eric quotes

• "i was in a state where a chap easily turns nasty"


  aware of drinking problem, took advantage of daisy
• "i couldn't remember her name"


  heavily under influence in the situation - wasn't acting on his usual morals
• mr b - "just you keep out of this"


  pushed to the side by his parents, sense of irrelevance
• mrs b - "just keep quiet eric, and don't get excited"


  treated like a child
• "in a way she treated me as if i were a kid"


  treated like a kid by people other than his parents
• "why shouldn't she try for higher wages?"


  not afraid to stand up to parents
• "he could of kept her on instead of throwing her out"


  morally correct, sees the wrong in his parent's actions
• "don't forget i'm ashamed of you as well"


  lack of respect for parents
• "you lot might be letting yourselves out nicely, but i can't"


  responsible, wants to be a good person
• "i insisted on giving her enough money to keep her going"


  sympathetic, acting out of goodness
• "you're beginning to pretend now that nothing's really happened at all. and i can't really see it like that"


  lack of parenting means that he grew up thinking differently from them, has a strong sense of morality
• mr b - "you're just the kind of son in law i always wanted"


  absence of parental love, unappreciated as a son
• "you're not the kind of father a chap can go to when he's in trouble"


  not a strong father-son relationship, grew up independently
• 'takes decanter and helps himself'

  alcohol addiction partly due to absence of parental love