DNA - Characters - Mindmap in GCSE English Literature

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DNA - Characters
- Phil
  - Manipulative Leader
    - "What's more important, one person or everyone?"
      - Making Leah feel guilty?
      - He tries to make it sound as though he is looking out for the group - never physically involves himself.
    - Manipulates Leah through his use of silence - making her want his attention.
  - Intelligent
    - Quicky comes up with a disturbing plan twice. Plans the manslaughter of Adam
      - "And you tell them a man showed you his willy in the woods"
      - "I'm going to do an experiment with this plastic bag"
- Leah
  - "We're in trouble now" "We're in trouble now, Phil,"
    - She is thinking about the immoral action of Killing Adam and keeping it a secret.
      - She still doesn't tell anyone. So is maybe not as good as she seems through this quote.
    - Only character who thinks about this immoral action in this way.
    - She seems to be a moral character but kills her Hamster 'Jerry' and goes into detail about it to Phil
      - QUOTE ABOUT HER KILLING JERRY
        Not a moral thing to do
        Only thinking of herself and that she wants attention from Phil - obviously not a moral way of thinking.
        Only does it for attention from Phil
        
        Only does it for attention from Phil
        
        Proved her Instability.
        QUOTE WHERE SHE STRANGLES HERSEF
- Brian
  - Weak Character
    - "I am brilliant at doing what people say"
      - Tried to go against what people said but failed - now he is utterly defeated.
        "I'm not going in"
        "I can't go in there"
        
        "I can't go in there"
    - "Cry" "I cry" "Crying"
      - Shows his emotions - this makes him weak to the group.
- Cathy
  - Violent Leader
    - "She cut a first year's finger off"
      - "She's insane"
        Finally gets a position at the top of the group.
        
        Uses it as an excuse to hurt people without consequences.
        Similarly to the group and Adam
  - "It's quite exciting as well"
    - She found the situation with Adam as exciting.
- Jan And Mark
  - Act as a Greek Chorus
    - "Dead?" "Yeah" "What dead?" "Yeah"
  - Seem to find joy through what they did to Adam
    - "You had to laugh"
  - "Mistake or" "No mistake"
    - constant mimicking - shows lack of individuality and interllect
- John Tate
  - "Jesus' Army"
    - His way of dealing with the guilt of what happened was to turn to God.
    - Mocking? They think he is weird for 'finding' God.
  - Leads through Violence and fear.
    - "Say it and see what happens"
    - "Aren't things better? For us?"
      - Had 'protected' the group up until this situation. Using guilt?
    - "Because if you've got a side, you're not on my side"
      - Threatening - Cathy also uses threats - copy of previous leader.
- Danny
  - Obsession with dentistry
    - Only one with a planned out future that we hear of
      - "He hates it. he can't stand the cavities"
        His dreams are ruined by what the group has done - links to people in gangs struggling to get out?
  - "I want to keep calm. I want to say nothing"
    - Follows the leader
    - Always seems scared of the leader. Stays in his position by never getting in the way
- Adam
  - Weakest character in the heirarchy.
    - "Adam, my name's, I've got a name, it's..."
      - His reappearance to the group is shocking
      - He is confused
        'Weak' characters i the heirarchy go insane
    - "In this dark"
      - Light and dark imagery - confused images in Adam's head - secrecy and openness? -the gangs guilt and crime?
  - "I found my place where I live"
    - He can't remember his home
    - Home is on the ground - hidden away - link to his position in groups hierarchy.

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