“Even though the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club was made in 1985 it still has relevance for modern for modern Australian audiences” To what extent do you agree? ...and these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They’re quite aware of what they’re going through... – David Bowie David Bowie’s words above introduce the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club; they suggest the central themes explored about teenage issues
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Adolescence Development Stages In the movie The Breakfast Club you see all different types of kids going through adolescence. There are examples of the athlete‚ brain‚ basket case‚ princess‚ and criminal. All of these kids have different backgrounds on why they are the way they are. They are all teenagers‚ and they are all going through the same struggle of trying to find their identity. All this while trying to find their identity‚ deal with peer power‚ and manage stress and anger. Every child
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who is portrayed as a single mother of three who is very paranoid about what others think of her. Theresa is another character in the novel that is overtaken by the acceptance of others. We can also look upon characters such as Claire from The Breakfast Club who is afraid to stand up to her own feelings around her friends. In the movie A Cinderella Story‚
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The movie that this book no doubt reminds me of is the Breakfast Club. In each there are five completely different characters who get paired up unknowingly. In the movie the characters meet in detention. In the book the characters are paired up during freshman orientation. Some of the characters even bear resemblance to characters in the movie. Whitney strongly reminds me of the pampered Claire‚ while Jake reminds me of the jock Andrew. Mia bears slight resemblance to the outcast Allison‚ and Gregor
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Adolescent Development The Breakfast Club (1985)‚ displays many stereotypes of adolescents‚ which are more commonly referred to as irrational teenagers. The adolescents cannot help their behaviors‚ to an extent‚ as it is all biological. They are merely trying to figure out their identities‚ and need to experiment with their superiors in that time. Their hormone levels are changing‚ helping them transition from children to adults. Imaginary Audience As adolescents‚ the group in detention all have
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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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PSY 455 Adolescent Psychology Bryn Carriker April 19‚ 2016 The Breakfast Club Character Analysis The Breakfast Club shows many different conflicts that occur during adolescence and is a great resource when learning about how an adolescent thinks‚ how one forms his or her identity‚ what influences an adolescent‚ and so much more. It also emphasizes on all the conflicts and crisis an adolescent is dealing with and what peer groups or cliques an adolescent may fit in with. Much information can be
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Saturday detention. The Breakfast Club gives viewers a first hand look at Gordon Allport’s Contact Hypothesis and it’s effect on high school students. The Contact Hypothesis is one of the best ways to improve conflict among inter and outer groups experiencing conflict and is exemplified throughout The Breakfast Club as the five students are forced to sit through a Saturday detention. The Contact Hypothesis is an important theory to understand before analyzing The Breakfast Club. The Contact Hypothesis
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Oh what can you really learn in Saturday detention. The Breakfast Club film contained a wide variety of behavior and stereotypes. Each person had there on personality and taste at the beginning of the film. I believe that communication played the biggest part in the movie. It shows the way that people from totally different backgrounds can communicate and even agree on issues. The various types of communication and behaviors within the film will be discussed. To begin with the film started out with
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in 1994. He is a theorist that created “Erikson’s Eight Stages of Psychosocial development”. His theory on social development is a method to the behavior that extends on Freud’s psychosexual theory. Erikson believes that one’s surrounding culture has a lot to do while one’s development while Freud see’s that it’s the nature of one that will determine their personality. Freud’s theory also focuses more on the sexual aspect of each stage in development‚ while Erikson’s theory takes almost everything
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