The well-known song “Don’t You Forget about Me” plays at the end of the movie The Breakfast Club‚ signaling not only the end of the famous movie‚ but also the end of the transitory group that had developed in the earlier scenes. Although movie was released over twenty years ago‚ high school students today can still use the labels that are examined in the movie to identify themselves in the cruel world they call high school. With the final lines “you see us as you want to see us...In the simplest
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There is one underappreciated factor in John Hughes’ 80s high school movies that make them so good‚ and that’s the acting. In one of the most well known films to this day‚ The Breakfast Club‚ the condescending Mr. Richard Vernon (Paul Gleason) supervises detention where five students with completely different personalities felt trapped‚ but by being stuck together‚ they learned they had more in common than they thought possible. There was an athlete‚ a criminal‚ a princess‚ a basket case‚ and a brain;
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Review: “The Epictetus Club” Trayler‚ Jeff (2004). The Epictetus Club. Papillion Press‚ OH November 11‚ 09. Based on real events‚ this novel is set in the old Ohio Penitentiary. The metaphors of the institution are realistic. The inmate characters and the names of staff have been changed in this novel. The story begins by tagging a group of inmates who meet weekly under the tutelage of a lifer named Zeno in a group called the Epictetus Club. The inmates try to learn something from the teaching
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The novel Fight Club‚ by Chuck Palahniuk’s‚ focuses on the middle class male demographic between the ages of 18 and 50 familiar with the contemporary life of North America in the nineties‚ enveloped in a consumer-driven society which lives by the motto “money walks‚ money talks”. Palahniuk explores the duality of the two protagonists in the context of stereotypical Americans driven by consumption and possessions living day-to- as a cog in the machine of the corporate world. Throughout the text
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There is a different group of students at the University of Central Florida‚ a group that have 5w-30 motor oil coursing through their veins and an internal combustion engine for a heart. These aren’t robots but the passionate gear-heads of the UCF Car Club. The passion begins at a very young age‚ pushing Hot Wheels add the word cars or toys here?across the living room floor or hanging out in the local garage or dealership eventually stemming into what is called car culture. But what is car culture
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Fight Club Fight Club is about Jack Moore‚ a single man with an ordinary job‚ ordinary apartment‚ and an ordinary life. Jacks burning question in his life was‚ "What kind of dining set defines me as a person?". A slave to consumerism‚ Jack collected furniture as a hobby‚ and as an obsession. During a 6 month period Jack suffers from insomnia. He tries to receive medical attention‚ but is told to attend a testicular cancer support group to see what real pain is. This support group‚ and others
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Liverpool Football Club Name Course Institution Instructor Date History of Liverpool Football Club Formed in the year 1892‚ Liverpool FC has become one of the most successful clubs in the history of English football. Commonly known as the Reds amongst the football fans‚ Liverpool was formed from the wrangles and the disagreement that was eminent between its founder John Houlding and the management of Everton Football Club (LFCHistory.net 2013‚ p.3). The disagreement led to the split between
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having multiple Sims as per their concerned offer. This churn behavior casted a long lasting impact on the revenues and market shares of telecom operators. However‚ Mobilink focused on retaining their valuable customers by highly successful launch of “Club Red” in 2008. According to Mobilink’s management the revenue data shows that the money made by the new customers was very much less than that made by the old customers. Their success lies in their detailed analysis of subscriber base‚ use of monetary
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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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