Molly Ringwald Essays

The Breakfast Club Often times high school students align themselves with one set group of values or expectations causing a third party to assume one’s personality, otherwise known as a stereotype. These stereotypes whether a jock, a trouble-making jerk, a rich popular kid, a genius, or the weird student that that is very misunderstood; cause people to not take the time to get to know one another. Many people would fit into one of these social categories, as do the main characters in The Breakfast

In the episode ‘Hair Today, Goon Tomorrow, the main idea around this episode is that the only thing teenagers care about in high school are how they look and how others look. This relates to society in a couple of ways; one way being that teenagers care more about how they look than anything else, and another way is that most teenagers that are guys only care about how a girl looks, At the beginning of the episode, it starts off with Cory not being able to look at himself in the mirror because he

beauty, a jock, a rebel and a recluse, one wonders “What do all of these people have in common?” Detention. The answer is detention. The Breakfast Club written and directed by John Hugh’s stars Anthony Michael Hall as Brian Johnson: the brain, Molly Ringwald as Claire Standish: a beauty, Emilio Estevez as Andrew Clark: the jock, Judd Nelson as John Bender: the rebel, and Ally Sheedy as Allison Reynolds: the recluse. The Breakfast Club only won one award, the MTV Movie Silver Bucket of Excellence Award;

The Breakfast Club is a movie that was released in 1985. This classic movie was written and directed by the famous John Hughes. The movie revolves around five high school students who are forced to attend Saturday detention and write an essay about who they think they are as a person. Every main character comes from a different clique. There’s the jock, Andrew; the popular girl, Claire; the nerd, Brian; the rebel, Bender; and the odd girl, Allison. These five students all believe they have nothing

Although Justyce and Manny had a lot in common, there were still things that drew them apart and made them different. Whether it was friendships, their background, or even how they dealt with racism, not every aspect of their lives were similar. To begin, let's look at their friendships. For the most part, they talked to the same people, Justyce sometimes hung out with Manny and his friends and Manny was friendly with SJ. A specific example in the text was when Justyce took part in Jareds equality

The main advocate for the arrest, trial and execution of the Mollies was Franklin Benjamin Gowen, owner of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Railroad Company. He, along with other large industry leaders, had a deep rooted hatred for all labor unions due to the fact that they threatened their hierarchy and control. According to Gowen, the Molly Maguires were a “noxious weed” of “foreign birth,” which had arrived in the United States from Ireland. “Wherever anthracite is employed is also felt the

The Storm, written by Kate Chopin in 1898 is a short story depicting an extramarital affair in the South. This story is rather scandalous especially when one considers the era in which it was written but demonstrated the realities of our world today in terms of lust, sexuality, secret affairs, marriage and relations. Chopin’s five-part short story is salacious by the standards of any society or generation but through its many symbols, themes and characters made a very interesting and thought-provoking

Racial Profiling/ Discrimination: Issues around the world Racial Profiling is a serious issue that has risen in the past few years. This is when discrimination is made against certain ethnic races. Contrary to popular belief, this can happen anytime and anywhere. It is important for us to realize that racial profiling is disrespectful to the people who are targeted and it is a crime. People should not be targeted just because of their race or color. In our societies, Racism has only gotten worse

The Molly Maguires The Molly Maguires, originated in Ireland, were best known for their activism among Irish American and Irish immigrant coal miners in north-eastern Pennsylvania. Coal miners were treated unfairly with poor working conditions, as well as a low pay, which the Mollies sought to fix. After a series of violent conflicts, twenty members of the Mollies were suspected and convicted of murder, among other crimes. They were executed by hanging in 1877 and 1878, with the history remaining

Adversity. A condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress. Adversity in most conditions is viewed as events that should never happen. Adversity is the struggles of the poor and the homeless. Adversity is a hurricane and a tsunami destroying lives and homes. Adversity is, however, beautiful. Not satisfactory, not enjoyable, but beautiful. In the face of adversity, many people tend to develop their character by developing new skills, making themselves stronger, and by becoming more understanding

