“I hate it. I hate having to go along with everything my friends say” – Claire Standish
This quote is the perfect example to show the reality of peer pressure and how severe it is in high school. Claire is one of the most popular girls in school, you would think that if anyone experiences peer pressure, it would most certainly not be her. However, this is proof that it doesn't matter who you are in high school or in the world, everyone experiences peer pressure to some extent.
“When you grow up, your heart dies” – Allison Reynolds
This quote shows us the lack of communication and understanding between the different generations, teenagers and adults are unable to connect and this causes a detrimental relationship between parents and their children. With their inability to connect to their parents, teenagers often feel rejected and ignored, which is exactly how Allison feels.
"You ask me one more question and I'm beating the shit out of you" - Andrew Clark
From this quote we as an audience see that Andrew doesn't take much from people who are trying to find little cracks in him to tip him over the edge and make him extremely angry. It is also a clear example of how much teenagers can attempt to use people to their advantage in order to get exactly what they want in life.
"Are you gonna be, like, a shopping bag lady? You know, like, sit in alleyways and, like, talk to buildings and wear men's shoes and that kinda thing?"- Brian
This quote is expressing the expectation for Alison’s future, Alison comes across as a ‘basket case’ she isolates herself from her peers and family as she believes she is un-satisfied with life. The point of view from Brian shows that Alison’s peers think that she is going to turn out to be the stereotypical mentally unstable middle aged women.
"We're all bizarre, some of us are just better at hiding it"- Andrew
This is the ultimate quote that brings together the main idea of The Breakfast Club. that it doesn't matter who you think you are, whether you think you're superior to everyone or whether you feel like an outcast, you're just as flawed as everyone else. There is no point in hiding who you really are and being honest about your identity makes you a more relatable person therefore easier to befriend.