The Breakfast Club

In The Breakfast Club , the film utilizes costume, setting, and lighting to express its mise-en-scene. The visual shots in the film gives the audience information about the setting and characters. For example at the beginning of the film, the camera shows us the name of the high school later being the majority setting in the film. One of the most influential aspect of the film’s mise-en-scene is its stereotypical costumes. Each of the characters costumes represent their social background. For…

In the film The Breakfast Club Bender is seen as the delinquent kid who doesn’t care about anyone. However, he sacrifices himself for the rest of the group when they are almost caught on their way back to the library by running through the halls yelling for Mr. Vernon. Archer, a character in the novel Damned is also portrayed as a criminal with a tall spiked mohawk, a leather jacket, and a safety pin in his cheek. He too makes a sacrifice for the rest of the group when he rescues Maddy from…

For this essay, I have decided to compare two “bad guys” that audiences always seem to love. One is your classic high school rebel in The Breakfast Club, while the other is Batman’s favorite villian in The Dark Knight. Judd Nelson and Heath Ledger share many similarities in their roles as John and the Joker, however I think the biggest difference between the two actors is the amount of intensity put into their characters. John is a troubled young man, who seems to be mad at the world. Judd…

Claire Standish was known as “The Princess” in the movie, The Breakfast Club. Through the way she portrays herself throughout the movie compared to the other characters, she seems to think she is better than everyone else, making her seem as if she has a narcissistic personality. Abraham Maslow’s theory states that he wanted to understand what motivates people and believed that people have a set of motivation systems unrelated to rewards or unconscious desires. Additionally he believed that…

group it is, all consist of four stages: the initial, transition, working, and termination stages. Each of these different stages contain distinct characteristics of facilitators and members that set them apart from one another. The movie, The Breakfast Club, provides a clear example of each of these stages as a group of students go through Saturday detention. Initial The initial stage of group counseling is characterized by a variety of different aspects that set the…

Wherever we go we must communicate to other people in order to make relationships. There are several concepts and theories that go into interpersonal relationships. In the movie, “The Breakfast Club” there is multiple situations where we see the development of relationships. There are five students that are stuck in detention for eight hours. The five students are named Bender, Claire, Andrew, Alison, and Brian; they are most commonly known by their labels in the school: the criminal, the…

The Breakfast Club (Part Two: Theories) Social Identity Theory: “Tajfel (1979) proposed that the groups (e.g. social class, family, football team etc.) which people belonged to were an important source of pride and self-esteem. Groups give us a sense of social identity: a sense of belonging to the social world.” (McLeod 2008) In this movie there are five adolescents trying to find themselves and fit in within the groups they currently belong or have migrated into; the exception of one, Allison…

The catcher in the rye and the breakfast club both demonstrate how a loss of innocence occurs in people when society pressures them into a way of thinking.In the Catcher in the Rye Holden feels a pressure to coform to society. Holden hires a prostitute, however he sends her away: “ ‘Look’, I said, ‘I don’t feel very much like myself tonight. I’ve had a rough night. Honest to God. I’ll pay you and all, but do you mind very much if we don’t do it? Do you mind very much?”(96). Holden felt pressured…

is best for all by killing Lenny after Lenny accidently killed a woman. With Lenny's death, George is given a chance to move on with his life and not have to worry about taking care of his friend. The other movie I'm going to discuss is "The Breakfast Club". This movie would be enjoyed by people ranging in age from junior high to middle aged. It's more of a younger portrayal of how life was and is in high school. It's a story of how five…

The Breakfast Club is a thought-provoking film about teenage adolescents that are trying to find out who they are regardless of the labels that society has already marked them with. One of the main ideals from The Enlightenment is autonomy which is the “freedom from external control or influence” this plays a large role in these teenager’s lives since their society greatly lacks individualism. John Locke believed that each human being is born with a blank mind or a “clean slate” that prevents…