Character Analysis: Social Inequality

Session 3: Social Inequality
On the line, “You don’t wanna end up in court again, do y?” I (Policeman) stood at an intimate distance towards Georgia (Mrs Johnstone) creating a dominant character. Accompanied with the use of a truncheon it was effective in showing my abuse of power to belittle Georgia to make unwanted eye contact, automatically responded by slumping her shoulders, hunching her back, twiddling her fingers and flicking her eyes on the floor, as she was embarrassed to being censured to feel like a useless mother. I elongated the ‘ou’ and ‘you’ syllables in a sinister, cold voice creating a chilling atmosphere and tension between us, as she knows of my higher status. Georgia never spoke in this scene but responded to the snappy …show more content…
Erin’s slight raise of the eyebrow scrunched face and upright posture showed the innocence of Eddie, even though he was the same age as Mickey. This scene is cross cut to when they were younger kids, where I (Mickey) made the pact, “See this means that we’re blood brothers, an’ that we will always have to stand by each other” in a delighted, high pitch tone of voice, widespread smile and my hands are on Erin’s shoulders to show a close proxemic gap between us, establishing the previously strong connection. Beforehand, I would have described Eddie as ‘spoilt’ but I’ve learnt that we cannot blame Eddie for his lifestyle, as if it was us in his position we would have reacted the same way. I feel sympathy towards Eddie as he is only trying to do his best to support Mickey and Linda, but his actions never get appreciated by Mickey. I believe Russell is conveying that the human nature is blind to social conventions and it is only when we face adulthood that tensions in relationships appear, due to the difference of nurturing we had in our childhoods affecting the type of social conditions we live