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The History Boys Film Analysis
One thing the movie tries to teach us is the struggle to come to one’s sexuality, Sometimes in life one’s sexuality is harder than we think. In the movie, “The History Boys”, the film showcases this reality in two different viewpoints. The first viewpoint would be through the perspective of a teenage boy. The teenage boy, Posner, exemplifies this quality by simply living in a world of social awkwardness while theoretically becoming a man. The second viewpoint would be through the perspective of an older man. In the story, two older men named Hector and Irwin reproduce this lesson by both repressing their desires due to social norms. One represses himself by touching inappropriately boys, while the other stays in silent. Both of these men

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