Narrative

The film follows Matt through his own personal journey from being a reserved, shy and sensible American guy into a rough, loud and confident member of 'The GSE'.The audience is able to relate to the protagonist, Matt because he is a 'fish out of water' in Pete's world.In 'Green Street', all the characters that like Matt are the seen as the good people and all those who dislike him are seen as the villains, for example Pete takes a shine to him so therefore he becomes the hero of the movie. Bovver on the other hand always suspects Matt and treats him like an outsider, this therefore makes him the villain of the film as he is seen as a threat for Matt. The identification in the film comes from Matt's ability to see himself within Pete. He can relate to the fact that they both have enemies and that just like Pete has his older brother to consider in what he does, Matt has his sister. The alienation comes from Matt's entrance into a new world where everyone and everything is different from what he has in America. The only thing that he can familiarize himself with in the movie is his sister.The main themes of the narrative is the whole topic of football hooliganism. Every firm values it's football team and is ready to die for the sake of protecting its reputation...