Blood brothers coursework 'You're not the same as him, you're not' Mrs. Lyons says this because Eddie (her adopted son) has been playing with Mickey (

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‘You’re not the same as him, you’re not’

Mrs. Lyons says this because Eddie (her adopted son) has been playing with Mickey (Mrs. Johnstone son) at the johnstone home. The irony of this statement is that Mickey and Eddie are the same and they always will be.

        Mickey and Eddie are actually twins. Their mother Mrs Johnstone was pushed into letting Mrs Lyons adopt Eddie. Mrs. Johnstone couldn’t afford to keep both babies and with the bribery and persuasion of Mrs Lyons decided to make the decision to give him away.

        Mickey lives in a shabby council house in Liverpool and his mum, Mrs Johnstone is extremely poor.

‘If my child was raised in a palace like this one he wouldn’t have to worry where his next meal was coming from’

Part of a song from the play. This shows that mrs johnstone is ‘jealous’ of mrs Lyons and worries about her children and how she is going to provide for them. Mrs Johnstone is a poor working class mother and as I have already stated is very poor.

        Eddie however lives in a large well dressed house, his mother and father love him and have no trouble providing for him and even buy him gifts on a regular basis.

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‘His mother hugs him and his father produces a toy gun for him’

This shows that Eddie has loving parents.

        At seven years of age Mickey and Eddie both behave very differently in comparison to each other.

Mickey is always ready to try anything as long as it sounds fun and exciting although sometimes he does know the consequences. Edward is very cautious with what he does, he will however do almost anything that Mickey tries because he thinks that its ‘cool’ and exciting, he doesn’t know the dangers or the consequences of things either because he isn’t ...

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