Childhood is a time of rapid cognitive development and self identification. In the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club, there are five very different main characters all serving a full saturday together while stuck in detention. Each individual is at a separate stage in their development and finding their own identities. There is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal as perceived by the general population. Claire, the Princess, and Bender, the criminal, each go through many changes during this single detention. Many of the events and shenanigans that happen during the detention not only have a lasting impact on one of the characters, but all of them. Throughout the movie, Bender and Claire change through their identity
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Bender’s involvement in detention consists of bullying, troublemaker, and has no interest in getting to know the other students. Bender is so insecure due to his abusive relationship with his dad; resulting Bender to believe that teasing others is the solution. Bender is a troublemaker because he intentionally tries to cause chaos and also convinces all of the other students to smoke weed with him during detention. He also has no interest in getting to know the other students. These three factors of group involvement result in a crowd recognition of selfishness, hostile, and ignorant. Later on throughout the detention, higher communication between all of the students leads to getting to know one another for who they really are. Instead of Bender avoiding to get to know the other students, he decides to ask personal questions in order to know more about them. He realizes he no longer needs to be a bitter bully because it is unacceptable. Bender learns to listen to others, be respectful and kind. Instead of bullying, he tries to help Claire change for the better: “You ought to spend a little less time trying to impress people.” Bender is giving honest feedback to Claire to help her realize that she needs to fix her mistake of trying to impress others. Bender wants Claire to be aware that she needs to do what she wants without others influencing her decisoins. With the constructive help and honesty that Bender offers to others, he finally gains repect from his
Bender’s involvement in detention consists of bullying, troublemaker, and has no interest in getting to know the other students. Bender is so insecure due to his abusive relationship with his dad; resulting Bender to believe that teasing others is the solution. Bender is a troublemaker because he intentionally tries to cause chaos and also convinces all of the other students to smoke weed with him during detention. He also has no interest in getting to know the other students. These three factors of group involvement result in a crowd recognition of selfishness, hostile, and ignorant. Later on throughout the detention, higher communication between all of the students leads to getting to know one another for who they really are. Instead of Bender avoiding to get to know the other students, he decides to ask personal questions in order to know more about them. He realizes he no longer needs to be a bitter bully because it is unacceptable. Bender learns to listen to others, be respectful and kind. Instead of bullying, he tries to help Claire change for the better: “You ought to spend a little less time trying to impress people.” Bender is giving honest feedback to Claire to help her realize that she needs to fix her mistake of trying to impress others. Bender wants Claire to be aware that she needs to do what she wants without others influencing her decisoins. With the constructive help and honesty that Bender offers to others, he finally gains repect from his