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    to write about one of my favorite films The Breakfast Club, written and directed by John Hughes. The film seem to be the most influential film of it time and I believe it still is till this day. John Hughes was able to capture an insight of teenage problems through dialogue while also showing the pressure of being a high school student. With so many action, sci-fi films releasing in the year of 2017, I seem to always go back and rewatch The Breakfast Club for the millionth time. So, what makes this

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    For my second film analysis essay, I will be writing about the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club directed by John Hughes. The Breakfast Club has five main characters: Andrew, Brian, John often called by his last name “Bender”, Claire, and Allison. These five characters make up the whole plot of the story. Without them, The Breakfast Club wouldn’t exist and because of this fact, the movie is considered to be character driven. The five main characters have many conflicts that they share with the audience

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    The Breakfast Club is a movie about five students from Shermer High School who gather on a Saturday to sit through eight hours of detention. These five students; Andrew Clark, Claire Standish, John Bender, Allison Reynolds and Brian Johnson, have nothing in common. The Breakfast Club zooms in on the high school social groups and cliques that are often seen in the development of peer groups during adolescents. The peer groups that are portrayed in The Breakfast Club include, John “the criminal”, Claire

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    The Breakfast Club is set in Shermer, Illinois on March 24, 1984. Five high school students from Shermer High School are required to report for detention on a Saturday. The school's principal, Mr. Vernon, who is supervising the detention, gives them an assignment where they are each required to write an essay about how they came to be in detention and “who they think they are.” The students are strangers to one another, each coming from a different social group, however, throughout the day they eventually

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    film The Breakfast Club is a movie about how five high schools of all different stereotypes have to meet on a Saturday detention. It’s a very well made movie and is easily relatable in multiple senses. In the end though they eventually pour their hearts out to each other and find out that they have more in common than they thought. Multiple sociological concepts or principles can be applied to this movie also. The first sociological concept or principle that is seen in The Breakfast Club is the

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    are asked this question at the beginning of a Saturday detention session in The Breakfast Club. This question is not just unique to these students in this high school, but this is a question all high school students attempt to figure out by the time they enter college or join the work force. Unfortunately, a person is often perceived based on stereotypes which does not reveal the true person. In The Breakfast Club, perception of students based on stereotypes leads to biased expectations, isolation

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    The interesting, classic old fashion American film directed by John Hughes and also written by Ned Tanen called the Breakfast Club is a well known movie realised on the 2nd of May 1985. The movie is about 5 kids called Brian, Andrew, Claire, Allison and John who are stuck in detention with the nasty, mean and evil vice principal for different reasons. Together they get to know each other having lots of fights with each other at first but then in the end, everyone knows each other so well that they

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    The Breakfast Club is an 80’s teen classic film that brings out the meaning of knowing one another and realizing that each student has a story about themselves that leaves a different impression on them than the title they were given by other people. The Breakfast Club is a stereotypical film that depicts the flaws of five students serving detention on a Saturday. The Breakfast Club really captures the value of realism and leaves a huge impression on students who go through the same similarities

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    The Breakfast Club Noah Lane Ivy Tech Community College Abstract This paper is why everyone should watch The Breakfast Club. It tells a story of four teenagers battling with rebellion, drama, and love. Most critics will argue that it is not realistic, and no teenager is like that. However, The Breakfast Club written by John Hughes made teens everywhere relate to at least one of these characters. This movie is a dramatic comedy that will make someone laugh, cry, and angry all brought

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    peer pressure, social status, world issues and varying opinions causes rapid growth to occur. Some gather into groups, called cliques, to overcome these hardships, while others fight them head on by themselves. In the coming to age movie, The Breakfast Club, five different high school teenagers are forced to be together one Saturday morning and afternoon in detention. Brian Johnson the brain, Andrew Clarke the athlete, Allison Reynolds the basket case, Claire Standish the princess and John Bender

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