The Breakfast Club Compare And Contrast

Some of the most common terms related to similarity among friends include “opposites attract” and “simplicity and complexity need each other”. This concept is often proven true. One of the greatest examples of this is seen in The Breakfast Club. Bender, the poster boy for a typical high school “bad boy”, and Claire, the epitome of a stuck up and rich student, find love amongst their differences. With that said, these characters had striking similarities that were not highlighted in the movie- they both had to deal with the social pressures of being high school students and they both grew up in the same town with the same students. Similar to Bender and Claire, Nel and Sula have stark differences but underlying similarities. Eva, one of the wisest and toughest characters in Sula says to Nel, “Just

To begin, Nel was always a well respected and simple character. However, Sula began to rebel at a young age and the community did not respect her. In fact, when Sula passes away, the community begins to thrive. In the novel it says, ““Now that Sula was dead and done with, they returned to a steeping resentment of the burdens of old people. Wives uncoddled their husbands; there seemed to be no further need to reinforce their vanity. And even those Negroes who had moved down from Canada to Medallion... felt a loosening of the reactionary compassion for Southern-born blacks Sula had inspired in them. They returned to their original claims of superiority” (Morrison 153-154). The people in the Bottom had an enormous fear of Sula. However, this fear translated into a prospering community (people began loving their spouses, caring for their elders- the typical things that a strong community does). Yet, when Sula dies, this all goes away. She indirectly did a lot for the community in very unconventional ways. On the other hand, people felt bad for Nel and viewed her as the girl who was a victim of an