Compare and Contrast

The Breakfast Club, a movie written and directed by John Hughes in the 1980’s based on five students who spend one Saturday morning, March 24, 1984, for eight hours of detention in the school’s library. In the beginning, they all appear to be diverse. Clair, the princess, wears the title of the most popular and high-class of all other girls at school. Allison’s, the basket case, attire consists of what a bag lady would wear. Andrew, the jock, dresses like an athlete; he wears a letterman jacket and blue jeans. Brian, the brain, appearance looks like a typical nerd. John, the criminal, wears a trench coat and dresses like a stoner. As their day winds down, the five students begin to realize that they are not so diverse after all. John and Andrew, who seemed to be diametrically opposed, notice that they are comparable in many ways. Making their first appearance by arriving at the school for detention, John walks up wearing sunglasses, and it is cloudy outside. He almost gets hit by a car that is approaching, but he keeps walking as if he did not care. Andrew’s father pulls up in modern-day Ford Bronco during the period of time in which the movie took place. Before Andrew gets exits the truck, Andrew’s father lectures him about his reason for going to detention. He tells him he should not have gotten caught, and asks how a school will give a discipline case a scholarship. Andrews’s father tells Andrew about all of the uncanny things he did when he was in high school. Andrew felt as if he had something to prove to his father. John’s father mentally and physically abuses him. John’s father says things to put John down. He calls him stupid, worthless, no good, and use profanity to call him other names. So John acts as if he were a bad guy, but he really is just lashing out for attention. Both John and Andrew are mentally abused