Harry Brown representation

Harry Brown represents how working class teens are portrayed in society as they use acts of violence and terror to show the dominance they have over their town.  It also shows how Harry Brown, who is a lot older than the teenagers that threaten him, acts as a calm being that is just part of the community but then turns to get revenge when his best friend is brutally murdered by the gang of teenagers.

This film is very stereotypical.  It suggests that teenagers that are from a working class background are dangerous and will harm others for no real reason.  It illustrates the fact that, although Harry Brown does do some harmful things to those who killed his best friend, Harry only does these things for justice and for the right reasons.

Harry Brown starts off in the film as a very stereotypical character.  Keeps his house in good order, takes care of himself and is a very caring person as you see from the scene where he goes to visit his wife in hospital.  However, this stereotype changes within the film as he slowly turns into a vigilante and cares about making justice for those who killed his best friend.  Harry is the only one we see change throughout, whereas Noel and his group seem to think that they have dominance over everything and can control and take over whatever they want.  You can see this clearly in the scene where they are near the tunnel where Harry lives and they feel threatened by a couple that is approaching them, they then use weapons to show that they are the ones with the power and so the couple then backs off and ends up leaving.  Tunnels commonly mean that there is a change that will happen, the only time you ever see the gang of teenagers in the tunnel is when Harry comes to confront them.  This shows that Harrys character and what he has become has changed completely and so Noel and his friends feel threatened by how Harry is taking away their power and making himself seem more in control of the situation.  

The representation of the 'stereotypical' teenagers is shown by the way they dress; tracksuit bottoms and not very tidy.  they also carry weapons around with them to, again, show that they are in charge and to threaten anyone that tries to intrude.  Harry Brown is very clean, shaven and tidy within his home whereas in some scenes where you see Noel get arrested, you see that his house is very dark and unorganised.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2S3SraFmI0