At The Beginning Of The Play The Narrator describes Mrs Johnstone As The Mother So Cruel. What Do You Think Of Mrs Johmstone?

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At The Beginning Of The Play The Narrator describes Mrs Johnstone As The Mother So Cruel. What Do You Think Of Mrs Johmstone?

The play has many themes. It shows the irony of the class system where the twins, born from the same mother have completely different lives. Mickey who stays with his real mother grows up seeing “chicken and chips” and “corned beef” as treats, where as Edward has everything he wants such as “dictionaries” a big house and lots of money. Mrs Johnstone I think feels guilty about this, which is one of the reasons that she doesn’t like seeing Edward.

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  Mrs Johnstone at the beginning of the book is described as “the mother so cruel.” I don’t think this is fair as she is a mother of seven already. Another two would be too much, so giving up one of her babies is the right thing to do. The idea to give up Edward isn’t even Mrs Johnstones. It was mrs Lyons that put the idea into Mrs Johnstones head in the first place “give one of them to me” so mrs Johnstone just went along with her when she realised what a wonderful life the baby would have ...

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