Blood brothers - To What Extent Are Edward And Mickey Products Of Different Backgrounds

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To What Extent Are Edward And Mickey Products Of Different Backgrounds

        Blood Brothers is a play based in Liverpool during the 1980’s. The play involves two main characters Edward Lyons and Mickey Johnstone. These two men were actually twins but never knew it until just before their death. Both children were actually split at birth, because Mrs Johnston could not afford to keep both children. During her pregnancy Mrs Johnstone worked as a cleaner for Mr and Mrs Lyons who was struggling to have kids of their own. When Mrs Johnstone found out she was having twins Mrs Lyons knew she could not afford to keep them both. Whilst Mr Lyons was away with his work, Mrs Lyons decided to secretly buy a child from Mrs Johnstone and this seemed to be the perfect solution for both of their trouble although Mrs Johnstone was unsure of this rather strange ordeal.

The Johnstone family was a poor family. Mrs Johnstone was a single mother with 8 children including Mickey. Mickey was the youngest of all the children and received hand me down’s from older brothers like Sammy. As Mickey grew up he soon caught on from his older brothers what his life was going to be like. Mickey probably learned more abusive language before he mastered the alphabet and was soon to be known down the local ‘nick’.

However Edward was the complete opposite his family lived in a mansion compared to Mickey’s small terraced house. Edward had everything he could ever want a father bringing home cash by the thousands and a caring mother at home all day to care and look after him. Edward lived with no other children so two loving parents always focused the attention on him. Edward’s dad worked away a lot and didn’t seem to see Edward that much but this didn’t seem to alter Edward’s life

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As they grew up Mickey and Edward very bizarrely became friends which didn’t suit either parents. Mickey and Edward seemed to envy each others lives Mickey would have loved to have been rich and powerful, where as Edward liked the idea of the ruff and tumble lifestyle. Edward and Mickey were also close friends with a young girl called Linda, however as there hormones grew so did their feelings for Linda although Linda was undoubtedly in love with Mickey. Edward kept stump about his feelings for Linda till later on in the play. Mickey and Linda were always good friends ...

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