This is england 86, characteristics of youth - Sean

In this is england 86 one of the key characters is Sean, a 16 year old schoolboy who has no aspects or aspiration in life apart from getting a scooter and exploring britain from birmingham to manchester.

One of the key scenes which represents youth is the scene where sean is approached by the local scooter gang who appear to know sean and dislike him and seem to bully him by calling him "Ginge" and always feel as though they have the right to pick on him as they are in with the latest fashion consisting of; shell suits, plimpsoles and brand new scooters and motorbikes. This just conveys how the connotations of this are very negative by how someone who is different is always segregated and depicted on for being a loner and pressured into doing something they don't particularly want to be involved in. For example in the scene where sean has some chips and is waiting for the bus home after "successfully" completing his exams.

He is soon to be approached by the local scooter gang and told to call "sweet tits gemma" a fat dog, fearing not only for his own safety but for his friendship with gemma as they appear to be very close when he knocks on her door. He hops on the scooters knowing  he will probably be hurt either by gemma or by the gang after the task is complete. Sean soon arrives at gemma's house where he is told by gemma that the two main members of the scooter gang have popped in to see her, where sean fully knows why they are there. As he enters the living room he is encouraged and bullied into calling gemma a fat dog which then sees the leader of the scooter gang saying "i will protect you gemma" and immediately hits sean in the face.

Gemma soon works out that this as just a conniving scheme by the leader of the gang just to win her heart, which in fact fails as she doesn't want to see sean get this seriously hurt by something he didn't want to do in the first place. This clearly conveys the hirachy of power of which cn been seen within most youth groups, sean is evidently at the bottom with the lead ginge being at the top.