I’ll bet he bought those for you. I bet those were a Christmas gift. You know what I got for Christmas? Oh, it was a banner fucking year at the old Bender family. I got a carton of cigarettes. The old man grabbed me and said, “Hey, smoke up Johnny.” Alright? So go home and cry to your Daddy. Don’t cry here, okay?
VERNON: Well… well. Here we are! I want to congratulate you for being on time… It is now seven-oh-six. You have exactly eight hours and fifty-four minutes to think about why you”re here. To ponder the error of your ways… and you may not talk. You will not move from these seats. And you… will not sleep. Alright people, we”re gonna try something a little different today. We are going to write an essay -of no less than a thousand words -describing to me who you think you are. And when I say essay… I mean essay. I do not mean a single word repeated a thousand times. Is that clear Mr. Bender? Good. Maybe you”ll learn a little something about yourself. Maybe you”ll even -decide whether or not you care to return. Sit down Johnson… My office… (Vernon points.) …is right across that hall. Any monkey business is ill-advised… any questions?More Monologues from “The Breakfast Club”
VERNON: That”s the last time, Bender. That”s the last time you ever make me look bad in front of those kids, do you hear me? I make $31,000 dollars a year and I have a home and I”m not about to throw it away on some punk like you… But someday, man, someday. When you”re outta here and you”ve forgotten all about this place… And they”ve forgotten all about you and you”re wrapped up in your own pathetic life… I”m gonna be there. That”s right. And I”m gonna kick the living s – out of you, man, I”m gonna knock your d – in the dirt!What”re you gonna do about it? You think anybody”s gonna believe you? You think anybody”s gonna take your word over mine? I”m a man of respect around here. They love me around here, I”m a swell guy… you”re a lying sack of s -! And everybody knows it. Oh, you”re a real tough guy… come on, come on… get on your feet, pal! Let”s find out how tough you are! I wanna know right now, how tough you are! Come on! I”ll give you the first punch, let”s go! Come on, right here, just take the first shot! Please, I”m begging you, take a shot! Come on, just take one shot, that”s all I need, just one swing…Bender just sits there staring at Vernon. Vernon fakes a punch and Bender flinches.That”s what I though… you”re a gutless turd!More Monologues from “The Breakfast Club”
What”re you gonna do about it? You think anybody”s gonna believe you? You think anybody”s gonna take your word over mine? I”m a man of respect around here. They love me around here, I”m a swell guy… you”re a lying sack of s -! And everybody knows it. Oh, you”re a real tough guy… come on, come on… get on your feet, pal! Let”s find out how tough you are! I wanna know right now, how tough you are! Come on! I”ll give you the first punch, let”s go! Come on, right here, just take the first shot! Please, I”m begging you, take a shot! Come on, just take one shot, that”s all I need, just one swing…Bender just sits there staring at Vernon. Vernon fakes a punch and Bender flinches.That”s what I though… you”re a gutless turd!More Monologues from “The Breakfast Club”
Bender just sits there staring at Vernon. Vernon fakes a punch and Bender flinches.That”s what I though… you”re a gutless turd!More Monologues from “The Breakfast Club”
That”s what I though… you”re a gutless turd!More Monologues from “The Breakfast Club”
Do you guys know what I did to get in here? I taped Larry Lester’s buns together. Yeah, you know him? Well then, you know how hairy he is, right? Well, when they pulled the tape off, most of his hair came off and some skin too. And the bizarre thing is, is that I did it for my old man. I tortured this poor kid because I wanted him to think I was cool. He’s always going off about, you know, when he was in school, all the wild things he used to do, and I got the feeling that he was disappointed that I never cut loose on anyone, right? So, I’m sitting in the locker room and I’m taping up my knee and Larry’s undressing a couple lockers down from me and he’s kinda, kinda skinny, weak, and I started thinking about my father and his attitude about weakness, and the next thing I knew I, I jumped on top of him and started wailing on him. Then my friends, they just laughed and cheered me on. And afterwards, when I was sitting in Vernon’s office, all I could think about was Larry’s father and Larry having to go home and explain what happened to him. And the humiliation, the fucking humiliation he must have felt. It must have been unreal. I mean, how do you apologize for something like that? There’s no way. It’s all because of me and my old man. God, I fucking hate him. He’s like, he’s like this mindless machine I can’t even relate to anymore. “Andrew, you’ve got to be number one. I won’t tolerate any losers in this family. Your intensity is for shit.” You sonofabitch. You know, sometimes I wish my knee would give and I wouldn’t be able to wrestle anymore. He could forget all about me.
