Sociological Analysis Of The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club Summary The Breakfast Club is about five different high school students in Saturday detention, and is supervised by a strict teacher (Richard Vernon).The movie covers issues from every social class and every angle of the social structure of high school giving it a variety of a sociological outlook. Each each student has a status in society: John Bender is a criminal, Claire Standish is a princess, Andrew Clark is a athlete, Brian Johnson is the brain, and Allison Reynolds is a basket case. Each student must put aside their differences, in order to survive an eight hour detention with Mr. Vernon. Mr. Vernon expects each student to write a thousand word essay about who they really are. They also have a discussion about how their parents mistreat them. Ironically, this discussion answers the question to the essay. In the end, Brian is manipulated into writing a group essay for everyone in which he gives each person their defining nickname. While each student represents a different …show more content…
For example, Claire's role as a princess makes John think that Claire is stuck up. Claire's ascribed status is having a rich family. John makes fun of Claire because her family is rich, and she is wearing diamond earrings. A conflict arises when Andrew tackles John because John was making fun of Claire, and Andrew decided to stand up for her. By the end, Claire, and John become a couple. The achieved status that Allison holds is being an outsider, artist, and shy. This status makes John, Claire, Andy, and Brain, believe that Allison never talks, and that she is from a different planet. Once, Claire gets to know Alison, Claire decides to give her a makeover because Claire wants to help Allison break out of her shell. After the makeover, Andrew was attracted to Allison, and they became a couple. This is a role exit for Allison because she now has a boyfriend, is more confident, and not as