An Education: Representations

Scene 10:

• "Nobody does anything worthwhile with a degree, no woman anyway". Jenny is saying that only men can have top jobs and that women are still seen as less important. She has adopted Helen's attitude to gender.
  
• Jenny says that Britain is "boring" and there is "no life or colour". She is comparing the people and the country to France, where she enjoyed herself and would rather have that life than the life she has in England.
• Jenny is still a schoolgirl so the headteacher describes her engagement as "ridiculous plans".
• Jenny has a long rant at the head, the content of which is indicative of two key things. Firstly, the audience's understanding of Jenny's rebelliousness is advanced, but also, the socio-historical context of the film is portrayed; Jenny and other young people at the beginning of the 1960s are on the cusp of something very new.
• Helen says "Oh Gosh", so therefore she is posh.

Scene 12:

• Jenny rides a bus to go to see her teacher ( who looks like Fred's old psychology teacher) as she is too young to drive and doesn't have a scooter as she is a girl.
• She says she feels old after her experience with David, but she doesn't feel very wise. This reminds us that she is just a little girl. It is also just after the point where she realises that she is just a girl and not a woman (Where she see's Dave's wife)