Crowds In The Breakfast Club

Crowds can be defined as large groups of adolescents who shared image and reputation. Through crowds adolescents can show who they are by the type of clothes they wear. They can also advertise what makes them unique and different from other people. Crowd membership is externally imposed and not necessarily a direct consequence of interaction with other members of the crowd. Some people identified themselves with a crowd; however, they do not have any direct contact with members of it. Moreover, Crowds are used for kids and adolescents to find out who they are. Furthermore, adolescents used crowds to find out who are the ones that are more likely to become their friends or with whom they could establish a romantic relationship.
In the movie The Breakfast Club, we observe five different crowds such as, the athletic oriented (Sporto), the academically oriented (Brains), the Deviant (Burnouts), the popular (Princess), and the loners (Basket Case). These crowds reflect adolescents’ own organization of social hierarchy/network. Moreover, these five crowds had different characteristics and behaviors that describe each member of their groups. For example, the Burnouts are those adolescents who have a big reputation because of their dominance over …show more content…
Members of the Brain Crowd, are more focus on adult’s style or concerns. Brains made things that adults valued. Brian dressed very different from the rest of the crowds. He has a high SES, and is academically oriented. He always gets good grades. He is affiliated to the physics and the math club. He is well-educated and always try to avoid arguments with others. He also eats healthy foods. Andrew’s parents are obsessive with his grades. Andrew said in the movie that he is not always really interested in getting high grades; however, he makes an extra effort to make his parents happy. Because Andrew could not get a good grade in one of his classes, he tried to kill