"Kes" - A movie analysis
About this book
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 isa pretty interesting story and by watching the movie the viewer automatically compares hisown life and school experiences with Billys experiences.In the first part of this work I give a short introduction about the background and the situationin which the movie takes place.In the second part I take a closer look at Billys daily life, his future options and hisrelationship to his brother.[...]
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Table of contents
- Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik
- Universität Rostock
- Kes
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Background information
- 3. General situation in the movie
- 4. Billy and his environment
- Appendix
