The Breakfast Club, a film directed by John Hughes, describes the events that happen during a group of five teenagers' Saturday detention. Each character comes into the day as someone who does not have a whole lot in common with the other four. As the day progresses, they each begin to become acquainted with one another and discover that they have more in common than they had previously believed. As well as finding out who these other people are, each character undergoes his or her self-discovery as they are able to examine how who they are determines what they do and how they act. These students each arrive on Saturday morning to their high school by different means, and each way it is that they arrive is a precursor for what kind of people they begin the film as.
xxx ENGL 1301.015 27 June 2012 High School Stereotypes In The Eighties In the movie The Breakfast Club, made in the early 80’s. Five students are sent to detention on a Saturday morning and instructed to sit for eight hours and work on a one page essay of who they think they are. The five students appear to be judgmental of each other as they look around and take a seat somewhat apart from one another. This film is not a modern version of what today’s stereotypes interpret; it deals more with social status and cliques as well as family issues, which is about the only problem they can all communicate. The categories of stereotypes consist of a princess, the brain, the athlete, the basket case and the criminal.
In the movie The Breakfast Club, five seemingly different adolescents are assigned Saturday detention where they learn that although they each fit a particular stereotype, they all have the same characteristics, but they are expressed differently because they have different experiences, strengths and weaknesses that makes them who they are. In the movie, Bender is the “criminal”, Brian is the “brain” and Allison is the “psychopath.” These five high school students, Andrew, John, Allison, Brian, and Claire, meet in detention one day. The principal wants them to write an essay, and they think they are in for a boring 8 hours of doing nothing. At first, they argue and hate each other, but after smoking some marijuana, they pour their hearts out
Instead he expresses anger, one of the only expressions that men were allowed to have. The audience is treated to a wide shot, so they fully see Bender’s aggression as he knocks books over and clambers up the staircase. He expresses this athleticism, as if a moment of visible vulnerability will make him any less of a man. Later in the scene, a close up of when Bender sits with his legs hanging off the stairs, and his frustration is evident, but never fully realised. Andrew challenges the gender expectation.
JThe Breakfast Club is a classic stereotypical example of a teenagers basic struggles through high school. The film covers these issues from every social class and every position of the social structure of high school giving it a wide range of sociological outlook. You have a rebel, rich popular girl, nerd, "sporto", and a shy strange pariah. All of these classic examples of high school figures exist in virtually every high school in existence and there for leave for a great sociological study. The conclusion of the film brings the different social figures together forming a strong bond, and leading to the discovery that these teens aren't so different after all.
Consent: What is it? | College Composition I | Jess Plummer Argumentative Paper I | Imagine if Chris, Jon and Gordon had stated to Sara, “I shall assume that your silence gives consent.” What would this look like in the finally of the story? Could we assume that they had indeed thought this once or twice throughout the night? Sometimes consent is all that is left out for something wrong to happen. Even though consent can be given in 2 forms; implied or expressed, Sara did not give consent to Jon, Gordon or Chris because drinking causes a person to be vulnerable and incompetent and Sara was drunk when having sex with the boys.
People can also be abused sexually in relationships. One major issue to do with relationship abuse is the lack of people who seek help, unfortunately only 33% of girls surveyed who were in an abusive relationship or knew of another girl in one told anyone or sought help (Anonymous Daughters,2006). Which poses the question: Why don’t people in an abusive relationship seek help? The lack of people seeking help is not only do to with fear, but also the difficulty to recognize abuse for what it is (Stay teen,p.1). Many victims of abuse don’t seek help because they assume they can only be abused physically when truth is, they can also be abused emotionally and sexually.
---------------------- Mrs.--------- English 1 Honors 8 October 2012 Black Bag Monday High School, two words that can frighten kids since they might not know what it is like, what to do, who to hang out with or what to expect. Is it only about getting the good grades or is there more to it? Thomas --------, already graduated man, shares some insights to his high school experience. During high school, Thomas had all sorts of friends: “I had nerdy, red-necks, blacks, whites, boys, girls, older and younger friends; I was a real friendly person.” Although, he said that the group he usually hung out with were music lovers and nerdy guys “just like me”. Even though his class was one of the largest ever in his high school he cannot recall having
Take a guess which one they chose, home of course. These teenaged girls were so scared of the trouble they might get into that they didn’t make an effort to help their friend and possibly save her life. I know what you’re thinking though; if Anna had followed the law and not taken drugs then she wouldn’t have died. But reality is, teenagers experiment, they make mistakes but they are not
Shannon Bodensieck Professor Walsh April 12, 2012 Bullying In the video about bullying, I agree with what was said. Most kids bully without even knowing what they are doing. In the video all of the kids were asked to explain bullying as what they believe it is, the explanations from the kids ranged from saying it is an older kid stealing their lunch money to as far as racism. Honestly I believe that whether a child will become a bully as they grow up depends on how they are raised by their parents and what goes on in their home life. When the kids were asked if they have ever bullied someone else, most of the answers that were given were of course "No".