A DEEPER LOOK INTO THE BREAKFAST CLUB The movie The Breakfast Club is a ninety seven minute teenage drama that was released in February of 1985. This movies major stars are Emilio Estevez as Andrew, Paul Gleason as Richard, Molly Ringwald as Claire, John Kapelos as Carl, Judd Nelson as John Bender, Anthony Michael Hall as Brian, and Ally Sheedy as Allison. The students are also known as “a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess…and a criminal.” These characters take the viewer along an interpersonal journey that explores the depths of teenage emotion and the barriers of cliques that prevent their development. This spectacular film was produced and directed by John Hughes and is considered to be one of the greatest high school movies
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The students are not complete strangers but they differ socially and come from different cliques. Claire Standish is a beautiful and pampered princess, Brian Johnson a nerd or a bookworm, Allison Reynolds a reclusive outcast, Andrew Clarke an athlete (state champion wrestler) and John Bender a rebel. The students are supposed to spend eight hours and fifty-four minutes silently, not moving from their seats and writing a 1000-word essay on “who you think you are”. The principal Richard Vernon, occasionally checks on them and stirs them up. The students spend detention talking and arguing with each other while they are all exhibiting their natural characteristics. However, after several hours of occasional budging, arguing, and menace the students gradually open up to each and reveal private details about their …show more content…
Brian once attempted suicide with a flare gun because he received a failing grade in a wood working class. Andrew the athlete, has trouble thinking for himself and landed in detention due to an immoral act that was supposed to impress his father. Allison is a strange compulsive liar, and John is a bad boy rebel that comes from an abusive household. The students discover that they all have family problems which are negatively affecting their lives. These slowly revealed secrets bring the students together and they form interpersonal relationships; some of which turn out to be romantic. At the end of detention the students part ways outside the school, some of which sharing souvenirs or gifts from each other. Allison is given Andrews state champion patch and Claire gives John one of her diamond earrings. The movie ends with John Bender putting on Claire’s earring and throwing his fist in the air as a sort of spiritual victory.
The Forming of Interpersonal Relationships and How they
The students are not complete strangers but they differ socially and come from different cliques. Claire Standish is a beautiful and pampered princess, Brian Johnson a nerd or a bookworm, Allison Reynolds a reclusive outcast, Andrew Clarke an athlete (state champion wrestler) and John Bender a rebel. The students are supposed to spend eight hours and fifty-four minutes silently, not moving from their seats and writing a 1000-word essay on “who you think you are”. The principal Richard Vernon, occasionally checks on them and stirs them up. The students spend detention talking and arguing with each other while they are all exhibiting their natural characteristics. However, after several hours of occasional budging, arguing, and menace the students gradually open up to each and reveal private details about their …show more content…
Brian once attempted suicide with a flare gun because he received a failing grade in a wood working class. Andrew the athlete, has trouble thinking for himself and landed in detention due to an immoral act that was supposed to impress his father. Allison is a strange compulsive liar, and John is a bad boy rebel that comes from an abusive household. The students discover that they all have family problems which are negatively affecting their lives. These slowly revealed secrets bring the students together and they form interpersonal relationships; some of which turn out to be romantic. At the end of detention the students part ways outside the school, some of which sharing souvenirs or gifts from each other. Allison is given Andrews state champion patch and Claire gives John one of her diamond earrings. The movie ends with John Bender putting on Claire’s earring and throwing his fist in the air as a sort of spiritual victory.
The Forming of Interpersonal Relationships and How they