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In this clip it shows the binary opposites of class, and how each one has been portrayed according to Levi Strauss’s theory. I have done this by using one well mannered, posh, educating girl opposed to a ghetto, gang, violent and poor boy. They are both in the same age, and in the same school.

The boy uses various lexis and idiolects that come from his background and this shows through his speech. He uses a lot of slang and colloquial language which does not follow a full sentence but pauses briefly because he is unsure of his words. The dialogue in its self is pretty short and one word answers, the boy controls the conversation by asking leading questions which are always answered by the girl which shows his power meant over her. On the other hand the dialogue in which the girl uses is completely different. She thinks before she speaks and her words are not as spontaneous, which she follows complex sentences.  This shows her well educated background and upbringing. She answers the boy and never asks him questions; you can also tell by the choice of lexis that the will have no understanding of what she is saying. She does not pause as much in her replies and does not make any snap decisions, she refers to asking her mother, which shows that she has to consult her before making any decisions and how her upbringing is more stick than the boys who is rather lose and vague. 

Their tone of voice also shows a clear difference in class. The girl uses long, elongated words which are spoken in a well-mannered, clear and posh tone which then tells us that she is higher up from him as she takes her time to speak and everything she says is crystal clear. On the other hand the boy has a loud, bubbly, squeaky tone of voice. He is louder in volume and accent. The boy uses a lot of slang which then makes his voice high pitched and annoying, it also shows how he comes from a different background as his words are shouted and not clear to us as to what he is saying. Also using abbreviations, shows his class is less than hers.

From the description of the scenery you can tell that the school is a run downed, public school which a mixture of good but mainly bad students would attend. The fact that the boy answers his phone in the middle of a conversation with the girl tells us that he has no manners and is very rude and persistent as he keeps bugging her to go to the party. He even try’s to make her skip her dinner plans with her parents forcing her to do something that she does not want to do. When the phone ring the girl warns him to put it away however his attitude is different and he does not seem to care and answered it casually.