Everyone is flawed and realizing that and accepting it is better than being in denial and thinking you’re more superior to others.
One of the themes of The Breakfast Club is the realization that no one is perfect and everyone has their own problems and flaws. In the film the students first judge each other based on the clique they’re in and see each other as their respective stereotypes, “a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal.” Some students were hostile towards others, students such as John Bender, who was bitter towards everyone as he felt he had the worst situation and clearly envied Claire Standish and Andrew Clark because of their “good life”.
However later on in the film, the students start to get more comfortable with each other and revealed a little about themselves. As the students learned the truth about each other, they realised that even though they were all completely different, they were also similar in that they all have problems and flaws. They were able to connect through their troubles and discover that none of them were as perfect or as imperfect as they thought they were. Whether it was a realization they had on their own or with the help of others, they were able to accept it in the end. Even the other students who were originally portrayed to have had the “perfect life” or were the “perfect son” was found to be just as flawed as everyone else.
By the end of the film, it didn’t matter who was more popular or was supposedly “looked up to” by the other students, they saw each other no longer as their stereotypes, but as equals. Even John Bender, the student who was seemingly shallow, said that “the world is an imperfect place” and that “screws fall out all the time” This epiphany helped them to stand up to others, especially the adults because this breakthrough made them see that even though the adults are superior, they too, have flaws.
However later on in the film, the students start to get more comfortable with each other and revealed a little about themselves. As the students learned the truth about each other, they realised that even though they were all completely different, they were also similar in that they all have problems and flaws. They were able to connect through their troubles and discover that none of them were as perfect or as imperfect as they thought they were. Whether it was a realization they had on their own or with the help of others, they were able to accept it in the end. Even the other students who were originally portrayed to have had the “perfect life” or were the “perfect son” was found to be just as flawed as everyone else.
By the end of the film, it didn’t matter who was more popular or was supposedly “looked up to” by the other students, they saw each other no longer as their stereotypes, but as equals. Even John Bender, the student who was seemingly shallow, said that “the world is an imperfect place” and that “screws fall out all the time” This epiphany helped them to stand up to others, especially the adults because this breakthrough made them see that even though the adults are superior, they too, have flaws.
Teenagers feel they have to hide their true identity to be accepted by their friends and family.
An important idea explored in The Breakfast Club was that teenagers constantly feel the need to hide their identity from others in order to gain acceptance. This idea is clearly represented by the students and the relationship they have with their family and their friends. Let’s take Claire as an example, she succumbs to peer pressure because she is afraid of rejection. Claire admitted that she hated the pressure from her friends and that “She hates having to go along with everything her friends say” but she still preferred it over being an outcast.
Teenagers often strive to impress others, whether it be their friends or their parents. They always feel as if they’re not good enough for them and so they constantly try to be someone they’re not in order to be accepted and liked by them. This was one of the reasons why the breakfast club was able to come together and become fast friends, they were able to do so as they didn’t fear judgements from the others because they didn’t feel the need to impress each other. Ironically they were all accepted and liked by each other in the end because they didn’t try to please each other and act as someone they’re not in the beginning.
Through the bonding of these 5 students who were first thought to be complete opposites, they learned that they were “all pretty bizarre. Some of them are just better at hiding it, that’s all.”
Teenagers often strive to impress others, whether it be their friends or their parents. They always feel as if they’re not good enough for them and so they constantly try to be someone they’re not in order to be accepted and liked by them. This was one of the reasons why the breakfast club was able to come together and become fast friends, they were able to do so as they didn’t fear judgements from the others because they didn’t feel the need to impress each other. Ironically they were all accepted and liked by each other in the end because they didn’t try to please each other and act as someone they’re not in the beginning.
Through the bonding of these 5 students who were first thought to be complete opposites, they learned that they were “all pretty bizarre. Some of them are just better at hiding it, that’s all.”
Respecting your elders and controlling your emotions can be hard yet rewarding if done correctly.
John Bender throughout the film has been constructed to treat the teacher (Mr Vernon) unfairly and his emotions aren't controlled well at all, both of the two have to fight against each others emotions. This is because the emotions keep on jumping off each other and therefore create a more severe situation and this usually happens in modern day life too. All of his anger is put into others who would never dare to hurt him purposely or annoy him in any way. Through the remaining characters we as an audience can see the difficulty of how hard it is to control anger when there are older people as the role model.
Unfortunately the only thing that can be done is not hold in everything and actually speak out about what it is that seems to be worrying you, because as shown in the film once they all started to express their thoughts and feelings with each other, it became a less worrying experience.
Also the fact that it's a relief to know that not only they are experiencing family struggles and poor adult influence's in life. The problem that all of the 5 teenagers suffer from is the fact that they don't understand why and what the reason is for their parents to be super keen for them to succeed in almost everything they do.
As said by Coco Chanel, “Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” and that is something that each of the teenagers and anyone in life needs to go through in order to learn and move on in their lives.
Unfortunately the only thing that can be done is not hold in everything and actually speak out about what it is that seems to be worrying you, because as shown in the film once they all started to express their thoughts and feelings with each other, it became a less worrying experience.
Also the fact that it's a relief to know that not only they are experiencing family struggles and poor adult influence's in life. The problem that all of the 5 teenagers suffer from is the fact that they don't understand why and what the reason is for their parents to be super keen for them to succeed in almost everything they do.
As said by Coco Chanel, “Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” and that is something that each of the teenagers and anyone in life needs to go through in order to learn and move on in their lives.
Knowing yourself as a teenager and standing up for what you know is right is extremely important.
To move forward in life and get the most out of it that you possibly can, is something that shouldn't be ignored. Anyone that is easily able to do that within their self, is a strong and determined person to stand up for what the believe is right. A lot of people don't have the confidence to do this just like Claire, Brian and Alison who struggle with that little bit of extra support they need. Bender and Andrew who throughout the entire film are full of confidence and expressing what they personally think have no issues with this, but only up until there is people around them as a poor influence. This shows through as the film is nearing conclusion as the cracks on the surface become clear, and break down although not in a negative way because it does them good and benefits them because they know its what they believe in and aren't ashamed of what is right. Associating with each other, opened them up to be more confident in any type of situation and they all were able to realise what was going to happen the next day after detention. The fact that they wouldn't talk, and be embarrassed but thankfully a few were completely opposite and didn't mind and that was what took courage to admit.
In the film there are many ideas that are portrayed, some obvious and then also the ones that need to be searched for. It's a great message about standing up and the characters are pure examples of this.
In the film there are many ideas that are portrayed, some obvious and then also the ones that need to be searched for. It's a great message about standing up and the characters are pure examples of this.
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