Our day out-essay.

Authors Avatar

                                Our day out-essay.

        Out day out is a play based on a group of students and teachers. The two main characters are Mrs. Kay and Mr. Briggs (the teachers). Both Mrs. Kay and Mr. Briggs have completely different ideas about how the day should be organised. Our day out was written by Willy Russell, who was inspired to write this because after working and having the experience of working at a school in Liverpool called shore field comprehensive. This play was based on Liverpool, in the 1970s. In the 1970s there was a lot of unemployment and a lot of parents were poor. Willy Russell has made his characters to show this. The kids ware seen as to be very cheeky, scruffy and impolite. This is because Willy Russell is trying to make the point of what children were like in the 1970s.

        Willy Russell has made the character of Mrs. Kay to be very easy going, nice, polite and caring. Mrs. Kay is a very easy going teacher but she listens to her pupils and cares for them. In scene 2 Mrs. Kay shows this by what is said in the play script, “Mrs. Kay has taken off her shoes and has her stocking feet curled up under her. Carol has her arm linked through Mrs. Kay’s and is snuggled up to her, they look more like mother and daughter than teacher and pupil.. This shows how much Mrs. Kay is more than a teacher.

        Our very first impression on Mr.Briggs is not very good because in scene 1 les says about Mr .Briggs “arrogant get that one is,” this is telling us from the very start that Mr. Briggs is disliked and is very different form Mrs. Kay who is liked as Reilly says to her “your ace miss.” Mr.Briggs does not like Mr.Kay because she is liked by the students. The head teacher says “I got the impression she sees education as one long game,” this shows us that the other teachers don’t like her philosophy to teaching.

Join now!

        Mrs. Kay’s relationship with her pupils is close. She cares a great deal for them and has fun with them. In scene 2 Mrs. Kay says 2 that’s the only rule we have today: think of yourselves, but think of others as well,” this is showing us that Mrs. Kay wants the children to have a good time. Mrs Kay knows the background of the children in. her progress class, she understands that they are poor and half of them have probably never been of trip before. When Mrs. Kay says in scene 2 “it’s a shame really isn’t it, ...

This is a preview of the whole essay