One of the main themes that permeates all of John Osborne's work Look Back in Anger is the ideology of inequality between social classes. Osborne expresses these views on social class through the character of Jimmy, an angry and fiery young man who vents about the injustices of class warfare. Jimmy holds a lot of contempt for his wife Alison's entire past, which reveals his utmost hatred for the classes above him. Jimmy sees class entitlement as the basis of all that is wrong in the world, and his struggle is depicted through his feverish verbal rebellion against the principles entrenched in current society. Ultimately, Jimmy can be seen as a sort of "spokesman" for the lower class, despite the fact that he never takes any physical action to put into practice the ideas he proclaims throughout the show. Jimmy's use of the word "pusillanimous" is also a symbolic "weapon" that he uses to irritate his roommates and seek their reaction. The fact that the word pusillanimous comes from Latin is symbolic of Jimmy's intellectual superiority over Alison, Cliff and Helena. Furthermore, Jimmy's continued use of the word also expresses his need to assert that his intelligence is superior, which allows him to rise above other people. Since Jimmy does not have the financial means to look down on the masses, such as the wealthier classes, Jimmy capitalizes on the only form of social capital he has: his eloquence and advanced vocabulary. In Act I, Scene I, Jimmy tries to take some emotions out of his housemates by attacking their lack of interest in what is happening in the world. He states: “Why do I spend ninepence on that damned paper every week? Nobody reads it except me. No one can be disturbed. No one can stand in the middle of the paper and not know where they are or where they are going. It will never do anything and it will never accomplish anything" (Osborne 90). Therefore, since in summary Jimmy's character has no revolution to fight, he makes one wherever he can, creating multiple rants and explosions of anger and alienation. his friends and family, only to end up where he originally started Osborne implies through the character of Jimmy that he belonged to an era where change and progress were rampant, but instead is forced to suffer an era of stability. and non-action. Therefore, Jimmy's anger is the result of the tension and exasperation he feels at not being able to find his place in society, and his outbursts are his only outlet to feel he has somehow a purpose in the society in which he lives. Osborne, John Looks back in anger New York, NY: Penguin, 1982.