The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club relates to social health and mental health, by the characters personalities. In the Breakfast Club, five teenagers have to spend a full day in detention. Claire is the princess; the pretty, popular girl with parents that fight all the time. John is the criminal; the bad influence, and the pothead that gets beaten. Brian is the brain or nerd; he is the smart one of the group, that is pressured to do good by his parents. Allison is the basket case; a crazy goth, that makes things up. Andrew is the typical high school athlete; pushed to the max by his father and coach to be the best. People can come from all walks of life but still have common social and mental struggles.

Most characters have social and mental health. Allison, is one example of this. She has some social issues. Through most of the movie, she stayed to herself. All quiet and lonely. With no friends. During the scene with the missing screws, she just squeaks. Her parents neglect her by ignoring her. Also, she goes to stealing things, as a response to this neglectedness. She makes up lies, just to try to impress people. Some things don’t even makes sense. Like when the they were talking about ‘doing it’ she made up that she did her shrink that is a married adult. Another example is like when she entertained herself, she takes things, like John’s locker when he was getting the joint. Her parents don’t give her the attention she deserves, so she takes random people’s stuff, to learn more about them. For example, she took Brian’s wallet and she learned his middle name. Allison is one of many examples of social and emotional health.

John Bender, also called Bender, has a lot of social and mental difficulties spread all over him. Bender admits that his dad is horrible to him by abusing him for stupid things. In the movie, Bender show the group, mainly Andrew, the mark his gave gave him with a cigar for spilling paint in the garage. In the scene, “No Dad, What