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The influence of family and upbringing...

Definition

The power of family and upbringing to produce effects on others whether it is a positive influence or effect or negative.

Characters

Fag - wants to get away from the family life she was brought up with - lack of affection and love develops her into a self-centered bitter person - because of the abandonment of her father, she is predjudice towards her own husband (men) - family environment helped her to strive for more in life so she could escape her present life - she was never able to love her family because she was always unhappy with herself

Ginnie - forced to leave school at a young age to help support the family - doesn't want her own children to have the same upbringing - has low expectation at life because of family but is content

Margaret - doesn't "nuture" her children, show them emotional love, or let them know she is there for them. - uses her children for her chosen purposes. There fore they learn the ups and downs of life pretty much alone and the hard way

Setting

- 1930s-40s timeframe - state houses - working class system - time when the working class didn't have much more than family

Symbols/Motifs

- houses - cashmere - father - he's never there and Fag and Ginnie grow up resenting him for it

Quotations

- "At least mums stuck with us... She might be horrible, but she's trying to keep the family together." -" Them catholic dogs mum would say. They're a different breed from us."