This Is England

Shaun is seen as a very sad and delicate child. He feels isolated and lonely and the gang that he starts to hang around with can be seen as aggressive  and as bullies also they smoke and drink very frequently. Throughout the play you are able to see that the gang means a lot to Shaun because it makes him feel as though he is finally apart of something special also the Milky can be seen as an ironic name as milk is white however the character playing him is white. I think it shows that the gang aren't racist and that they accept him. They wore big boots, high trousers, braces and had low cut hair.

I think watching the play helped me understand more about skinheads and their culture, also about the types of skinheads that they are and the different reasons there are for skinheads wanting to join a skinhead group/gang. I found the film very interesting.