Boys: ‘they are bright, brighter than last years’. But
that’s not enough apparently.’ (Mrs Lintott)
Posner :
·
Investigatory
o
‘Posner looks the word up in the dictionary’
·
Young, quite naïve
o
‘‘I’d go. I’m never asked.’ (about Hector’s
motorbike) ‘You don’t fit the bill. Me neither. (Timms) ‘I tell you, be
grateful.’’
·
Considered quite useless, young- jokes made out
of him
o
‘the otiose- (points at Posner)’
o
‘useless knowledge. Can I go, sir?’
o
‘Not Posner, though, sir. Posner’s, like,
y’know, Jewish. One of the several things Posner doesn’t have.’ (Posner mouths
‘fuck off’ to Lockwood)
Dakin:
·
Thinks highly of himself
o
‘We are fucking clever’
o
‘You should treat us with more respect. We’re
scholarship candidates now.’
o
‘course she likes me’
o
‘Foreskins and stuff. Ooh, sir! You devil!’
·
Cares extensively about his appearance; what
others think of him
o
‘He’ll think I’m a right fool.’
o
‘Can I bring you up to speed on Fiona?’
·
Others hold him in a high status; teachers
initially refrain from praising him
o
Others put him in a high status; teachers
refrain from praises
o
‘‘And Dakin?’ ‘Yes, sir?’ ‘Don’t take the piss.
There isn’t time.’
o
‘what a
wanker’ (Timms sticking up for Dakin)
o
Described as ‘cunt-struck’ (Totty)
Scripps:
·
Sees himself as a practicing Christian
o
‘Go to church, pray…It’s time consuming. You’ve
no idea.’
·
Light-hearted
o
‘I suspect even the vicar thinks I’m a freak.
But the big man is glad.’
o
‘So much for our glorious dead.’
o
‘Poz’ (to Posner)
·
Others see him as someone to turn to, understanding
·
‘Scripps. You believe in God. Believe also in
me: forget Oxford and Cambridge. Why do you want to go there?’
Rudge:
·
Comes across less knowledgeable than the others
o
‘what were A levels then?’
·
Put down by teachers
o
‘One oddity. Rudge. Determined to try for Oxford
and Christ Church of all places. No hope.’
o
‘He hits you if he likes you. He never touches
me.’
·
Thought of highly by boys due to his sex-life
o
‘‘Rudge is having sex apparently’ (Dakin) ‘only
on Fridays. I need weekends free for rugger. And golf.’’
Lockwood:
·
Occasionally inappropriate
o
‘’That’s not racist though, sir.’ ‘Isn’t it?’
(Crowther) ‘It’s race-related, but not racist.’’
o
‘Shall we have a cigarette in it?’
·
Regularly hit by Hector for language
o
‘So I’ll thank you (hitting him) if nobody mentions
Oxford (hit) or Cambridge (hit) in my lessons.’
Akthar:
·
Quietly outspoken
o
‘You have to lock the doors sir. We have a
nation full of shoplifters, sir.’
o
‘this isn’t your gap year, is it, sir?’
·
Portrays his view regardless of others’
o
‘couldn’t do that, sir. It’s not education, it’s
culture.’
o
Actually, I’ve not got one either. Moslems
don’t.’
Timms:
·
Expresses opinions willingly
o
‘Sir, I don’t always understand poetry’
o
‘The
hitting never hurt. It was a joke. None
of us cared. We lapped it up.’
·
Takes on the role of the ‘class clown’
o
‘How?’ (Crowther) ‘Cheat?’
o
‘A joke? Are jokes going to be a feature, sir?
We have to know, as it affects our mindset.’
·
Hector insults him due to his playful nature
o
‘foul-festering, grubby-minded little trolops-
do not use that word (hits)’
Crowther:
·
Outspoken
o
‘You’re not supposed to hit us, sir. We could
report you, sir.’
These are good notes. Any of them you might want to focus on for an essay?
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