This scene is significant as it deepens the audiences understanding and sympathy for John Bender as well as showing how little each the characters know about each other. They each have an image of each other based on how they act, dress and talk. This scene protests with their narrow minded views and judgmental attitudes. At the beginning of the scene, Bender is teasing Brian about his packed lunch. At the time, one would assume this was bender just being himself, that is, a mean criminal that enjoys mocking underdogs such as Brian. Throughout the beginning of the film, that is how Bender is portrayed. By enhancing this view of Bender, the director creates even more of a shock when we learn who he really is. What he tells Brian isn't completely about hurting him, but about the jealousy and envy that consumes him as he sees the effort that was taken in order to make sure Brian would have something to eat. It is apparent throughout the scene that bender has no lunch. Once Bender is asked to imitate his own family once he had finished imitating Brian's, he is eager. He sets of with a shocking slur of insults that sharply contrast with the earlier impression of Brian's kind and loving family, which in the end, wasn't exactly accurate. Suddenly, Bender doesn't seem as terrible. Both sides of the camera, that is, the audience and the characters, now know that there is much more to him than his sarcasm and insults. They are only his defence mechanism to hide his insecurity and pain, which is a concept each of the teenagers can relate to. The scenes significance lies in how it challenges the audiences’ views of the characters and hints that there may be more to them than their images, which is what the breakfast club is all about.