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The Breakfast Club is a movie that features five students in a high school. The setting occurs at the Shermer High School on Saturday morning. Four of the students were required to come as a punishment of their wrongdoings, however, the fifth student came just because she “didn’t have anything to do”. They will be assigned to write an essay about who they are but instead they’ll embark on a journey of knowing each other. Among the five students, Andrew Clarke is the athlete, Allison Reynolds is the basket case, Claire Standish is the princess, Bryan Johnson is the brain and John Bender is the criminal. My profile closely matches with Allison and Bryan. John portrays my opposite personality. Allison Reynold closely resembles my personality. We show a silent behavior. But most importantly, we observe. I often tend to be quiet and perceive as much information before talking. For …show more content…

It is seen in the movie that Brian tries to include his opinion when the group is talking. However, he is not often given a good attention. For instance, he desperately talks about the clubs he is in while Bender and Claire are talking over him. I can relate to this as my friends sometimes talk over me. Brian also has a school attire that resembles mine. Most importantly, Brian closely matches my school life. I am not the type of guy that would go to parties and get high or that’d focus on sports. My first priority is my education. I would be very embarrassed when I perform badly on my school work, just as Brian was sad because he got an F on his assignment to make an elephant lamp. When I was 15, I got the lowest math grade of my life; I scored 24/60. It was very embarrassing because I thought I did well on the exam. However, the grade gave me a strong attitude of working hard and I have achieved great results afterward. We share the same interpersonal skills described in Chapter 5 as Facial and Temporal

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