“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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A Reaction on John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club March 24‚ 1984. Saturday. Shermer High School‚ Shermer‚ Illinois. Forced to spend a Saturday detention in the library‚ five high school students with nothing in common‚ and each a member of different social group‚ met. At first they hated each other‚ but after telling their own stories and emotions‚ they became good friends. An athlete‚ a brain‚ a basket case‚ a princess‚ and a criminal comprise the Breakfast Club. I found the plot of the movie
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The Breakfast Club – Movie Review “They only met once‚ but it changed their lives forever.” The Breakfast Club is a film written‚ produced and directed by John Hughes that was released in 1985 about High School stereotyping and Self Discovery in which a handful of common stereotypical unhappy high school students that are given an in school suspension at their local school “Sherman High” (Which is based in Chicago) from 8am in the morning until 4pm in the afternoon on a Saturday for them
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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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80’s movie‚” The Breakfast Club is a film rich with psychological principles. This movie is about a group of high school teenagers filled with personal angst who spend a Saturday serving their detention sentences in the school library. Each teenager from a different clique‚ they didn’t expect to relate as much to each other as they thought. As they begin to get to know each other‚ the vengeful assistant principal Vernon starts to single out Bender‚ the rebel of the group of teenagers. Initially‚ none
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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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what choices they make. The first and most prominent factor of one’s identity during adolescence is the background of the individual. In The Breakfast Club‚ John Bender is seen as a delinquent‚ “a criminal.” Although many of his choices are not exemplary‚ he did not select his abusive father and broken household. Bender is still in high school‚ a teenager‚ and his background is very influencing over his identity as he has had no one to guide him to the right decisions.
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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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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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The character John Bender in the Breakfast Club is one of the five representational teenagers of stereotypical cliques. He is depicted as the criminal‚ and reveals a past that correlates to that of many who maintain similar lifestyles and recreational choices that Bender exhibits. As displayed by many teenagers‚ behavioral habits typically correspond with the conditions in which they live. This common assumption is further accredited upon disclosure of Bender’s home life. The parenting style that
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