In the interview scene the teachers are preparing the boys for their interview to get into University. On page 84 Mrs Lintott is discussing women’s role in society and her feelings about how women are put in second place after men. Timms says ‘It’s not our fault, miss. It’s just the way it is’ Timms suggest that it has always been a patriarchal society and he is in no hurry to change that as it has become the norm to people. Bennet tries to explore gender roles in society by using Timms to voice his opinion as he represents all the boys which shows the male opinion of society.
Lockwood quotes Wittgenstein who was a well know philosopher and Mrs Lintott replies ‘I know
its Wittgenstein… did he travel on the other bus?’ Mrs Lintott uses the image of
a bus to get across the message of Wittgenstein being gay without asking the
question directly to the teachers and the boys. Hector replies with ‘Bus? Bus? What
bus?’ this shows how Hector doesn’t understand the reference of the Bus,
however, Irwin replies with ‘On the few occasions he went anywhere, yes, I believe
he did.’ This shows the relationship between Irwin and Mrs Lintott as they understand each other more.
Mrs Lintott discusses how
there are no women historians on Tv and Timms replies with ‘no tits?’ this
shows how the boys don’t take the situation seriously as Mrs Lintott and shows how Timms is a very sexual character and makes sexual references in serious situations, Hector replies with ‘hit that boy. Hit him’ Timms: ‘Sir! You can’t
sir’ this shows the relationship between the two characters as Timms messes
around with Hector and starts joking around with him. Mrs Lintott then takes back hold of the floor and directs the conversation back to the gender roles in society 'I'll tell you why there are no women historians on TV' the use of 'i'll' shows she has a strong opinion of what she is talking about.
