Allison Reynolds
The Breakfast Club has 5 group members. Allison Reynolds is considered as the oddest in the group. Allison has been constructed as the weirdo. As she enters the room at the beginning of the film she walks swiftly, with her head hung low to the corner of the classroom. Throughout the beginning of the film Allison barely speaks, until they start to talk about their parents. Claire describes her relationship between her and her parents, “I don't think either one of them gives a shit about me. It's like they use me just to get back at each other”. Alison then laughs in a mocking manner (as her first words of dialogue).
There are many things that make Allison appear as a strange and abnormal person. She has a strange obsession for collecting every thing she finds and keeping it in her handbag. She does this thinking one day she will leave home. She is quite delusional when she stated, “I don't have to run away and live in the street. I can run away and I can go to the ocean, I can go to the country, I can go to the mountains. I could go to Israel, Africa, Afghanistan”.
Another aspect that portrays Allison as an odd ball is her appearance. Throughout most of the movie Allison was wearing black clothing and black makeup. The use of black signifies that she is bitter and possibly depressed.
Allison acts in many peculiar ways. When everyone was eating lunch the camera focused on each persons lunch, which seemed to fit their personality and stereotype. When the camera focused on Allison’s lunch she was sitting there crushing a bunch of sweets and chips in to a sandwich and loudly eating it. In the early part of the film when everyone was sitting quietly in detention, in a similar way the camera focused on each character showing what they were doing, therefore hinting at their personality type. Allison was just sitting there and loudly biting at her finger nails.Towards the end of the film Claire gives Allison a makeover. This scene is so cliche because as soon as Allison changes her appearance Andrew instantly falls for her. Overall Allison has been constructed as an eccentric by the way she looks talks and acts.
There are many things that make Allison appear as a strange and abnormal person. She has a strange obsession for collecting every thing she finds and keeping it in her handbag. She does this thinking one day she will leave home. She is quite delusional when she stated, “I don't have to run away and live in the street. I can run away and I can go to the ocean, I can go to the country, I can go to the mountains. I could go to Israel, Africa, Afghanistan”.
Another aspect that portrays Allison as an odd ball is her appearance. Throughout most of the movie Allison was wearing black clothing and black makeup. The use of black signifies that she is bitter and possibly depressed.
Allison acts in many peculiar ways. When everyone was eating lunch the camera focused on each persons lunch, which seemed to fit their personality and stereotype. When the camera focused on Allison’s lunch she was sitting there crushing a bunch of sweets and chips in to a sandwich and loudly eating it. In the early part of the film when everyone was sitting quietly in detention, in a similar way the camera focused on each character showing what they were doing, therefore hinting at their personality type. Allison was just sitting there and loudly biting at her finger nails.Towards the end of the film Claire gives Allison a makeover. This scene is so cliche because as soon as Allison changes her appearance Andrew instantly falls for her. Overall Allison has been constructed as an eccentric by the way she looks talks and acts.