Here Russell wants the audience to dislike Briggs because the contrast of him to Mrs Kay shows us what he’s really like: selfish, uncaring, and patronising.

Mr Briggs is so narrow-minded that he believes that because the children were born into captivity, they know of nothing else. This again shows that the children have a bad reputation because of the area in which they live in.Briggs screws the film up because he doesn’t want to remind himself of the fun he had, he knows it’s not his job. Here Russell makes Briggs seem selfish, and self-centred. Briggs just thinks about himself and his reputation, he sees today as a one off and just wants to forget about it. Russell does this to make the audience feel empathy for the children. They have enjoyed the trip and it was a release for them to experience a different environment and break free from their ‘limited lifestyles’. They have had a chance to bond with Mr Briggs and some of them now look up to him. But he just wants to forget about it. Screwing the film up shows Briggs doesn’t care. Mr Briggs is very professional with his job maybe too professional. He thinks Mrs Kay doesn’t have the right image as a teacher and that her attitude is too casual. This shows that Briggs isn’t used to the way the children have been brought up. Their situation and upbringings are a real contrast in comparison his because he has obviously been brought up differently. When Mr Briggs talks to Andrews about his smoking he sounds genuinely concerned and. Briggs is curious to know the parents reactions to the boys smoking.

Digga’s statement here shows that he is surrounded by ignorants. This suggests that the people around him are negative and ignorant, which has obviously influenced him.

Whilst Mr Briggs is running around taking care of the children, Mrs Kay sits down and relaxes with one pupil. This shows that she is irresponsible and might not be able to control the class in an emergency. Her behaviour is inappropriate because she has a favourite pupil and does not allow Carol to be independent. urn:lcp:ourdayout0000russ:epub:91d39444-3d8c-4601-871b-e86993d08360 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier ourdayout0000russ Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s25czx78mb2 Invoice 1652 Isbn 0435233017

Mrs. Kay teaches a remedial class for illiterate children, called the "Progress Class." The whole class - along with Digga and Reilly, the slightly older class bullies who used to be in the Progress Class - are taken on a coach trip. In the original version, the headmaster, Mr Briggs makes the decision to go on the trip as an extra member of staff, emphasising his mistrust of the liberal values of Mrs Kay. In the shorter stage version, the Headteacher commissions Mr. Briggs, the authoritarian Deputy Headmaster, to supervise the trip. The children of the Progress class need a teacher who will support them because there will be people like the zookeeper in scene 29, putting them down. Here Russell makes the audience suspect something about Briggs, as we are unsure of what he’s going to do with the film. Maybe briggs character is too set in his ways to change.On the coach in scene two, the audience can read that the children are not at all organised or well mannered.