I was in eighth grade the first time I watched The Breakfast Club. My cousins and I had gone to our local video store and were trying to pick something out. I was looking at Harry Potter and The Hunger Games‚ anything that had strong special effects and a huge plot. My cousins on the other hand went to look at the classics. That is when they found it‚ The Breakfast Club. I was skeptical at first‚ due to the age and how simple it looked‚ but they ended up convincing me. We went back to my house and
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together. At the beginning of the movie they have absolutely nothing to say to each other but by 4 P.M.‚ they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. The five main characters are introduced as Allison the Basket Case‚ Brian the Nerd‚ Claire the Princess‚ Andy the Athlete‚ and Bender the Criminal. John Hughes uses characterization in The Breakfast Club by showing people from totally different backgrounds can communicate and even agree on issues. A scholar named Ally Harper wrote a book
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Wildwood Case Management Unit Intake Assessment Form Client Name Claire # 01 D.O.B. 6-27-1981 Unit # 01 Date of Assessment 8/15/2015 1. PRESENTING PROBLEM (Functional impairment‚ symptoms‚ background) Claire: 33 year old female lives with sister and second cousin. client was terminated from last job for issues with behavioral as well as not being punctual for her arrival to work. client was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 18. client has revised care as well as many different medications
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Slugger next to the dead Mr. Osborne. Claire Osborne (Mother of Clint) She stated that she spoke to Donna Osborne on the 15th. She said the Donna was saying how she thought marriage wasn’t what she thought it was and wanted out‚ that she wanted to END her marriage. Claire believes that Donna killed him by intent‚ not in self defense. Also that all of her injuries were accidental and had plenty of chances to admitting to her that her son was abusing her. Claire also believed that Donna was not a
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really been protecting Jane the entire time. When Jane meets Claire in the Chemistry lab‚ Claire mentions‚ “I would have done it [killed you] before‚ but Jack spent nights sleeping near your cottage‚” in which Jane thought to herself‚ “Jack had watched out for me!” (p.312). This statement by Claire clearly contrasts the original thought Jane had about Jack‚ in which he is up to no by good creeping outside her cottage. The moment she hears Claire mentions these lines‚ her thoughts about Jack turns around
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Tippie School of Management Executive MBA Program 100 Pomerantz Center‚ Ste E444 Iowa City‚ IA 52242-7700 Dear Director‚ I would like to recommend Ms. Claire Savage for admission into the University of Iowa’s Executive MBA Program. I have known Clare both personally and professionally for more than 18 years. Claire has worked for Owl Farm Pharmaceuticals
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chaos; it constrains by imposing a structure on nature and by limiting the range of possible meanings created by the individual I quite agree with this oppinion by Claire Kramsch‚ especially after I have read the first 10 pages of his book Language and Culture and gained a basic understanding of his views. Accoridng ot Claire‚ "nature refers to what is born and grows organically"‚ and "culture refers ot what has been grown and groomed" (1998‚ p. 4). He took roses as an example to illusrate the
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The Breakfast Club The Breakfast Club has a few characters‚ whom are portrayed with different personalities. There is Andrew Clark‚ the athlete; Claire Standish‚ the princess; Allison Reynolds‚ the lonely girl; Brian Johnson‚ the nerd; and John Bender‚ the criminal. Each one has unique characteristics‚ that set them apart from each other. My personal favorite out the entire bunch‚ would be John Bender‚ the criminal. Bender has a different attire‚ then the rest of the adolescents. He wears plenty
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between a Chinese mother and her American daughter. The plot of the novel is in the perspective of three mothers and their daughters. In “The Joy Luck Club”‚ Tan uses rice‚ dreams‚ legends‚ and traditions to show one of the main characters‚ Lena St. Claire‚ struggles to combine her mother’s Chinese heritage with her American life. In the chapter‚ “Rice Husband”‚ Lena St. Clair’s mother‚ Ying-Ying‚ in concerned about Lena not eating enough and convinces her that the amount of rice left in her bowl
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places a personal ad in a singles paper and receives enormous response. He reviews the responses to his ad and decides on a response that featured Rose. Greg calls the number on the response and a woman answers the phone who is Roses sister Claire. Claire explains to Greg that she responded to the ad without Roses consent and that Rose is not a women of great beauty. Greg explains that he is not in search of a woman with great beauty‚ just a woman for companship. Greg calls Rose on the telephone
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