Essay On The Breakfast Club

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The breakfast club, a comedy-drama produced in 1985. The film was directed by john Hughes. Five kids take place in a library serving their 9 hour detention on a Saturday morning. Each of them have a broken school rule. Each student represents a certain high school student stereo type. Emilio Estevez playing as Andrew Clarke (the jock), Molly Ringwald as Claire Standish (the prom queen), Anthony Michael hall as brain Johnson (the nerd), Ally Sheedy as Allison Reynolds (the recluse) and Judd Nelson as john bender (the rebel). This movie features the song “Don’t You (Forget about Me)” by Simple Minds. The plot follows five students at Shermer High School serving their detention. As these five students are lock up together for hours, they get

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