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The Breakfast Club analyzed through a Feminist Lens
Thesis: The Breakfast Club portrays women’s individuality and men’s masculinity within society. Stereotypes are shown throughout the movies shapes the individual identity to fit society, and the gender role.
John Bender: John bender is a ruthless character who has gone through a lot in his life time. He is represented as the criminal from the group of characters in, “The Breakfast Club”. He is a reckless characters who does not care about others, and their opinions towards him. He tends to create conflicts with other like his school mates. However, the story partly revolves around how john comes from a broken family, which …show more content…
It is shown that she is constantly need of a male figure to fulfill her needs. For example, “I can’t believe you can’t get me out of this”. Therefore, this shows that she is dependent on a man, like her father.
Patriarchal Roles: John Bender is a very sexist character. During detention he refers Claire the prom queen as, “Richie”. Therefore, this show how gender indirectly affects the patriarchal gender roles. It shows if you are physical attractive should be prom queen, if you have lots of money and stubborn, the person may have an easy life.
Male Dominance: Gender roles are quite contradicting in this move. It shows how women need men to sustain their lives. For instance, Claire is put down by John Bender by many sexist comments made by him. Claire needs Andrew to set in and help voice her opinions because she believes that a man should only argue and a man, therefore she shows that she is weak.
Camera Angles: Throughout the movie viewers see close up, or medium shots of Claire’s face. Close of shots are made as the director shows Claire’s emotions after being harassed.
Andrew Clarke: Andrew Clark is your jock on the wrestling team. Patrichail and stereotypical factors are introduced as a male image of a wrestler has to be muscular, and …show more content…
As Andy is feeling uncomfortable about John 's statements of exploitation and oppression towards Claire, he insists on standing up for her. Although he is trying to protect her, this is seen as a patriarchal scene due to the fact that it shows the stereotypical assumption of men always having to stand up for women. This shows that the male gender is more dominant when it comes to situations that provide protection. Since men are seen as being “stronger” than women, women are automatically seen as being the “weaker” gender, which portrays a sexist idea of women needing a man to protect them.
An Unneeded Approval
After Claire gives Allison a makeover and Allison reveals her friend 's work of art to the boys, Andy likes what he sees and starts growing different feelings towards her. As he states he likes how she looks, she gains confidence within herself and feels 'normal ', a feeling she has never been able to experience before. This patriarchal and submissive scene allows a male, Andy, to approve a woman 's look and also give a female her confidence. This specific scene is an example of how easily women can give men power and dominance over them.
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The Breakfast Club analyzed through a Feminist Lens
Thesis: The Breakfast Club portrays women’s individuality and men’s masculinity within society. Stereotypes are shown throughout the movies shapes the individual identity to fit society, and the gender role.
John Bender: John bender is a ruthless character who has gone through a lot in his life time. He is represented as the criminal from the group of characters in, “The Breakfast Club”. He is a reckless characters who does not care about others, and their opinions towards him. He tends to create conflicts with other like his school mates. However, the story partly revolves around how john comes from a broken family, which …show more content…
It is shown that she is constantly need of a male figure to fulfill her needs. For example, “I can’t believe you can’t get me out of this”. Therefore, this shows that she is dependent on a man, like her father.
Patriarchal Roles: John Bender is a very sexist character. During detention he refers Claire the prom queen as, “Richie”. Therefore, this show how gender indirectly affects the patriarchal gender roles. It shows if you are physical attractive should be prom queen, if you have lots of money and stubborn, the person may have an easy life.
Male Dominance: Gender roles are quite contradicting in this move. It shows how women need men to sustain their lives. For instance, Claire is put down by John Bender by many sexist comments made by him. Claire needs Andrew to set in and help voice her opinions because she believes that a man should only argue and a man, therefore she shows that she is weak.
Camera Angles: Throughout the movie viewers see close up, or medium shots of Claire’s face. Close of shots are made as the director shows Claire’s emotions after being harassed.
Andrew Clarke: Andrew Clark is your jock on the wrestling team. Patrichail and stereotypical factors are introduced as a male image of a wrestler has to be muscular, and …show more content…
As Andy is feeling uncomfortable about John 's statements of exploitation and oppression towards Claire, he insists on standing up for her. Although he is trying to protect her, this is seen as a patriarchal scene due to the fact that it shows the stereotypical assumption of men always having to stand up for women. This shows that the male gender is more dominant when it comes to situations that provide protection. Since men are seen as being “stronger” than women, women are automatically seen as being the “weaker” gender, which portrays a sexist idea of women needing a man to protect them.
An Unneeded Approval
After Claire gives Allison a makeover and Allison reveals her friend 's work of art to the boys, Andy likes what he sees and starts growing different feelings towards her. As he states he likes how she looks, she gains confidence within herself and feels 'normal ', a feeling she has never been able to experience before. This patriarchal and submissive scene allows a male, Andy, to approve a woman 's look and also give a female her confidence. This specific scene is an example of how easily women can give men power and dominance over them.
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