Character Back stories

Eddie • 16 years old• Student in his first year of sixth form • Working class background• Un-motivated in school• Is getting low grades in his A levels• Smart but lazy• Quick thinking• Has a black belt in kick boxing • Tendency to be sarcastic

Mr Anderson• 40 years old• Speaks English and Croatian• Business man• Single• Became a teacher because he wanted to help people • As time went on he saw that teenagers nowadays don’t want to work hard

and always want to go the easy way or not do anything at all• He still tried his best to teach but days went past and he grew older and

slowly lost interest in his craft• He is scared of dying without leaving his legacy• In his eyes the students took 20 years of his life without giving back

anything, that’s why he thinks that giving him their money is the least they can do

Steve• He is 16 years old and in sixth form• He has anger management problems that he has to take pills for 3

times a day• He lives with his dad who is the chief of police, his mum died giving

birth to him• He is not very focused at school and lacks the will to work• He has no friends, and is therefore seen as an outsider• He (like Mr Anderson) has a very strong business mind and is very

capable of coming up with a good plan or strategy• He is always looking to earn more money wherever he can with

minimal effort• He has to go to a psychologist