Analysis Of The Book ' Nick Hitchon '

Nick Hitchon, a boy from a middle class, was a farmer’s son from Yorkshire Dale in rural England. Form the series it is understood that he was not well privileged boy growing up. His parents did have much money. However, nick has ideological beliefs than a culture or pattern of living based on artifacts. At early age he was interested in moon and stars. His ambition did not fall short as he started his journey at age 14 when he joined boarding school. Besides his educational life, his attitudes towards life such as girls, sex, and politics seems was rather narrow. When he gave the interview when he was seven and fourteen we saw the same shy boy from Yorkshire dale who does not want to talk about girls. When he turned 21 he later joined Oxford University and studied physics.
However, as research detects, people internalize about themselves at the age of six, and this also holds true for nick. Even though he made a drastic change later in life it is because of the internalization he made. As a result, I absolutely agree with the term “give me a child until he is seven, and I will give you the man.” Some might argue that how come he evolves by a far degree if he internalized himself at age six. The reason behind this is that just because he is shy does not mean that he do not understand what he wanted to do, identify who he is, and what his goals are. The problem is that he had a hard time expressing it. This can be attributed to his introvert personality.
On the other hand, we have Lynn, a girl that went to a grammar school when she comes of age. As Nick, Lynn also had an ambition to work in Woolworth’s. We see Lynn as a person who is down to earth. Lynn was married at age 19 and started to work as a mobile librarian. Des...

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...e act differently when they are being watched, with this fact, when the children are being interviewed there is a tendency where the children answer questions just to satisfy the interviewer or to conform to society beliefs. In 28 up we see Peter’s negative reactions to Margret Tacher’s education system. After that he had received too much criticism from the press, and forced himself out of the documentary.
Overall, though the series had some limitations it has showed us how people change, how education matters, and even for those who do not have education still have a chance to survive, have family and enjoy life as they intend it to be. One other aspect that makes the documentary remarkable is also it showed people that family background and environment by their own does not affect your outcome because people’s personhood is different and can evolve through time.