Essay Plan

Essay Question
Using the texts you have studied, discuss the ways in which a particular social group is represented in contemporary media.

Plan
Social group - Youth.

1 -
Films  - This is England, An Education.
TV Shows - Misfits, The Inbetweeners.

2 -
Films.

This is England key scenes - When combo spat on the floor and drew a line. Manipulated Shaun into joining him to honour his dad.

An Education - After David and Danny stole the painting from that old woman David manipulated Jenny into staying with him after she was going to leave. He was trying to make it seem like her life before was unexciting and his life was glamourous.

TV Shows.

Misfits - Their powers could represent responsibility and how the youth of today may not be ready to accept that responsibility.

The Inbetweeners - The whole show is kind of a stereotype of youth today and how we are irresponsible. For example in series 2 when they're on the school trip they end up getting drunk and stealing a boat.

Both characters in both films show entrapment and through naivety and desperation to escape they make mistakes and choose the wrong people to escape with.

For instance, in An Education Jenny picks David to escape her life which seemed boring because she was constantly working. she would also ignore things he did because she was so desperate like from the point before about him stealing paintings

And in This is England Shaun joined Combos gang because Combo accepted him and and Combo used "shauns dad being proud for him" as a way to manipulate him.