Mickey
- Created by: LouisaCarson
- Created on: 07-05-16 08:54
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- Mickey Johnstone
- Child
- Plays with "guns" - foreshadows ending
- "Quietly crying" - sensitive
- "Gis a sweet" (collo-quial language) - Working class/low status
- Mickey has friends whereas Sammy has a "gang" - Mickey is friendly
- Mischievous
- Mickey copies Sammy's behaviour which he knows is wrong implying that he is quite unruly as a child
- "Take no notice of mothers" - encourages Edward to misbehave
- "ooh, I dare y', Linda" - influences bad behaviour on to others
- Adult
- Mickey constantly works "overtime" - conscientious
- "There are no parties" - life has become serious
- Linda falls "pregnant" out of wedlock - trapped in cycle of poverty
- Depression
- Can't find a job
- Turns to crime/Sammy
- Takes tablets to be "invisible" - feels like a failure
- The mass unemploy-ment meant that crime rates were high
- Mickey is struck by the harsh realities of Thatcher's government as he is handed his "work card" and loses his job
- Confrontation with Edward
- Given up on his life
- "Why didn't you give me away?" - Blames Mrs Johnstone for lack of opportunities
- "How come you got every thing ... an' I got nothin'" - jealous of Edward's opportunities
- "I could have been him" - still wants to Edward
- Ambiguous whether Mickey shoots Edward deliberately
- Teenager
- "Secret dancing" - secretive
- Insecure
- "He's got a thing for taking blackheads out"
- He says his hair's the "colour of gravy"
- "Me feet are too big"
- "Ears that stand out"
- "I wish that I could be like, just a little less like me"
- "It's just like dead difficult...like knowing what to say" - Mickey lacks in confidence so he can't ask Linda out
- Mickey speaks "defiantly" whilst at school indicating his rebellious character
- "It's all right, me mam'll give it to me" - Mickey has a sense of pride
- Linda still protects Mickey as he is vulnerable and innocent
- 'Summer sequence' - fun-loving
- Child
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