Blood Brothers
"'Ey,Mam,how come I'm on free dinners?All the other kids laugh at me" –
Social class, Mrs Johnson and family are poor, and Mrs Lyons family are wealthy.
"Myself,I believe that an adopted son can become one's own."
Mrs Lyons persuading Mrs Johnson to give her a baby.
"Havin' babies,it's like clockwork to me"
Mrs Johnson is in her 20s but already has 7 children, shows she is maternal
"Oh God,Mrs Lyons,never put new shoes on a table...You never know what'll happen"
Mrs Johnson is a very supersticious character, important in the novel as Mrs Lyons preys on this trait. This also shows she is not very well educated.
"There's shoes upon the table an' a joker in the pack"
The narrator also emphasis’ the superstitious side of Mrs Johnson.
"They say I'm incapable of controllin' the kids I've already got"
A reason for Mrs Johnson to give a baby away, the council want to take them away already.
"Give one to me"
Mrs Lyons telling Mrs Johnson to give her one of the twins, very bluntly.
"They...they say that if either twin learns that he once was a pair,they shall both immediately die
Mrs Lyons preying on to Mrs Johnson being superstisious, as she does not want her to tell the truth about the twins, threatening her indirectly.
"Gis a sweet"
Mickey using slang, not polite, when asking Edward for a sweet.
"Yes, of course.Take as many as you want"
Edward showing his generous side, and also he is trying to make friends as he has been lonely because Mrs Lyons is so over protective.
"See,this means that we're blood brothers,an' that we always have to stand by each other.”
Mickey and Edward are now close friends and this is parallel to their separation as they now consider eachother brothers anyway.
"There's no such thing as a bogey man.It's a-a superstition"
Mrs Lyons, talking to Edward, sees the same trait in her son as his real mother, and hates this, so quickly snaps him into reality.
"I don't want you mixing with boys like that!"
She
Social class, Mrs Johnson and family are poor, and Mrs Lyons family are wealthy.
"Myself,I believe that an adopted son can become one's own."
Mrs Lyons persuading Mrs Johnson to give her a baby.
"Havin' babies,it's like clockwork to me"
Mrs Johnson is in her 20s but already has 7 children, shows she is maternal
"Oh God,Mrs Lyons,never put new shoes on a table...You never know what'll happen"
Mrs Johnson is a very supersticious character, important in the novel as Mrs Lyons preys on this trait. This also shows she is not very well educated.
"There's shoes upon the table an' a joker in the pack"
The narrator also emphasis’ the superstitious side of Mrs Johnson.
"They say I'm incapable of controllin' the kids I've already got"
A reason for Mrs Johnson to give a baby away, the council want to take them away already.
"Give one to me"
Mrs Lyons telling Mrs Johnson to give her one of the twins, very bluntly.
"They...they say that if either twin learns that he once was a pair,they shall both immediately die
Mrs Lyons preying on to Mrs Johnson being superstisious, as she does not want her to tell the truth about the twins, threatening her indirectly.
"Gis a sweet"
Mickey using slang, not polite, when asking Edward for a sweet.
"Yes, of course.Take as many as you want"
Edward showing his generous side, and also he is trying to make friends as he has been lonely because Mrs Lyons is so over protective.
"See,this means that we're blood brothers,an' that we always have to stand by each other.”
Mickey and Edward are now close friends and this is parallel to their separation as they now consider eachother brothers anyway.
"There's no such thing as a bogey man.It's a-a superstition"
Mrs Lyons, talking to Edward, sees the same trait in her son as his real mother, and hates this, so quickly snaps him into reality.
"I don't want you mixing with boys like that!"
She