly asks me. I nod. What’s
be able to understand and attribute certain linguistic features to different social classes. I also wish to explore how language is used to express age, through the employment of certain linguistic features. The two films I have chosen are ‘The Breakfast Club’ which was directed by John Hughes and released in 1985, and ‘Clueless’, directed by Amy Heckerling and released ten years later in 1995. I hope that the decade between the two films will provide an interesting contrast in dialogue, and show how
Lydia Emery PD:8/9 What is Socialization? It means the adoption of the behavior of the surrounding culture. In the Breakfast Club there has been four identified theories of socialization. Which include Self-Looking Glass, Psycho-analytic, Behavioral, and Erikson’s 8 stages of Development. These theories were identified by watching the students in Saturday detention that have broken a rule that is considered a society norm. The time goes on and the students show what is going on in their