wrongly, that Christopher her honesty looking at is calmer Judy admits the two of around his that she you and father. This it hard seeing you realisation to cope together comes after with she lost her and Christopher thinking temper and at times. how you Christopher She were really threw a with describes different chopping Christopher how she felt with him. board and after an Much it hit her argument calmer..... foot, with And it made breaking Christopher me so sad her toes. resulted in because it She felt as her having was like you if Ed and broken didn't need Christopher toes. me at all." were better off without her. Social context Judy is not like Ed. She struggles with Christopher's behaviour whilst he with it. She mentions the time they went to the department store and Christopher had an episode - she could not help him and found the whole incident very upsetting. She also hints that she would like an easier more 'normal' life, presumably without Christopher. This is very sad but Stephens does not make Judy the villain, the audience can sympathise with her as she still loves Christopher dearly. Question & Answer Extract: JUDY: I used to have dreams that everything would get better. Do you remember that you used to say that you wanted to be an astronaut? Well I used to have dreams that you were an astronaut and you were on television and I thought that’s my son. I wonder what it is you want to be now. Has it changed? Are you still doing maths? I hope you are. Loads and loads of love, Mother.
with Christopher her honesty Judy admits that she it hard to cope with Christopher at times. She describes how she felt after an argument with Christopher resulted in her having broken toes. looking at the two of you and seeing you together and thinking how you were really different with him. Much calmer..... And it made me so sad because it was like you didn't need me at all." wrongly, that Christopher is calmer around his father. This realisation comes after she lost her temper and Christopher threw a chopping board and it hit her foot, breaking her toes. She felt as if Ed and Christopher were better off without her. Social context Judy is not like Ed. She struggles with Christopher's behaviour whilst he with it. She mentions the time they went to the department store and Christopher had an episode - she could not help him and found the whole incident very upsetting. She also hints that she would like an easier more 'normal' life, presumably without Christopher. This is very sad but Stephens does not make Judy the villain, the audience can sympathise with her as she still loves Christopher dearly. Question & Answer Extract: JUDY: I used to have dreams that everything would get better. Do you remember that you used to say that you wanted to be an astronaut? Well I used to have dreams that you were an astronaut and you were on television and I thought that’s my son. I wonder what it is you want to be now. Has it changed? Are you still doing maths? I hope you are. Loads and loads of love, Mother.
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