Boys at the back essay

Film Analysis The film ‘About a Boy’ directed Paul Weitz goes through the ups and downs of a 12 year old boy called Marcus Brewer (Nicholas Hoult). Marcus has started at a new school and is attacked and harassed by bullies. His mum Fiona Brewer (Toni Collette) battles through life raising Marcus by her own while fighting depression.

About a boy By About a boy is written by Nick Hornby and published by “Penguin Books” in 1998. Setting: The novel is set in 1993 and 1994. The action takes mainly place in London, but also a bit in Cambridge and Royston Characters: Will is a 36 years old. Will lives alone in his flat in London.

Now, 12 years later, the press, books and academic journals are teeming with such accounts. Witness the crop of books in recent years: Leonard Sax’s “Boys Adrift,” Liza Mundy’s “The Richer Sex,” Hanna Rosin’s “The End of Men.”

Around 1990, girls moved ahead of boys, and have never looked back. Women now account for roughly 60 percent of associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees and have begun to outpace men in obtaining Ph.D.’s. There are some who say, well, too bad for the boys.