[last lines]Brian Johnson: [closing narration] Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you’re crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us – in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain…
Andrew Clark: …and an athlete…
Allison Reynolds: …and a basket case…
Claire Standish: …a princess…
John Bender: …and a criminal.
Brian Johnson: Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.
How often do I simply see people in “the most convenient definitions”? Putting someone in a box is easier than encountering the “you”.
Anyway …
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