John Hughes‚ the director of “The Breakfast Club‚” carefully depicted sociology dynamics throughout the classic film. Many people would agree that the film caught the extreme attention from various audiences due to its relatability using common sociological references. The director and writers of the film comically referenced and targeted specific sociological topics‚ such as cultures‚ educational values‚ family background‚ social statuses‚ and‚ of course‚ cliques. This film exemplified group
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The Breakfast Club This paper is an analysis of five dissimilar teenagers representing a cross-section of middle class high school students in the suburbs. The students meet each other for the first time during a Saturday morning detention session. Each student arrived to the school by different means‚ which is a precursor to determining the type of individual each one is. The group is comprised of a "princess"‚ an "athlete”‚ a "brain"‚ a "criminal"‚ and a "basket case". These are the roles the
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The Breakfast Club (Intercommunications) John Hughes’ 1985 film‚ The Breakfast Club‚ gives countless examples of the principles of interpersonal communication. Five high school students: Allison‚ a weirdo‚ Brian‚ a nerd‚ John‚ a criminal‚ Claire‚ a prom queen‚ and Andrew‚ a jock‚ are forced to spend the day in Saturday detention. By the end of the day‚ they find that they have more in common than they ever realized. I will begin by selecting a scene from the movie and using it to explain what
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The movie‚ “The Breakfast Club‚” by John Hughes takes place at a high school in Illinois‚ where 5 kids have to come in on a Saturday for detention. These kids are all teenagers going through different walks of life‚ under the responsibility of a “power-hungry” teacher. At the beginning of the movie‚ the kids start out practically hating all of each other. As the movie progresses‚ the kids begin to tell their stories‚ and you begin to know a little bit about each person. You begin to learn why the
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3/15/2012 Film analysis for The Breakfast Club In the beginning of the movie I think the only person who falls under the open self category is Brian. He is upfront with the others about his grades‚ his academics‚ and his family. As the day goes on and he starts to bond more with the others he starts to talk about his thoughts and emotions as well. I didn’t think there was any one with a blind self. I felt that John was under the hidden self because he was just know for breaking rules
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The film “The Breakfast Club” directed by John Hughes is a compelling film that illustrates the inner working of the teenage mind-set. A film quite literally opens your eyes to how teenagers work within different stereotypes. John Hughes is able to show how although each character may give the impression that everything is “OK” but really‚ on the inside their whole life is just constant stress. This stress‚ which numerous things‚ including their parents and peers brought on‚ effected them in a way
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Erikson According to the Erik Erikson‚ the "Breakfast Club"" adolescences are in the "Identity vs. Role Diffusion" Stage. During this period‚ teenagers seek to determine what is unique and distinctive about themselves. As they are in transition from childhood to adolescence‚ teens are trying to find themselves; "Who am I?" is the major question of the stage. Teens are trying to establish a sense of self‚ so they engage in a new type of behavior‚ roles or activities; they are very concerned with how
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The Breakfast Club was a 1980’s movie that took a look at five high school students. They were all sentenced to a day of Saturday morning detention. All though all five come from different cliques and walks of life they all come together to discuss and work out there lives‚ problems‚ and insecurities. The main characters include Claire‚ Allison‚ Andy‚ Brian‚ and John. They are all stuck in the schools library under the careful watch of the Principle Richard Vernon. All this was accompanied by a little
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One character in The Breakfast Club that most relates to me is Brian. We both want to keep our grades as high as we can‚ yet I am not the kind of person to join after school clubs unlike Brian did. Brian is classified as a nerd and proves to be cared about by his family unlike some other people that he his serving detention with. I can relate to this‚ although I don’t really classify myself as a nerd even though some people may. I can visualize myself as this character as he acts almost exactly like
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Claire Standish is one of the teenagers spending her weekend in detention in the movie‚ The Breakfast Club. Claire represents the “popular” clique. Claire is known as a princess; she is spoiled and gets what she wants. Even though Claire has money‚ friends‚ and gets what she wants‚ she is still unhappy. Claire feels like she is misunderstood. Claire comes off as being conceded‚ but says that she hates being that way. Towards the end of the film‚ as the group open up to one another Claire says she
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