THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE

Chapter 1 summary

CHAPTER 1

Chapter one focuses on introducing the girls

who form the Brodie Set and their teacher

Miss Brodie.

From page 5-10 the chapter is set in 1936

when the girls are 16 years old.

From page 10 there is a flashback back to

1930 when the Brodie Set first formed.

THE BRODIE SET

The brodie set is made of six girls favoured by Miss Brodie, their teacher.

Sandy Stranger - main girl in the "Brodie Set“, best friends with Jenny Gray, small eyes, famous for her vowel soundsRose Stanley- famous for sexMary MacGregor- famous for being a “silent lump”Eunice Gardiner – small and neat, famous for gymnastics and swimmingMonica Douglas – red nose winter and summer, fat peg-like legs, famous for mathematics skills and her temperJenny Gray –an actress, prettiest of the set, Sandy’s best friend.

* Also mentioned- Joyce Emily Hammond- an

outsider who wanted to get into the famous set.

THE BRODIE SET

“The girls wore their hats each with a

definite difference”- shows that they are

completely different from each other. This is

proven by:

“They had no team spirit and had nothing in

common with each other apart from their

friendship with Miss Brodie”

MISS JEAN BRODIE

She informs her students on subjects irrelevant to the curriculum. Her students have heard of; the buchmanites and Mussolini, the Italian painters, skin care, her personal life.

Teaches at Junior school

All her students counted on their fingers.

There have been many attempts to remove her but they all failed.

Doesn’t get along with other staff, but does not show it.