Linda Flashcards
(3 cards)
“Theres a girl inside the woman, waiting to get free”
1 - her youthful hopes and potential have been stiffled by class constraints, a deep sense of lost identity and entrapment - her real desires remain unfulfilled - she is the “silent casualty” of the socio-economic system
2 - the close syntax of “girl and “woman”, perhaps highlighing the emotional cost of growing up too fast, Linda’s inner vitality is suppressed by her environment, and the pressures of her adulthood.
3 - “waiting to get free” employs ideas of captivity - she is held captive in a futile cycle of poverty, where she must perform to socio-economic standards
“If he’s workin’ an’ we’ve got our own place he’ll be able to get himself together and stop takin’ those friggin’ things”
1 - Linda’s showcases how work is a cure for Mickey’s problems, which we see they are not - working-class reliance on sustainability of work to escape hardships - while the upper class may focus on their mental health, they may only be able to focus on getting a job - bare minimum, reminds Linda of her lower class with the colloqualisms
2 - internalised idea that poverty is the working class’ fault - they believe that their personal efforts alone will be able to overcome systematic inequality
3 - women carry and bear the physical and emotional consequences of men - Linda is stricken of her young agency and forced into a cycle of care.
“I dont care who knows, I just love you. I love you!”
1 - done to showcase her involvement in males at a young age - she faces male insecurities problems at a young age, so therefore does not feel the love, and then faces Mickey’s addiction which too strips her of love, done to show her love confides her in a life of despair
2 - love is a desperate escape from the pressures of poverty and dissillusionment - love does not allow you to escape class - LINK TO MRS JOHNSTONE - her love puts her in a position of 7 kids, unwealthy, same for Linda, love towards a man confides you into a social- economic position you cannot escape, dangers of young love
3 - “I dont care who knows” Linda is challenging the social and moral boundaries which strip her of her voice - recurring idea that personal desire is crushed by societal expectation
