So anyway. My second post of the evening is on Blood Brothers. Here's my summary of the characters -
Mickey -
- In love with Linda
- Blood brother
- Poor
- Swears, smokes
- Calls Edward soft
- Plays with guns as a child
- Shoots Eddie, gets shot by policemen
- In trouble with police at young age
- Has an influence on Eddie
- Jealous of Eddie
- Job and home eventually provided by Eddie
- Gets Linda pregnant
- Takes ages to ask her out
Eddie -
- Rich
- Good education
- Given away
- Protective mother
- Wears locket
- Shares sweets/cigarettes
- Upper class
- Uses dictionary (and doesn't swear)
- Has affair with Linda
- Gets shot
- Becomes councillor
- Blood brother
- Jealous of Mickey
- "Flying fuck" = wants to be like Mickey
- Swears at his mother under Mickey's influence
- Gets Mickey a job and a house
Linda -
- In love with Mickey
- Has affair with Eddie
- Gets pregnant with Mickey's child
- Faithful to Mickey when in prison
- Always hits target with gun
- Encourages Eddie to back-chat to policeman
- Dare devil (wants to throw stones)
- Working class
- Doesn't like Mickey taking pills
- Protective over Mickey
- Cheeky + flirty
- Alone when twins die
Mrs Johnstone -
- Has seven kids
- Loves the bones of every one of them
- Superstitions (shoes on table)
- Compared to Marylin Monroe (sexy, but had a hard life)
- Heart made of stone
- Gives one child away
- Poor
- Signs for stuff from catalogue she can't afford
- Lives at No. 13
Mrs Lyons -
- Rich
- Big house
- Lots of money
- Can't have children
- Uses Mrs J's superstition against her
- Hides adoption from husband
- Runs away from Mrs J
- Tries to kill Mrs J
- Manipulative
- Doesn't like Eddie wearing locket
The end :) Not so bad after all, gonna have to use this method of revision more often.
As a lil update, I also have my Welsh Listening exam tomorrow, but I can't really revise for that, so I won't be posting again tonight :)
literature gcse tomorrow
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