December 2016 Molly Pitcher An outstanding woman once said, “ Live day by day and enjoy your family.” That outstanding woman was Mary Hays. And that’s what she did. Living day by day states her early life, her reasons for being in battles, her role in the battles, and her life after battle. This will show Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley was an outstanding person Mary Ludwig also some may know her as Molly Pitcher was an incredible woman. According to the article “Mary McCauley ( Molly Pitcher )” ,

Bender (Judd Nelson) frequently says God, fuck, and shit. Standish (Molly Ringwald) tells Bender (Judd Nelson) to go to hell after he makes suggestive comments. Bender (Judd Nelson) and Standish (Molly Ringwald) both flip people off. The constant profane language and obscene gestures throughout The Breakfast Club would have violated the Hayes Code. Bender (Judd Nelson) also says a range of vulgar things. He harasses Standish (Molly Ringwald) about her virginity and wants to know about her sex life. Bender

Hollywood. To fill his library of trouble makers he looked to the people who were the best of the best. Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall and Emilio Estevez. All young stars that where at the top of their game. Ally plays the basket case, Allison Reynolds. Allison is that girl that never fit in, she isn’t like all the other kids so they avoid her. As for Molly Ringwald her character

will be in society and the social class one is in cannot be changed. The Caste System is mostly practiced in India, however it slowly travelled and made its way to high school. In the 1986 comedy, drama, and romance, “Pretty in Pink”, starring Molly Ringwald as Andie Walsh and Andrew McCarthy as Blane McDonnagh the two main characters face many trials and tribulations in their love for each other in 1980’s high school because of the different social classes the two come from. Ultimately, because the

Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) faces economic struggles due to living in a single parent and only part time income home. She wants a man with money so she can have a chance of upward mobility. Blane McDonough, Andie’s love interest, comes from a wealthy family but goes outside

Molly Ringwald plays a typical teen girl in Sixteen Candles. We first meet her on her 16th birthday and her family has totally forgotten it in the midst of her sister 's wedding. Seeking comfort in friends at school, Jake Ryan the resident hot guy finds a note telling of her love for him. He being the more sophisticated senior to Molly 's sophomore character, he tries to find more. On his quest to find more he meets a freshman Anthony Michael Hall who is in love with Samantha and is willing to help

Hughes' most famous actress Molly Ringwald used some interesting words to describe him. A few of them were racist, misogynistic, and homophobic. Molly Ringwald was in his most popular movies. For example, she starred in Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, and The Breakfast Club. After Ringwald's big break in Sixteen Candles, she started to become John Hughes's muse for his future movies. Hughes even wrote the script for You Couldn’t Ignore Me If You Tried around Ringwald. Ringwald herself found these movies

The Breakfast Club The Breakfast Club is a film about five very different a students who are stuck in detention all day on a Saturday. From the opening scene it is apparent that these students are from very different social groups. The quote that illustrated the real social barriers for me is a quote from a Bender the "rebel" to Andrew the "jock". Bender tells Andrew "Do you think I would speak for you? I don't even know your language." This detention brings them together and causes them to cross

The 1980s was the beginning of technology and what it will become, iconic music, movies, and television shows that will lead the way for the upcoming years. Computers were making progress at a very fast rate and would now be seen in someone’s home. Phones could now be carried in your pocket and music videos were on MTV. The songs, movies, and TV shows would become very well known even today. Throughout the decade TV was becoming more popular because it was now live, 24 hour, and the actors were

introduced to problems battling internally within each character. The main setting is a high school library in Chicago where the stereotype of each clicc are forced to spend the day together in Saturday detention. The jock (Emilio Estevez), the diva (Molly Ringwald), the brain (Anthony Hall), the basketcase (Ally Sheedy), and the criminal