Comparative analysis

Comparative analysis: How are British youths represented in Quadrophenia vs. Harry Brown?

Write a comparative analysis of representations found in Quadrophenia against Harry Brown. Consider the following:

The main theme in both films is gang culture. They travel in packs  as  if it is 2 against one although an uneven fight two will always win and it’s the winning that’s important.

The attitude of the mods and rockers compared to the thugs and gangs from Harry Brown is totally the opposite as In Harry Brown they go out aiming to injure unnecessarily  as they have nothing better to do and they believe it will give them power and is almost a way of crying out for attention and it gives them bad press coverage however teens have received bad attention from the media since the 60s as demonstrated in Quadrophenia and it has now reached the point that teens feel as if they should live up to their reputation as they are going to been seen as ‘bad’ anyway.  `The minority spoil it for the majority and as shown in Harry Brown all teens  are seen as yobbish murderers

Both are fighting for survival, 9-5 in the case of quadrophenia so that they have money for food and to go out, etc. and selling drugs, fighting to show their power, and position in the hierarchy for similar reasons in harry brown except with added territorial needs.

Symbolic climaxes are used to try and influence your opinion on British youths and make you think that this is what needs to be done to solve the problem because it is becoming out of control. In Harry Brown so much violence is thrown at you it starts to not even shock you as much ( this is also happening in real life ass when people watch the film they may not even be as concerned after watching the film and may see it as normally as it is in so many movies and such a common view in today’s society). The view given in films is becoming so widely recognized the public believe that this is happening on every estate and you should stay away from them and that all youths  and areas are the same.

Th   The main theme in both films is fighting for what they believe and the struggle faced with going through out teenage years and discovering who you are and where your place in society is.

Th   The main character in both films is a teenage boy, very unsure of his identity trying to fin dhis place in society and trying to make this place as high up the hierarchical ladder

          The parents in quadrophenia are quite influential and try and make their beliefs jimmy’s however he chooses to ignore this therefore upsetting his parents and making them feel the need to show their authority and tell him what  he is doing is unacceptable and until he decides to obey by their rules he must find somewhere else to live, being homeless would normally make someone just do what they’re told so that they have somewhere to live however he chose to ignore this and decided that finding out who he was was the most important thing in the world to him.

The representation have not changed at all they have only got slightly worse violence wise as now in harry brown they have guns and knives and aim to kill rather than quadrophenia where they fight with their fists and simply aim to injure to prove that what they belief in is right.

Although the men is the films seem to have no feelings for other people and seem very destructive in their ways they do seem to have a borderline general respect for women as in both movies having a girlfriend is important and they seem to look after them averagely well as long as they fit the mould and behave how they are expected too.

        Both are seen as stereotypical youths in their time and are trying to rebel from this in one way or another, HB by trying to get money ( by selling drugs protecting people for money so even if not in necessarily the best ways) to get out of this dodgy area where this is how they have been brought up so it is seen as if gang culture is acceptable because this is what has happened for generations as they have had no way to escape and in Quadrophenia as they are post war and have only just started to have enough money for non-essentials therefore they are exploring what to do with this extra income and finding out ways to help keep things advancing for the better and pushing so that new things are created for these new subcultures to keep them entertained and happy.