What does this pact involve?
• Commitment
• Dedication
• Devotion
• Promise
• Affection
• Care
• Loyalty
• Unconditional love
• Humour
• Kindness
• Sympathy
• Consideration
Critical Thinking Skills Activity
1. Circle the top 3 traits that you consider
important for a Blood Brother type pact in
ranking order. Explain and justify why you think
these 3 traits are important for any type of
relationship with others.
2. Personal self-reflection: Do you need to work on
any of these traits during TY as part of your
personal growth journey?
‘Blood Brothers’ Questions Activity
1. If you make a pact as a blood brother, what does it mean?
2. In what ways are Mickey and Eddie being drawn together?
3. In both the Johnstone and the Lyons’ households the fathers
are absent. Contrast the reasons for their absence in the grid
below. What do you think Willy Russell is suggesting about
society and families?
Mr Lyons
Mr Johnstone
Reason for his absence:
P.82
p.103
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