What does Sammy represent in Blood Brothers?
Sammy, Mickey’s older brother, is a key character linked to this theme and he is connected in some way to most of the violent acts in the play. Violence reflects a lack of control; when characters start to lose power in some way, they become more violent.
What does Mrs Johnstone say the school shouldn’t have let Sammy play with in Defence of him burning the school down?
Who does Mrs Johnstone blame for Sammy’s school being burned down? She blames the teacher for letting the students play with magnesium.
Why does Mrs Johnstone give Edward a locket?
The locket, which contains a picture of Mrs Johnstone and Mickey, and which Mrs Johnstone removes from her own neck and gives to Edward is a symbol of her true relationship to Edward and his belonging to her and her family.
Who makes Mickey redundant?
How is Edward like this? Edward cannot understand Mickey’s frustration when he is made redundant. The way he reacts is thoughtless.
Who is Sammy Johnstone in the Blood Brothers?
This is poster is of Sammy Johnstone – Mickey’s elder brother. These can be printed out in dinky A5 for revision booklets, A4 for ordinary class use or in A3 for wall displays.
What are some quotes from the book Blood Brothers?
“I don’t want the baby to catch anything” Mrs Lyons 5 “The house is your domain” Mr Lyons 6 “Do you wanna be my blood brother Eddie?” Mickey 7 “Don’t you have secrets?”
Who is the elder brother in Blood Brothers?
Requests taken. This is from a series of posters I made for revision of the characters in Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers. They each display quotes that would be useful to revise for the GCSE exam. This is poster is of Sammy Johnstone – Mickey’s elder brother.
Who is the Bad Apple in Blood Brothers?
Mr. Richard Lyons. The “bad apple” of the Johnstone family, Sammy begins the play as an object of envy for his younger brother, Mickey. Dropped on his head by a young Donna Marie when he was a baby, Sammy quickly becomes a juvenile delinquent, even trying to rob a bus as a teenager.