Tristan Seth 11/10/13 Period 8 “Invincibility Cannot Be Gained Without Self-Destruction” Not very often does a profound‚ life-altering figure surface via literature. However‚ Fight Club‚ a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk‚ ushered in one of the most revolutionarily minded characters literature has even seen. The story is set in an urban‚ United States city and suburb. The name of the city is never revealed‚ nor is it of any importance. The purpose of the setting is solely to give
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Introduction Attention getting material Imagine yourself in close proximity with 4 strangers nothing like you. That’s what the characters’ in The Breakfast Club were faced with. Tie to audience For this specific setting a group of 5 eclectic students are forced into serving 9 hours of Saturday detention for whatever they had done wrong. In attendance is a “princess” (Claire Standish)‚ an “athlete” (Andrew Clark)‚ a “brain” (Brian Johnson)‚ a “criminal” (John Bender) and a “basket case” (Allison
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The Breakfast Club relates to social health and mental health‚ by the characters personalities. In the Breakfast Club‚ five teenagers have to spend a full day in detention. Claire is the princess; the pretty‚ popular girl with parents that fight all the time. John is the criminal; the bad influence‚ and the pothead that gets beaten. Brian is the brain or nerd; he is the smart one of the group‚ that is pressured to do good by his parents. Allison is the basket case; a crazy goth‚ that makes things
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Breakfast Club Breakfast Club is a comedy that was released in 1985. It was written‚ produced and directed by John Hughes. It’s about five teenage students from different social groups when forced to spend a Saturday together in detention they find themselves interacting with and understanding each other for the first time. A jock‚ Emilio Estevez‚ a stoner‚ Judd Nelson‚ a princess‚ Molly Ringwald‚ a basket case‚ Ally Sheedy‚ and a brain‚ Anthony Michael Hall‚ talk about everything from parental
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report is “ Competing in the Adult Night Club Industry “ . The subject sparked my interest when I over heard a classmate saying she wanted to own a “strip club”. I also had thoughts of one day opening my own “gentlemen’s club”. Typically when you think of a “strip club” you think of a low class‚ raunchy‚ place filled with criminals‚ but contrary to some beliefs that isn’t always the case. There is an upscale adult entertainment venue called a “gentlemen’s club”. We both had made reference to the recent
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be outside riding horses or running when it was storming. His family always worried but he would say “No one will ever catch me. Not even death.” (Nijkamp‚ 244). This broke Sylv’s heart into two. The love between the two siblings was shown by their fight to save each other during this horrific scene. Not only was Thomas and Sylv’s love shown throughout the story but so was the love between all of the students and
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For my movie analysis assignment‚ I chose to watch the movie The Breakfast Club. The breakfast club‚ written by John Hughes in 1985‚ is an American teen drama film full of stereotypical gender roles. The characters in this film have all violated a rule at Shermer High School‚ located in Shermer‚ Illinois. The five students in the film all violated a rule at Shermer High resulting in a Saturday morning detention. The five students having to report for the Saturday morning detention do not share the
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promised ourselves‚ and sometimes others‚ that we would do‚ and they cannot be forgotten. As Key Club representatives‚ we have a duty to keep our club running smooth throughout the year and finish out the year strong. It is important to fulfill end-of-the-year obligations for Key Club because others are dependent on us. We are a team and we all depend on each other in order to have a successful club. Officer elections being held mean that there is now a new staff‚ a new team‚ a new group of people
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The Breakfast Club (1985) Midterm Paper The movie “The Breakfast Club” portrays five main characters all from a different set of cliques in Saturday morning detention in an Illinois high school. Their detention is a result of myriad violations. Each character has different stereotypes‚ home lives‚ and issues but find out they have several similarities. The theme of this movie is to accept yourself for who you are. This movie focuses on different people getting to know and get along with each
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superhero before. As his friend Marty (Clark Duke) explains‚ “Because they would get their asses kicked.” Marty’s not wrong. Dave doesn’t heed his pal’s advice‚ dons a wet suit‚ wields two batons‚ creates the alter-ego of “Kick-Ass” and goes out to fight bad guys. We soon see that despite Dave’s enthusiasm and bravery‚ he’s only playing at the amateur level. The pros are Hit-Girl (Chloe Moretz) and Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage)‚ an adorable father-daughter duo who
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