Group Dynamics In The Film, Directed By John Bender I

In this film it exemplifies the group dynamic because it shows different stereotypical groups in high school. Overall the characters move from an “out” group to an “in” group because at first they all were very distant from each other and at the end they were all together as a group and they all wanted to be part of it. The identity of the students at the beginning of the movie was very different to the identities at the end. Towards the end the barriers between each student is broken down and their true colors come out telling each other how they really feel about their group in school. Many of the students tell of the pressures their friends and family put on them. The breakfast club’s group becomes a primary after they all spend the day together and share their deep feelings and bond. Each character portrays a different high school stereotype. John Bender
Within the whole movie all the characters change cliques the people in the more prominent cliques like the preps and jokes become friends with the people in the loner and nerd cliques. I believe cliques form because like what they already know, so people gravitate to people like them therefore forming groups of a common theme. Smart people hangout with smart people, druggies hangout with druggies, and athletes hangout with athletes. I believe cliques can be a good and bad thing. Good in a sense that they help each other like if smart people hangout with smart people studying and working hard. Bad if the druggies continue to hang out pressure one another in doing drugs. Other sociological concepts that are relevant in the in this film is culture. The culture of high school influences the characters into who they are and who they hangout with giving them the certain clique name and stereotype of the students in the movie. Also a division of class is show they bring up the topic of money and how Claire and Andrew might have more money than the