Language Settings and Social Classes in Blood Brothers :: Blood Brothers Willy Russell Social Class Essays

Mickeys first line in the word picture is vex are you going to disperse thebleeding door or what he is only seven and is swearing already whichindicates that he could have had a rough upbringing and we already have intercourse that the mother is not very well off. The mother repliesMickey? questioning who it is Mickey then replies whats up mam didyou think I was the rent man. the mother is patently avoiding therent man due to financial struggle.He explains how he has been playing cow boys and Indians which showshe must not have many tows and has learnt to use his imagination. Hismother asks where had he been playing not down the rough end I hopewhich shows she doesnt consider herself to be of a lower club. hetells her he was up near the big houses she tells him how she doesntlike him up there but she doesnt give him a reason he questions herand she tells him to shut up which is a lower class word (lowerstandard English) then they goon to talk about how his mum used towork up the re and she cuts the conversation short as if she doesnt necessity to talk about it. Mickey then goes back out and starts to playagain then Mickey breaks in rhyme The poem is indicating that he wantsto be just like his brother he looks to him like the farther he neverhad. The way he says the poem seems like he actually wants to be ableto spit in someones eye form 20 yards he thinks its acceptable and itseems like Sammy has been practicing. Sammy has a den which shows hecould be escaping the reality of his life. Sammy draws bigpictures of ladies in the swimming pool which shows he is aware of sexand the male and female anatomy. Mickey swears in the poem bleedingagain is the typical linguistic communication because of his class and the area he isliving in. at the end he shoots an imaginary Sammy which could showsigns of jealousy or he could just be guesswork Sammy as theunfairness. The fact that in the poem Mickey mentions how Sammy isallowed to play with matches and goes to bed lat e which shows thatthere mother doesnt really have control over what her children do. altogether the things Sammy did seemed acceptable by the young people in theworking class area.Act 2 scene 2Eddie approaches Mickey first in the scene confident and forth comingand says hellow the w is elongating the vowel so he is using