Brian In The Breakfast Club

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Brian and I also found a way to accept who we are and founded confidence in ourselves. At the end of the movie The Breakfast Club, it is noticeable the difference in how Brian was at the beginning when he was shy, and not confident of himself and at the end when he could accept who he was and be proud. For me it didn’t happen from one hour to another but with time, and a lot of pep-talks to myself, I could respect myself for who I am and not give to cents what others told me. This new founded confidence in myself not only help me become stronger mentally, but it also gave me a re-new determination to want to make me feel good on the outside as I was feeling in the inside. I begin to lose weight, and take time to myself. I started to talk to

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