Essential Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle English Notes

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Edward pleads with Mickey and tells him that they are Blood Brothers but Mickey responds saying that that was just kids stuff. He then tells Edward that he is just a kid and he says that they are both the same age, but it’s clear that Mickey’s life has forced him to mature much quicker. Read More …

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(Answer the following questions after watching from 0.00 to 12.30 How does Jules and Charmian’s house differ to Buddy’s? Why does Buddy tidy up his house? Buddy seems worried that his father now has money, do you think he is right to be worried? Explain your answer. What happened to Buddy’s dad’s record shop? Why Read More …

As the montage continues, it shows the three of them hanging outside the chippy late at night and they are now seventeen. They are aging as the song and narration progresses. The narrator finished the montage telling us that they are now eighteen years old and wishing that they could just stay like this forever Read More …

Any Given Sunday: Al Pacino Braveheart: Mel Gibson Oscar Speech: Matthew McConaughey I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King UN Speech: Greta Thunberg

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(Questions from 0.00 to 12.30) What is your impression of Buddy from the opening scene? What type of relationship do Buddy’s parents have? Why does Buddy need 4 pound? Do you think his family are poor? Why do you think Buddy steals the money from his mum’s purse? Buddy is in the ‘express’ class because Read More …

The scene begins with an upbeat Mrs Johnstone singing a song about their new home and how happy they are. Mickey is now fourteen and we are told that he flies into a rage when she mentions girls. The scene moves quickly to Mrs Lyons and Edward who are dancing on the stage before Edward Read More …