In The Breakfast Club‚ Claire and John are two of five students who have been detained in school on Saturday morning. Claire was here for skipping school to go shopping while John was here for pulling a false fire alarm. At the beginning of the movie‚ it’s easy to see that Clair and John have so many differences. During the journey of self-discovery‚ there are more and more similarities appear between Claire and John and they try to face these facts. From all‚ their families‚ their social life and
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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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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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The Breakfast Club Chanetta McFerguson Childhood April 28‚ 2013 Melissa Harper The Breakfast Club Cliques are groups of people with mutual interests and goals‚ who spend a majority of their time with each other. They can be found at every high school. The Breakfast Club is a movie that brings five students belonging to different cliques together in an unfortunate situation-detention. At the beginning of the movie‚ these five students appear to be very different people who have nothing
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Released in 1985 and directed by John Hughes ’ The Breakfast Club ’ is a film about teenagers that seem different on the surface but come to discover otherwise . When five students from different high school cliques are forced to spend their Saturday in detention‚ the brain‚ athlete‚ basket case‚ princess and the criminal together are faced with the question of who they think they are. The five characters put aside the ir dissimilarities in aid to survive the painful eight hour detention and in
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Comparing Perks of Being a Wallflower and Breakfast Club. In this essay‚ I will be comparing John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club published in 1985 with Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower of 1999. The Breakfast club aims to highlight what went on in high schools as well as the larger society at the time‚ by using five unique stereotypes. In the movie‚ there was the jock: trying to live up to his dad’s and friends’ expectations; the brain‚ expected to be super-smart; the princess‚ who always
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The Breakfast Club is a film about four different students-Allison‚ Claire‚ Andrew‚ John‚ and Brian - who come from different backgrounds and are serving a Saturday detention. After they get comfortable with one another’s presence‚ they all share their personal stories. Principal Vernon‚ who is powerful and strict‚ gives the students’ directions in order to write an essay describing who they think they are. The movie centers around the social divisions between high school students‚ labels that students
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Group Think Question #2 This type of dysfunctional operation of an organization has many ways and opportunities for failure. The basic fundamentals of this process are the beginnings of failure as groups seek conformity and unity they sacrifice everything in order to maintain peace within the group. Many times this will take the individuals creative thoughts and ability to voice the creative edge thinking away. In many organizations this is a process that is continually used. It is perceived
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The Breakfast Club – Analysis Essay This past weekend I set out to accomplish this extra credit assignment. I viewed the task as just another mediocre film from the 80’s to watch for school. However‚ I can now say that I am utterly delighted to have viewed the Breakfast Club. This film eloquently covered every serious topic that a high school student has ever pondered: sex‚ social stratification‚ tobacco use‚ parental frustration‚ marijuana and even suicide. The film begins by an unlikely group
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Changing circumstances can precipitate a change in our intimate relationships. The 1980 John Hughes film The Breakfast Club may seem like just another angst filled high school movie‚ which in some parts it may be‚ but in fact‚ this film is unique because of its exploration of certain ideas of belonging. For example‚ the idea that people‚ no matter how different their personalities are‚ will bond together when they are isolated and a mutual enemy is presented to them. The Skrzynecki poem Migrant Hostel
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