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- Friendly, excitable boy
- Likes to play adventure games with others and sneak off to pull pranks.
- Shy about his emotions
- Feels the need to impress Sammy
- Likes Edward’s generosity and, in turn, enjoys being able to show him new things
- "I could've been him."
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- He is the twin that stays with Mrs Johnstone, the working class twin.
- He meets Edward when he was 7 and both their parents want them to stay away from each other.
- He moves away as his family is being re-housed.
- He meets Edward again, gets suspended from school, gets a job.
- Marries Linda who is pregnant, gets fired by Mr Lyons.
- Bribed by Sammy, ends up in jail, gets addicted to anti-depressants, Mrs Lyons tells him about Edward & Linda (who are having an affair)
- Gets Sammy's gun, misfires and shoots Sammy, the police shoot him.
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- Becomes even more withdrawn after becoming unemployed.
- More interested in getting a job.
- Edward gives Mickey a chance to shine and be a leader and escape the oppression he feels from his brother, school and general poverty.
- He feels like his friendship with Edward is fading because of their different social backgrounds, e.g. when he loses his job Edward can't understand because it's never happened to him.
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- Looks up to his older brother Sammy and often feels like a cast-off in comparison to him.
- Not very well educated.
- Does not show interest in his schooling
- Suspended for ridiculing his teacher.
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