Minor characters

• Mrs Gascoyne 

  AO1 – obstructive / bureaucratic / inflexible

  ‘I cant treat C differently to any other student ..because then everybody would want to be treated differently.’ 

  AO2 – justification - connective ‘because’ – but reason does not reflect a good Head of a special school 
• AO3 – Stephens shows us how even those who should champion special needs can subvert our expectations and put up barriers. Mrs G is focussed on the theme of difference and how treating people the same is the best way forward but this is not giving C fair chances. He needs adjustments and the ones Ed is asking for are easy to make.
• Mrs Shears 

  AO1 – hostile / aggressive

  ‘Get away from my dog.’ 

  AO2 – repetition / imperative / possessive pronoun 
• First character to speak in play. She introduces central mystery of crime genre- death of Wellington but is also connected to wider theme and mystery of C Mum. She is hostile to Christopher. Siobhan immediately reads from the book ‘It was seven minutes after midnight’ to give precise details of what C is focussing on /help audienc make sense of scene.
• Rhodri

  AO1 - kind but misguided

  ‘How are you doing, captain?’ / ‘What’s 251 times 864?’ 

  AO2 – term of endearment / interogatives – seems to be fond of Christopher but focused on his difference by challenging him and laughing 

  AO3 – Even those close to family and Christopher, perceive his difference and draw attention to it. Don’t interact with him as you would a neuro-typical person
• Minor characters 

  Help show more widely the perception of society and Christopher’s interaction skills

  • Policeman /Duty Sergeant – pg 6 - 9• Lady in the Street – pg 56• Punk Girl / Man with Socks – pg 75• Drunk men – pg 67