Jessica Vollhardt
Instructor Mary Sala
Voice & Speech II
June 11, 2018
Assignment #1: Character Analysis Paper
Allison Reynolds - ”The Breakfast Club” (1985)
1. Who is your character? List his/her detailed life story history - age, where are they originally from, family information, profession? (You will likely have to make much of this up)
Allison Reynolds is a 16-years old high school student, 11th grade, at Shermer High School in Shermer, Illinois. She also grew up there with both of her parents. Shermer is a suburb that is way too normal for someone like her. Her father is a dentist from Chicago and her mother is a secretary from Des Plaines, close to Shermer. Her parents ignore her entirely, but they are also worried about her, her …show more content…
She seems slightly aggressive, is anxious about friends, bites nails, her anger switches to laughter, she has an accurate language for her age, but frequent profanity, she has an excellent memory, negative self-image and she claims to be a nymphomaniac who had sex with her shrink, but she quickly confesses that she has never had sex, she is just a “compulsive liar.”
2. Who is your character talking to? Detail the other character’s relationship to your character - are they related, if so how; if not how long have they known each other; what significant life events have they shared, for example, graduating from school or program; birth of a sibling or baby, marriage, divorce of parents or self, death of parent, war/battle (You will likely have to make much of this up)
Allison is talking to Claire and Andrew, two other students who are also at Saturday’s detention at the high school. They are studying at the same high school, but they do not know each other. In total they are a group of 5 having detention together. Allison is the only student in Saturday detention by …show more content…
At the beginning she is not speaking to anyone. She is quiet, only speaking in sudden outbursts, but she starts to open up later.
Claire is the ”princess”, a typical “popular girl”. She has status, expensive clothes and seems wealthy, she belongs to the upper division of a high school hierarchy, a contrast to Allison. Allison considers herself friends with the other students after a while, and allows Claire to dress her up, transforming her into a ”normal” person. Andrew, the ”athlete” in their school. He is really popular and the number 1 athlete because of all the sports he does. After the transformation of Allison, Andrew and her start a relationship.
Brian, the ”brain” is the high school nerd with best grades. He is not talking to anyone the first 8 hours of detention. He strives for perfection and has high expectations for his future. (John) Bender is the stereotypical “bad boy” and ”criminal” with a dominating personality. He is wild and thrives on his rebellious attitude. He doesn’t care about his school life and his grades and has a hidden interest in Claire. Though he always retaliates if someone provokes him, he is neither rude or unkind to Allison but he only shows obnoxious reactions towards her odd
Instructor Mary Sala
Voice & Speech II
June 11, 2018
Assignment #1: Character Analysis Paper
Allison Reynolds - ”The Breakfast Club” (1985)
1. Who is your character? List his/her detailed life story history - age, where are they originally from, family information, profession? (You will likely have to make much of this up)
Allison Reynolds is a 16-years old high school student, 11th grade, at Shermer High School in Shermer, Illinois. She also grew up there with both of her parents. Shermer is a suburb that is way too normal for someone like her. Her father is a dentist from Chicago and her mother is a secretary from Des Plaines, close to Shermer. Her parents ignore her entirely, but they are also worried about her, her …show more content…
She seems slightly aggressive, is anxious about friends, bites nails, her anger switches to laughter, she has an accurate language for her age, but frequent profanity, she has an excellent memory, negative self-image and she claims to be a nymphomaniac who had sex with her shrink, but she quickly confesses that she has never had sex, she is just a “compulsive liar.”
2. Who is your character talking to? Detail the other character’s relationship to your character - are they related, if so how; if not how long have they known each other; what significant life events have they shared, for example, graduating from school or program; birth of a sibling or baby, marriage, divorce of parents or self, death of parent, war/battle (You will likely have to make much of this up)
Allison is talking to Claire and Andrew, two other students who are also at Saturday’s detention at the high school. They are studying at the same high school, but they do not know each other. In total they are a group of 5 having detention together. Allison is the only student in Saturday detention by …show more content…
At the beginning she is not speaking to anyone. She is quiet, only speaking in sudden outbursts, but she starts to open up later.
Claire is the ”princess”, a typical “popular girl”. She has status, expensive clothes and seems wealthy, she belongs to the upper division of a high school hierarchy, a contrast to Allison. Allison considers herself friends with the other students after a while, and allows Claire to dress her up, transforming her into a ”normal” person. Andrew, the ”athlete” in their school. He is really popular and the number 1 athlete because of all the sports he does. After the transformation of Allison, Andrew and her start a relationship.
Brian, the ”brain” is the high school nerd with best grades. He is not talking to anyone the first 8 hours of detention. He strives for perfection and has high expectations for his future. (John) Bender is the stereotypical “bad boy” and ”criminal” with a dominating personality. He is wild and thrives on his rebellious attitude. He doesn’t care about his school life and his grades and has a hidden interest in Claire. Though he always retaliates if someone provokes him, he is neither rude or unkind to Allison but he only shows obnoxious reactions towards her odd