Analysis of the Extract from Angel Pavement by J.Priestly.

John Boynton Priestley, OM (13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984), known as J.B. Priestley, was an English novelist, playwright and broadcaster. He published 27 novels. Angel Pavement is his novel, published in 1930, it established him as a successful novelist. It is a social panorama of the city of London, seen largely through the eyes of the employees of the firm Twigg Dersingham, on the first floor of No. 8, Angel Pavement. One of the problems raised in the novel is the problem of upbringing. The plot of the extract revolves around Mr. Smeeth and his speculations about his own family. The central idea of the extract is misunderstanding between two generations. The author’s message is that many parents could not understand either†¦show more content†¦Her being at home is characterized by such epithets as â€Å"languid and complaining, shrill and resentful, or sullen and tearful† thus making us understand that she was, as the author said in â€Å"a very silly, awkward age†. But the situation changed abruptly when she receives a call from her friends, by the simile â€Å"This contrast, as sharp as a sword† the author states that her behavior at home and among her friends was very different. She was not interested in the life of her family, instead, being with her friends she â€Å"sprang into a vivid personal life of her own, became eager and vivacious†. These numerous epithets reflect her young and hoity-toity nature. The next paragraph is devoted to the son of Mr. Smeeth – George, who is older than Edna, she is 17 and he is 20. The age gives us a hint that he is probably set his life priorities and somehow more confident in his point of view to his own life. But that is only partially so, according to the author: â€Å"He had no desire to stick to anything, to serve somebody faithfully, to work himself steadily up to a good safe position†. So George just tried one thing after another, selling wir eless sets, helping some pal in a garage, but his father believed that even working hard he could not get any positive promotion or results. â€Å"The point was, that to George, there was nothing wrong, and his father was well aware of the fact that he could not make him see there was anything wrong. That was the trouble with