Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: keine, University of Rostock, course: Kulturwissenschaft: Representation of class in British Films since the 1930s, language: English, abstract: In this paper I take a closer look at the movie Kes produced by Ken Loach.
The movie is based on the book A Kestrel for a Knave which was written by Barry Hines. It is
a pretty interesting story and by watching the movie the viewer automatically compares his
own life and school experiences with Billys experiences.
In the first part of this work I give a short introduction about the background and the situation
in which the movie takes place.
In the second part I take a closer look at Billys daily life, his future options and his
relationship to his brother.

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