Be dead, like me, and then you'll have no more pain of leaving your nice slummy
             house for Borstal or prison. Be honest and settle down in a cosy six pounds a week job."
             pg 13; Colin speaks this in almost a mockery of the governor and the thoughts that he and
             high class society think and in Colins mind what they truly believe. Colin finds the
             governor humorous in most aspects too, making a joke of everything the governor
             believes in and turning what the governor wants into a joke of his own with ridiculing
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