The Breakfast Club Analysis
A film will often mold and develop a collection of characters throughout the course of its story, spurring the psychoanalysis of those characters. The 1985 movie called The Breakfast Club involves five misbehaving teenagers who are required to attend detention on a Saturday morning. The teens include Brian, Claire, Andrew, Allison and John. These five adolescent individuals having their own reasons for this punishment of detention bring their own unique personality traits into the room, capable of psychological analysis. The character Brian played by Anthony Michael Hall is basically a nerd. His idea of social interaction involves the awkward social acceptance that he finds in his math and physics clubs at school. …show more content…
He is very popular. He follows rules only so that his Dad will not be disappointed in him. He is a wrestler, and that his where he finds his identity. He has a strong air of self confidence, and he wants to be respected. He is angry and insecure which seems to be the root cause of his aggressive behavior. The movie indicates that he wants to be popular, believed in, and wants to be in control. His behavior provides evidence of his personality being in line with Kohlberg’s Conventional theory, although the actions that landed him in detention seem to fall more into the category of post conventional, social contract and individual rights. The terrible deeds that he did to the boys in the locker room are only wrong in Andrew’s eyes because his father views them as wrong and he doesn’t view these actions as bad as losing his full ride scholarship. He requires assurance as depicted in Maslow’s level of hierarchy called self actualization. He has a strong desire to be the absolute best he can …show more content…
He is impulsive in his decision making, and he is clearly a risk taker. He is mostly honest, straight forward. He has a lot of problems with his family which affects his expression of emotion. He had a terrible childhood filled with abuse which will clearly explain his rebellious nonchalant attitude and recreational drug use. John has no real goals, ambition or commitments. He seems to fall into the category of Kohlberg’s pre-conventional, self interest stage. He definitely has a lot of growing up to do in order to be mature enough to handle the realities of life. John has safety needs that were not met in childhood and are not met at the time of the movie. He has a great need to feel this safety as defined in Maslow’s level of hierarchy called safety
A film will often mold and develop a collection of characters throughout the course of its story, spurring the psychoanalysis of those characters. The 1985 movie called The Breakfast Club involves five misbehaving teenagers who are required to attend detention on a Saturday morning. The teens include Brian, Claire, Andrew, Allison and John. These five adolescent individuals having their own reasons for this punishment of detention bring their own unique personality traits into the room, capable of psychological analysis. The character Brian played by Anthony Michael Hall is basically a nerd. His idea of social interaction involves the awkward social acceptance that he finds in his math and physics clubs at school. …show more content…
He is very popular. He follows rules only so that his Dad will not be disappointed in him. He is a wrestler, and that his where he finds his identity. He has a strong air of self confidence, and he wants to be respected. He is angry and insecure which seems to be the root cause of his aggressive behavior. The movie indicates that he wants to be popular, believed in, and wants to be in control. His behavior provides evidence of his personality being in line with Kohlberg’s Conventional theory, although the actions that landed him in detention seem to fall more into the category of post conventional, social contract and individual rights. The terrible deeds that he did to the boys in the locker room are only wrong in Andrew’s eyes because his father views them as wrong and he doesn’t view these actions as bad as losing his full ride scholarship. He requires assurance as depicted in Maslow’s level of hierarchy called self actualization. He has a strong desire to be the absolute best he can …show more content…
He is impulsive in his decision making, and he is clearly a risk taker. He is mostly honest, straight forward. He has a lot of problems with his family which affects his expression of emotion. He had a terrible childhood filled with abuse which will clearly explain his rebellious nonchalant attitude and recreational drug use. John has no real goals, ambition or commitments. He seems to fall into the category of Kohlberg’s pre-conventional, self interest stage. He definitely has a lot of growing up to do in order to be mature enough to handle the realities of life. John has safety needs that were not met in childhood and are not met at the time of the movie. He has a great need to feel this safety as defined in Maslow’s level of hierarchy called safety