In'Victim' the school setting immediately takes the reader back in time, to their own school days. Most can relate to the to the types of characters associated with being in school, the ‘bully’ like Benda , the ‘authority figure’ like Mr Curtis, the ‘nerdy kid’ like Mickey and the ‘thinker ‘ like Ras. Whether we were or we knew one of these types of characters, it was quite easy to place oneself in the school ground as an on looker waiting for the events to unfold.

The build up of Mickey’s character is enhanced by the reference to Mickey’s mother. Mickey’s thought that ‘His mother was wrong: it wasn’t dangerous to be with th

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