Claire Standish Character Analysis
CLAIRE STANDISH
THE BREAKFAST CLUB
Character Description
Amongst The Brain, The Basket-Case, The Criminal, and The Athlete, is The Princess. Claire Standish, a materialistic “richie” with extremely wealthy parents. So it is no surprise when Claire is dropped off to Saturday detention (for skipping class to go shopping) in her fathers BMW and brings sushi for lunch.
Sporting real diamond earrings and suede skirts, Claire struts into the library with the idea that she is better than every student in the room (“Do you know how popular I am? I am so popular. Everyone loves me at this school.”).
The Princess is somewhat reserved; seemingly shy about revealing information about herself. She also suffers from a strong sense of insecurity, which can be observed in the way she often lashes out at Bender;
“Go to hell!”
“Shut up!”
“I hate you!”
“You’re an asshole!”
Although The Princess appears snobby and self-centred, she is loyal and trustworthy to the other Breakfast Clubbers, her first sign of loyalty being when she didn’t rat out Bender when he unscrewed the door.
With short, cropped, and curled ginger hair, and pretty chocolate brown eyes, Claire Standish is your stereotypical “It Girl.” She seems to have everything, the title of prom queen, wealthy parents, a pretty face, and a popular clique. But as Claire reveals to the other members, she too has problems with her parents, “I don’t think either one of them gives a sh** about me. It’s like they use me just to get back at each other.” finding common ground with all four other members, who also admit that they don’t get along well with their parents. The other members are intrigued by her because she is popular and of high rank in the high school, but after learning more about her, they find that they can relate to Claire and vice versa. Claire admits that she hates having to go along to everything her friends say and the members start to see her less as a princess and more as a fellow Breakfast
THE BREAKFAST CLUB
Character Description
Amongst The Brain, The Basket-Case, The Criminal, and The Athlete, is The Princess. Claire Standish, a materialistic “richie” with extremely wealthy parents. So it is no surprise when Claire is dropped off to Saturday detention (for skipping class to go shopping) in her fathers BMW and brings sushi for lunch.
Sporting real diamond earrings and suede skirts, Claire struts into the library with the idea that she is better than every student in the room (“Do you know how popular I am? I am so popular. Everyone loves me at this school.”).
The Princess is somewhat reserved; seemingly shy about revealing information about herself. She also suffers from a strong sense of insecurity, which can be observed in the way she often lashes out at Bender;
“Go to hell!”
“Shut up!”
“I hate you!”
“You’re an asshole!”
Although The Princess appears snobby and self-centred, she is loyal and trustworthy to the other Breakfast Clubbers, her first sign of loyalty being when she didn’t rat out Bender when he unscrewed the door.
With short, cropped, and curled ginger hair, and pretty chocolate brown eyes, Claire Standish is your stereotypical “It Girl.” She seems to have everything, the title of prom queen, wealthy parents, a pretty face, and a popular clique. But as Claire reveals to the other members, she too has problems with her parents, “I don’t think either one of them gives a sh** about me. It’s like they use me just to get back at each other.” finding common ground with all four other members, who also admit that they don’t get along well with their parents. The other members are intrigued by her because she is popular and of high rank in the high school, but after learning more about her, they find that they can relate to Claire and vice versa. Claire admits that she hates having to go along to everything her friends say and the members start to see her less as a princess and more as a fellow Breakfast