The Lives of Teenagers in "The Breakfast Club"
Brian Johnson
John Bender
Nick name: "The Brain"
Visually: tight skinny jeans, polo shirt, hoodie, lanky hospital sneakers.
Nick name: "The Criminal"
Visually: cheap baggy jeans, ripped plaid flannel, dirty work boots, worn trench coat, tousled hair.
Personality Wise: disrespectful, vulgar, barbaric, wild, punk, rebellious, dangerous.
Personality Wise: meek, resourceful, wimpy, tame, boring, over-achiever, and socially awkward.
Personally likes playing with fire and switchblades, dealing drugs, and having detention for the rest of his high school life.
Personally likes doing work when assigned, reads in his free time, and listens to authority without any disrespect.
Andrew Clark
Nick name: "The Jock"
Claire Standish
Personality Wise: athletic, bold, popular, bulky, trendy, attractive, brave, sensitive.
Nick name: "The Princess"
Personality Wise: Miss Popularity, polished, social, respectful, sophisticated, fashionable, appealing, neat, emotional, strong, and perceptive.
Visually: muscle shirt, Varsity jacket, torn jeans, cleats.
Visually: face is cooked with make up, hair with hair spray, designer boots, bag, clothes; sophisticated look.
Personally likes foot ball, or any other kind of sport, dislikes school work, hates taking orders, and goes with the flow.
Personally likes being daddy's little girl, borrowing her daddy's credit card for after school activities, shopping till she drops, the latest fashions, and the latest gossip.
Stereotypes of the Main Characters
Bibliography
Just from this image of the main characters, specific stereotypes are already visibly shown through the way they dress, sit, and possibly, their expressions.
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'The Breakfast Club'" Fredericksburg.com. Century 21, 14 Sept. 2006. Web. 26 Feb. 2014. <http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/092006/09142006/219659>.
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Allison Reynolds
Nick name: "The Basket Case"
Personality Wise: socially awkward, unpopular, peculiar, eccentric, loner, weirdo, rebellious, vulgar, immodest, and disobedient.
Visually: messy hair, oversized jacket, multiple scarves, skirt over pants.
Personally likes being singled out, or the center of attention, making weird noises, and carrying everything she owns.