ANDREW: Do you guys know what, uh, what I did to get in here? I taped Larry Lester”s buns together. Yeah, you know him? Well then you know how hairy he is, right? Well, when they pulled the tape off, most of his hair came off and some, some skin too… And the bizarre thing is, is that I did it for my old man… I tortured this poor kid, because I wanted him to think that I was cool. He”s always going off about, you know, when he was in school… all the wild things he used to do. And I got the feeling that he was disappointed that I never cut loose on anyone, right… So, I”m… I”m sitting in the locker room, and I”m taping up my knee. And Larry”s undressing a couple lockers down from me. Yeah… he”s kinda… he”s kinda skinny, weak. And I started thinking about my father, and his attitude about weakness. And the next thing I knew, I uh, I jumped on top of him and started wailing on him… And my friends, they just laughed and cheered me on. And afterwards, when I was sittin” in Vernon”s office, all I could think about was Larry”s father. And Larry havin” to go home and… and explain what happened to him. And the humiliation… f -ing humiliation he mustuv felt. It mustuv been unreal…I mean… (he”s crying) I mean, how do you apologize for something like that? There”s no way… it”s all because of me and my old man. Oh God, I f -ing hate him! He”s like this… he”s like this mindless machine that I can”t even relate to anymore… “Andrew, you”ve got to be number one! I won”t tolerate any losers in this family… Your intensity is for s -! Win. Win! WIN!!!” You son of a b -!You know, sometimes, I wish my knee would give… and I wouldn”t be able to wrestle anymore. And he could forget all about me…More Monologues from “The Breakfast Club”
I mean… (he”s crying) I mean, how do you apologize for something like that? There”s no way… it”s all because of me and my old man. Oh God, I f -ing hate him! He”s like this… he”s like this mindless machine that I can”t even relate to anymore… “Andrew, you”ve got to be number one! I won”t tolerate any losers in this family… Your intensity is for s -! Win. Win! WIN!!!” You son of a b -!You know, sometimes, I wish my knee would give… and I wouldn”t be able to wrestle anymore. And he could forget all about me…More Monologues from “The Breakfast Club”
You know, sometimes, I wish my knee would give… and I wouldn”t be able to wrestle anymore. And he could forget all about me…More Monologues from “The Breakfast Club”
BENDER: What do you care what I think, anyway? I don”t even count, right? I could disappear forever and it wouldn”t make any difference… I may as well not even exist at this school, remember? (he turns to Claire) And you… don”t like me anyway! God, you”re so pathetic! (furious) Don”t you ever… ever! Compare yourself to me! Okay? You got everything, and I got s -! F -in” Rapunzel, right? School would probably f -ing shut down if you didn”t show up! “Queenie isn”t here!”I like those earrings Claire. Are those real diamonds, Claire? I bet they are… did you work, for the money for those earrings? Or did your daddy buy those? (Claire starts crying.) I bet he bought those for you! I bet those are a Christmas gift! Right? You know what I got for Christmas this year? It was a banner f -in” year at the old Bender family! I got a carton of cigarettes. The old man grabbed me and said “Hey! Smoke up Johnny!” Okay, so go home”n cry to your daddy, don”t cry here, okay?More Monologues from “The Breakfast Club”
I like those earrings Claire. Are those real diamonds, Claire? I bet they are… did you work, for the money for those earrings? Or did your daddy buy those? (Claire starts crying.) I bet he bought those for you! I bet those are a Christmas gift! Right? You know what I got for Christmas this year? It was a banner f -in” year at the old Bender family! I got a carton of cigarettes. The old man grabbed me and said “Hey! Smoke up Johnny!” Okay, so go home”n cry to your daddy, don”t cry here, okay?More Monologues from “The Breakfast Club”
Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole saturday in detention for whatever it is we did wrong, but we think you’re crazy for making 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, and an athlete, and a basketcase, a princess, and a criminal. Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, The Breakfast Club.
Brian: 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 for making 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, and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal… Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.More Monologues from “The Breakfast Club”
BRIAN: It”s like me, you know, with my grades… like, when I, when I step outside myself kinda, and when I, when I look in at myself, you know? And I see me and I don”t like what I see, I really don”t. “Cause I”m stupid… “cause I”m failing shop.See we had this assignment, to make this ceramic elephant, and um… and we had eight weeks to do it and we”re s”posed ta, and it was like a lamp, and when you pull the trunk the light was s”posed to go on… my light didn”t go on, I got a F on it. Never got a F in my life… When I signed up, you know, for the course I mean. I thought I was playing it real smart, you know. “Cause I thought, I”ll take shop, it”ll be such an easy way to maintain my grade point average… Have you seen some of the dopes that take shop?More Monologues from “The Breakfast Club”
See we had this assignment, to make this ceramic elephant, and um… and we had eight weeks to do it and we”re s”posed ta, and it was like a lamp, and when you pull the trunk the light was s”posed to go on… my light didn”t go on, I got a F on it. Never got a F in my life… When I signed up, you know, for the course I mean. I thought I was playing it real smart, you know. “Cause I thought, I”ll take shop, it”ll be such an easy way to maintain my grade point average… Have you seen some of the dopes that take shop?More Monologues from “The Breakfast Club”
CARL: You wanna be a janitor? Oh, really? You guys think I”m just some untouchable peasant? Peon? huh? Maybe so, but following a broom around after shitheads like you for the past eight years I”ve learned a couple of things… I look through your letters, I look through your lockers… I listen to your conversations, you don”t know that but I do… I am the eyes and ears of this institution my friends. By the way, that clock”s twenty minutes fast!More Monologues from “The Breakfast Club”
