Are writers influenced by the time within which they write?

... hey canīt afford it and the shopkeepers think they are getting loads of money to find out later that they didnīt get anything. This shows that they steal often as they donīt have much money and are quite experienced at it. Some of them might even be encouraged by their own parents to steal. On the coach Linda expects to marry someone with a reasonable income and someone who treats women with decency, Jackie doesnīt see this as a reality. JACKIE "Oh donīt be mental. Youīll never get a husband like sir. Youīll end up marryinī someone like your old feller." When they go to the zoo none of the children have seen some of the animals there and are quite confused at some of the things they see. BRIGGS "And a brown bear is an extremely dangerous animal. You see those claws, they could leave a really nasty mark." ANDREWS "Could it kill yīsir?" They donīt even know simple animals like a bear. They obviously donīt have much interaction with animals and decide to take some with them, they steal all sorts of small animals, but the zookeeper is quick enough to get to them in time to tell Mr Briggs. Initially when they were at the zoo Mr Briggs was quite pleased with the children as they seemed interested in the animals and were learning new things. Each scene develops Willy Russellīs concerns by making the situations increasingly severe each time and how they donīt seem to see anything wrong with what they are doing. Also the way they question things for example when Ronson and the others are asking about the bear they seem to be deprived. At Conwy Castle the children donīt seem interested in the castles history much at all and are just running about screaming and playing, Mr Briggs sees this as chaos and argues with Mrs Kay that it should have been better organised and the kids should be sorted out more. I believe this argument is very significant to the way the kids live and shows Willy Russellīs concerns very well. MRS KAY "… Itīs a shame really isnīt it? We bring them out to a crumbling pile of rocks and mo ...