The Breakfast Club is the story of five teens from different cliques forced to spend the day together as they serve their detention. All of the major high school stereotypes are represented: the jock‚ the rebel‚ the popular girl‚ the nerd‚ and the outcast. Conflict quickly arises as the students are forced to interact with one another‚ but as the afternoon wears on‚ *things begin to change. Thus unfolds a humor-infused teen drama that reveals the breakdown of labels and the bonding of a very diverse
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appreciate other social concepts. Perhaps an ideal of “belonging” is most clearly seen‚ when it is contrasted with a sense of exclusion; of alienation. The poems “migrant hostel” and “Feliks Skrzynecki” by Peter Skrzynecki‚ the movie “The breakfast club” by john Huges and “the angry kettle” by Ding Xiaoqi demonstrate this challenge to a sense of belonging and how it can have personal impacts. “Migrant hostel” voice the hardship experienced by the personas family in an attempt to fit into the Australian
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David Semester 2 P. 3 9/29/12 The Joy Luck Club Each generation is different from each other. While the younger generation has their opinions on things‚ the older generations have different opinions on it. This is the result of the society they are raised in and the changes in the society as the generations evolve. This is exhibited in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club. In the book it displayed how the mothers‚ who were raised in China‚ had contrasting opinions on love‚ family‚ and life than their
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Environmentalism is bad? Is the environmentalist approach for a good environment a helpful or hurtful one? Environmentalists state that their plans are designed to improve the environment; however‚ there are others who see those plans as harmful. Each side will argue convincingly that the environment needs their help‚ because it will not get better on its own; yet the environment has been getting along all by itself for millenniums without assistance. There are good and bad ideas help by people
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Before I entered the Laguna National Country Club‚ I had the idea that people who frequent country clubs were rich people. They were people who had lots of money and lots of time to enjoy such facilities. I associated those people with the high society of Singapore and it was a league of citizens that I may never enter. The first thing I think of whenever I think of a country club is golf. I guess that is why I had the general impression that people visit clubs just to play golf. For example‚ I have a
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thought to my self‚ no biggie. As Ms. Foster walked around the class to answer questions we might have concerning our transcripts. All the while I tried my best to keep optimistic about what she might have to say about them. My situation couldn’t be bad‚ or could it? She came by my desk and I asked if everything was on track‚ but the expression on her face was unclear and uncertain. She pointed at my freshmen grades and said‚ “These are not passing grades for college.” I felt an instant cold rush go
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The novel‚ The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan takes place in a couple of different places. All of Suyuan Woo’s childhood memories take place in China. After coming to America the setting takes place in San Francisco California in 1949. Also there are few different time frames. The time frames consist of the 1920’s to 1980’s. I have to give this timeframes because of the flashbacks that are given in the book. The characters that I believed are most fully developed are Jing-ming “June” Woo‚ Suyuan Woo‚
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Breaking bad Walter White‚ the lead character of breaking bad‚ has faced a tremendous problem in his life that has induced a giant smother pillow of stress‚ as for all others who befall the disease; terminal lung cancer. Walter‚ aware of his serious financial constraints‚ connects with a former student‚ Jesse Pinkman in order to provide a stable life for his family after he passes away. He has been put under these circumstances due to a decision to sell his former partners now Fortune 500 company
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official in a club‚ it may be intimidating to bring up issues within the club‚ especially if it is against a high-ranking official. In this situation Erica found a problem in the Spirit Club’s financials at the end of the year that could easily be fixed. To make matters more difficult‚ the problem was directly related to Matt‚ the president of the club and Erica’s close friend. As the treasurer of the Spirit Club‚ Erica knew that “anywhere from $70 to $350” was missing from the sale of club t-shirts that
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The Bad Trip It was October‚ 2012‚ when my uncle Dan was diagnosed with stage four cancer. Everyone was devastated‚ cancer is bad‚ but stage four is the worst. Mom was crushed‚ Dan was like a dad to her. So she went up to Batesville‚ Indiana for as long as it took for him to get better. Sadly‚ he passed two months into his treatments. The family and I suspected mom would be coming home soon‚ but that didn’t happen the way we suspected. Mom was leaving and she wasn’t coming back. I couldn’t believe
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