A Taste of Honey - Boy - Character analysis in GCSE English Literature


	Personality	Role
	Lighthearted and jokey ("I'm trapped into a barbaric cult ... Matrimony") Caring ("What's wrong? You been crying? ... "Yes, you've got a bit of a temperature. Have you been eating?") Not completely devoted to Jo (when it is his mate's birthday, he goes there rather than spending time with Jo; he also tells her that he loves her and will marry her but never returns to her).	Jo's boyfriend Father of Jo's baby
	Development (Growth & change)	Other information
	Does not develop much in the play. He proposes marriage to Jo but then does not return. Only in Act Two do we find out that his name is Jimmie.	Is black and seems to have suffered from racism A male nurse in the navy Only appears in Act One, Scene Two

Lighthearted and jokey ("I'm trapped into a barbaric cult ... Matrimony")
Caring ("What's wrong? You been crying? ... "Yes, you've got a bit of a temperature. Have you been eating?")
Not completely devoted to Jo (when it is his mate's birthday, he goes there rather than spending time with Jo; he also tells her that he loves her and will marry her but never returns to her).

Does not develop much in the play. He proposes marriage to Jo but then does not return. Only in Act Two do we find out that his name is Jimmie.

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