The Breakfast Club Film Analysis
The Breakfast Club- A Film Analysis
The Breakfast Club is a gathering of high school students who go to a saturday detention each with a different reason to why they are there. Mr. Vernon gives them a basic task to do while they are in there. They must write an essay about themselves. Every individual has a smart thought of what the other is. Yet, as they argue and speak about reality, they realized they care for eachother more than at first sight. In The Breakfast Club, we are introduced five students who are all very different from one another. There is Claire who is the princess and the most popular of the entire school. John, who is the rebel of the school. Andrew, who is labeled as the jock and head of the wrestling team. The last two are brian who is the one with the brains , and allison, the quiet one who does not speak until the end. One theory I can see in this movie was Erikson’s developmental Theory. …show more content…
We see that they have all been discriminated against. Stereotypes is the possibility that one's appearance or behavior will be misread to confirm another person's oversimplified prejudiced (Berger, 2011). This movie shows stereotypes that each person in this film is helped with. Allison for one was seen as awkward and quiet, but it just took sometime to get her talking. Claire is seen as the daughter of a wealthy family when she is not as stuck up as people make her seem. She is a humble girl. John is seen has a very arrogant guy but his father is the one to blame for that. The film also shows a great amount of friendship. Teachers may try to separate friends, but most developmentalist realize that friends help each other learn both academic and social skills (Berger, 2011). Friendship is very important to adolescents especially this group of students. Friends can be like family when your real family does not seem to get you. You guys share interest in many things and have same
The Breakfast Club is a gathering of high school students who go to a saturday detention each with a different reason to why they are there. Mr. Vernon gives them a basic task to do while they are in there. They must write an essay about themselves. Every individual has a smart thought of what the other is. Yet, as they argue and speak about reality, they realized they care for eachother more than at first sight. In The Breakfast Club, we are introduced five students who are all very different from one another. There is Claire who is the princess and the most popular of the entire school. John, who is the rebel of the school. Andrew, who is labeled as the jock and head of the wrestling team. The last two are brian who is the one with the brains , and allison, the quiet one who does not speak until the end. One theory I can see in this movie was Erikson’s developmental Theory. …show more content…
We see that they have all been discriminated against. Stereotypes is the possibility that one's appearance or behavior will be misread to confirm another person's oversimplified prejudiced (Berger, 2011). This movie shows stereotypes that each person in this film is helped with. Allison for one was seen as awkward and quiet, but it just took sometime to get her talking. Claire is seen as the daughter of a wealthy family when she is not as stuck up as people make her seem. She is a humble girl. John is seen has a very arrogant guy but his father is the one to blame for that. The film also shows a great amount of friendship. Teachers may try to separate friends, but most developmentalist realize that friends help each other learn both academic and social skills (Berger, 2011). Friendship is very important to adolescents especially this group of students. Friends can be like family when your real family does not seem to get you. You guys share interest in many things and have same