What Are The Stereotypes In The Breakfast Club
Comparing Perks of Being a Wallflower and Breakfast Club.
In this essay, I will be comparing John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club published in 1985 with Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower of 1999. The Breakfast club aims to highlight what went on in high schools as well as the larger society at the time, by using five unique stereotypes. In the movie, there was the jock: trying to live up to his dad’s and friends’ expectations; the brain, expected to be super-smart; the princess, who always wants to be a part of the popular crowd at school. There was also the criminal who is always negative, pessimistic and causing trouble. Finally, there’s the basket case who was silent the whole time except for the odd break outs.
The students meet in detention at school and initially think they have nothing in common since they are from different social cliques. They are instructed to remain quiet while fixed on their chairs. Although they were very much frightened by the authority figure- their vice-principal-they decide to rebel with John as their leader. As the plot unfolds, they eventually open up to each other using various means like talking, dancing, fighting and smoking pot. They come to realize that they, in fact, share a whole lot in common.
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All the kids are seen to be wrestling with self-identity and acceptance. They all have certain sides that they are trying to hide by presenting different faces. Most of the problems they face are caused by family problems or as a result of a family member. For instance, Charlie in the Perks of Being a Wallflower had a mental disorder which arose from the death of his aunt as well as being abused at a young age. Also, Sam was raped and had faced lots of problems in her past which she hardly ever talked about. In Breakfast Club, John was a drug user and a criminal. Evidently, this was a result of the abusive household he came
In this essay, I will be comparing John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club published in 1985 with Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower of 1999. The Breakfast club aims to highlight what went on in high schools as well as the larger society at the time, by using five unique stereotypes. In the movie, there was the jock: trying to live up to his dad’s and friends’ expectations; the brain, expected to be super-smart; the princess, who always wants to be a part of the popular crowd at school. There was also the criminal who is always negative, pessimistic and causing trouble. Finally, there’s the basket case who was silent the whole time except for the odd break outs.
The students meet in detention at school and initially think they have nothing in common since they are from different social cliques. They are instructed to remain quiet while fixed on their chairs. Although they were very much frightened by the authority figure- their vice-principal-they decide to rebel with John as their leader. As the plot unfolds, they eventually open up to each other using various means like talking, dancing, fighting and smoking pot. They come to realize that they, in fact, share a whole lot in common.
The …show more content…
All the kids are seen to be wrestling with self-identity and acceptance. They all have certain sides that they are trying to hide by presenting different faces. Most of the problems they face are caused by family problems or as a result of a family member. For instance, Charlie in the Perks of Being a Wallflower had a mental disorder which arose from the death of his aunt as well as being abused at a young age. Also, Sam was raped and had faced lots of problems in her past which she hardly ever talked about. In Breakfast Club, John was a drug user and a criminal. Evidently, this was a result of the abusive household he came