brian aka "the brain", is in detention because his flare gun fired off in his locker. the reason he had a flare gun was because he received an F on his test so he wanted to commit suicide. Brian is subjected to stereotypes through out the film, for example; he is viewed as a mommy's boy, a nerdy child, and a geek because his mom still makes him lunch bags, he has good grades, and because he is in the physics club. In detention, Brian is assumed to write everyones essay because he is the smartest one. His main problem is that he is always looking to seek acceptance from the popular people and he can never get that. He also faces a lot of peer pressure from his parents because his parents expect him to have perfect grades and expect him to get accepted into a top university. the pressure he has to deal with causes him to be depressed and distress. He also faces another peer pressure experience in the detention by being peer pressured to smoke marijuana with the group. by The end of the movie, brian learns that it is more important to accept himself first.