Act 2 P. 58 75 1.

. How has Mrs Johnstones life changed since moving out to the countryside (think neighbours, bills, dating)? (p. 59-60) 2. How do the parallel scenes of Mickey and Edward getting ready for school highlight the class differences? (p.61, 62) 3. Make notes on Sammys increasingly bad behaviour now that he is a teenager (p.62-64) 4. How is comedy used in the 2 school scenes with Edward (p.65-66) and Mickey (p.66-67)? Again how do these parallel scenes highlight the difference in their education? In what way are Mickey and Eddie similar? 5. How is dramatic irony used in the locket scene between Edward and Mrs Lyons? (p. 68) 6. Comment on how the narrator is omniscient (knows all) after the locket incident. (p.69-70) 7. Comment on Linda and Mickeys friendship. How is comedy created? (p. 70-71) 8. What does the song Mickey and Edward sing reveal about their anxieties and feelings? (p. 71-72) 9. Which scene is echoed when Mickey demands cigarettes from Edward (p. 73)? What does this tell us about the 2 characters now that they are older? 10. What does Edward reveal about his mother? (p. 75)