2. “My mum says I haven't to play with
you”
• First turning point
• Start of conflict between the boys
• Shows contrast
• The boys are clueless to who each other are
• The become aware that they are different
• Eddie is posh and not poor
• Mickey is poor and doesn't have a lot of money
3. “there are other jobs you can do”
• Eddie is trying to give Mickey a chance to break
out of poverty and do anything he can to help.
• Eddie wants to be Mickey’s friend.
• Mickey rejects!
4. “this job stinks! But its mine! I got this
job!”
• Hear foreshadows highlights the conflict and
shows us what Mickey believes.
• Mickey is living on a lie.
• We know Eddie got Mickey his job.
• Mickey is unaware of the help Eddie has gave
him.
5. “Eddie arranged your job for you”
• This is a climax
• Takes away Mickey's pride
• Eddie meant well
• This highlights conflict
• Linda had to tell Mickey
• This makes Mickey so mad
6. “How do you think we got out of your
mothers and in to this house?”
• Mickey feels worthless
• Mickey feels he has been overtaken by superior
• Mickey starts doubting things in his life
• Mickey is also mad with Linda and starts getting
bad thoughts about her and Eddie.
7. “Dose my son belong to Eddie as well
?”
• Mickey is implying that Linda had an affair.
• Eddie had done everything else for him so
Mickey is questioning weather his own son is his
own.
• This is when Mickey explodes and sets off to do
something more serious.
8. “I Should shoot you Eddie”
• The writer highlights the conflict in a more serious
way
• Mickey feels he has done nothing for himself
• They find out that they are twins
• he feels everything that belongs to him is Eddies
• Eddie feels very sad because all he wanted is to have
Mickey as a friend
• MRS Lyons grabs the gun and goes to shoot Mickey
and Eddie jumps in front of the bullet, they both die
as the bullet went through the both of them.