collective identity prompt question 3

1. in what way has britain been represented in the film London to Brighton?

overall Britain has been represented in quite a negative way through out the film, it highlights the very extreme circumstances that happens in gang culture. i think that Britain is not quite as bad as the movie shows and doesn't really reflect our modern day culture. of course these doings do still go on but it is very rare for such rash actions to be made. Although gang culture and crime is rife within the UK i don't think it is demonstrated fairly. although it is rare whenever this extreme gang culture happens it is immediately hyped up by the media such as newspapers and TV, there has been some stories about gangsters such as the Hells Angels gang where to join you first have to rape a women over 60 then seduce a girl under 16 then finally cut the head of a live chicken. with the news groups publishing these stories people are forced
to believe that these are common occurrences where in fact these crimes are becoming more rare.

can you identify a specific "collective group" which has been represented in the film?

there are lots of different types of collective groups in the film but i think the main one is 'Pimps' where women are rented and hired for sex.

An education

An education is set in England in the 1960s. The opening of the film represents what life was like at a girls grammer school. It gave us a good insight as to what they use to do and learn, for example not only did they do vocational studies such as english they also learnt how to cook and they all had to join in at school physical education lessons. It portays life as exciting and 'on the go'

The main character               is a 16 year old girl who is currently attending this grils grammer school with high hopes of going on to Oxford to read English. Her life in the early stages of the film so far seems to be based on average excitement and hardwork. She was content but was and has not been let of the leash so to speak. Her mother entails a typical women in the 1960s, she is a house wife devoted to maintaining the house keeping it in good order and looking after her husband and daughter.

However her life take a dramatic twist when a slightly older, handsome and charming man offers her some help in getting her cello home unscathed from the rain. As she gets more into her relationship with this man she starts to get more wild and starts living the 'highlife'! The title is cleverly labelled as an education points to her not only learning in school (an enclosed enviroment) but she starts to learn about life outside school and leanrs to have fun and freedom. She also learns from her mistakes especially when the young man drops the bomb shell on her that he is already married.