Discussion Questions
- How are stereotypes used to convey characters in the Breakfast Club?
- Would you classify Bender as a heartless criminal? Why/ Why Not?
- How does our perception of the characters change throughout the duration of the film
- Are there any aspects of the film that are no longer relevant in high school society?
- Has the movie changed your perception of people?
- What elements in the movie are timeless?
- Discuss how the stories the characters tell affect the others attitudes to one another.
- Discuss how the dress code of the characters represents their personality.
- In the film what happens to the group when they are forced to spend time together?
- How do the student react to the principal Vernon putting them in the library all day?
- Discuss the reality of the detention in the Breakfast Club in comparison to modern detention.
- Discuss which character you relate to including their personal experiences, traits, appearances and perspective of the world.
- How has the viewer been positioned to respond to at least one character?
- In the film “The Breakfast Club” the characters start as stereotype and end as something else. Consider how narrative and film conventions have developed one character.
- Discuss how the characters would interact with each other if Bender weren’t there.
- Discuss whether you think they spoke to each other or stuck to their agreement when they saw each other in school.
- Discuss whether or not bender deserves sympathy.