The Movie that Changed my Life

There are so many movies that I feel changed my life but the one movie that stand out to me would have to be The Breakfast Club. I saw it right before I was about to go into high school and at first I thought it was just another stupid high school movie like my parents had made me watch before. After the first 20 minutes I was thoroughly engaged in the movie. There was a hidden cynical comedy behind the obvious jokes. It showed me how people with different backgrounds, personalities, and social groups sometimes interact with one another. As the movie continued the five began to have more serious conversation. They explained to one another why they were there and the movie took on a more serious role. They were all sitting in a circle explaining things about themselves when you began to see the empathy that each of them had for each other. It showed me that it was okay to be different and that inside were all still human beings and despite what we show on the outside were all relatively the same on the inside. It eased my fears about going into high school, instead of worrying about who I was going to be I just worried about being myself and accepting everyone. Through this I knew that others would learn to accept me for me. This led me to discover a statement, although cliche, that I live by: Don't judge a book by it's cover. I've met so many amazing people by just allowing myself to know who they are on the inside instead of on the outside.