Blood Bros and LOTF quotes Flashcards
Mickey complains about school.
“‘Ey,Mam,how come I’m on free dinners?All the other kids laugh at me”
Mrs Johnstone’s Children complain.
“Mum,I can’t sleep,I’m hungry,I’m starvin’…”
Mrs Johnstone says “I ….. it’s ….. on all you …..”
“I know it’s hard on all you kids”
Mrs Lyons talking about the new house.
“It’s a pity it’s so big”
Mrs Lyons says her opinion on adopted children. (myself…..)
“Myself,I believe that an adopted son can become one’s own.”
Mrs Johnstone says about babies (easy)
“Havin’ babies,it’s like clockwork to me”
Mrs Lyons says “I ….. have my ……”
“I must have my baby”
Name 3 Themes the play is about.
Class, Parenting, growing up, money, fate/superstition.
Who does Mrs Johnstone compare herself to frequently?
Marilyn Monroe
What does Mrs Lyons say about the bible?
“You swore on the Bible”
Edward’s boredom.
“Edward in his garden,equally bored and alone”
Mickey about Linda
“But every time I see her I promise meself I’ll ask her out but, but the words just disappear”
Edward talking to Linda about Mickey
“If I was Mickey I’d have asked you out years ago”
Mickey surprise at the end towards Edward.
“I could have been…I could have been him!”
Narrator at the end in a rhyme
“And do we blame superstition for what came to pass?
Or could it be we,the English,have come to know as class?”
