Essay about The Breakfest Club - 683 Words

The Breakfast Club nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Theresa Puchta is very accurate in her description of the merits and limitations of John Hughes’ films. Almost all of the characteristics and themes she has described in the article: suburban setting, vague social concerns, high school cliques, uncaring parents, characters wearing the latest fashions and top 40 soundtrack music have been proven true in The Breakfast Club. The movie has a suburban setting inside a high school, and the characters each belong to one of the high school cliques: freak, princess, bully, jock and geek. At the very beginning of the movie when the characters are introduced, each of them are receiving a drive from one of their parents who is either too pushy,†¦show more content†¦They only address the concerns of their lives, none of society. The article was â€Å"right on† with these points. The biggest and most attractive feature of Hughes’ films is the realistic dialogue, critics say it is â€Å"hip-just the way teens talk.† Theresa Puchta puts a little spin on that, she writes â€Å"though Hughes’ dialogue is realistic, funny and literate-certainly several notches above the drivel usually spoken by people in teen films-it’s sometimes a bit too rich.† This point brings a lot of truth. This is definitely displayed during conversations between the five high school students when they try to psychologically figure each other out. For example, the bully is criticized by the others as just masking up the fact that he knows he doesn’t really matter to anyone, and knowing that no matter how hard he tries he won’t fit in. The teens slip these types of observations into their conversations so easily. Although teens do come up with profound statements it is usually after knowing the person well or the effect of a certain emotion/fa ct that person has made you realize. In â€Å"The Breakfast Club† the teens begin to analyze the bullies’ behaviour in the beginning of the movie after spending just a few minutes with him in detention. Besides this however, as Theresa pointed out, the lingo is very realistic and full of terms which teenagers used such as â€Å"blazing up† which means to smoke marijuana.