Cliques In The Breakfast Club

The movie that this book no doubt reminds me of is the Breakfast Club. In each there are five completely different characters who get paired up unknowingly. In the movie the characters meet in detention. In the book the characters are paired up during freshman orientation. Some of the characters even bear resemblance to characters in the movie. Whitney strongly reminds me of the pampered Claire, while Jake reminds me of the jock Andrew. Mia bears slight resemblance to the outcast Allison, and Gregor reminds me of the nerd Brian. However, the delinquent John and the famous Zoe show no relation. The five characters in both stories represent different cliques and social groups. In the movie their relation is obvious, because they are in detention
together. While on the other hand, the characters in the book are linked, but the connection is far from obvious. Gregor has a crush on Whitney, Zoe went on a date with Dinky who is Gregor's best friend, Whitney’s friend Laurel is pregnant with Russell who is Gregor's sister’s ex, Whitney helped Jake beat out her ex for treasurer, and Mia made out with Brock who is Whitney’s friend’s ex. Kinda confusing but the connections are there, and they link the characters together. However, this book and the movie have some pretty obvious differences. In the movie the five spend one day confined in a library, whereas in the book the characters meet once and then go their separate ways. “As you walk on by Will you call my name?” I love this line from the theme song of the breakfast club ( Don’t You (forget about me) - Simple minds, and I think it relates perfectly to both stories. They know each other's names, but it takes courage to stretch out to someone outside your clique, and I hope that comes next in the book.