The Full Monty

The Full Monty

The Full Monty is a story about how men cope with the reality of unemployment . It looks at the depths to which they will go to care for their families and maintain their self respect , which is tied more to financially supporting the wife 's and children than the type of work they do . They are in the end , willing to do anything to make money . The characters in the story are a group of steelworkers . They are not at all the type of people one would expect to get

involved with a strip tease act , but that is how the story ends

The Full Monty is set in Sheffield , England in the 1980 's which had in the past been a thriving steel manufacturing town . The men in this town generally were employed by the steel industry and felt very secure in their work . The industry begin to decline as other parts of the world become more involved with steel and the use of machines lead to a decline in the need for actual men in the factories . Unemployment becomes a problem in England and men , who had previously held very stable jobs , were now facing long periods of unemployment with little hope for finding another job

At the beginning of the story , friends Gary , known as Gaz and Dave steal a piece of steel from the old factory that they used to work at which is now abandoned . They are so desperate for money that they are hoping to sell the steel and make some money . One of the general themes of the story is about all the things that go wrong for Gaz . This scene is the beginning of that storyline . When Gaz and Dave put the steel beam on the roof of the car , the car roof sinks . As with much of the story there is a mix of sad , hopelessness and comedy

Sheffield was a very well known area for steel manufactures products Steel factories produces kitchen cutlery that is popular worldwide . The town was impacted when machines took the pale of workers and when other countries became major steel manufacturers . The storyline is funny , six unemployed steel workers decide to form a male striptease act , but it is also touching and addresses issues such as unemployment , the problems of divorced fathers and depression

Gaz is the main character of the story and he has been unemployed for three years . He is separated from his wife and has a young son , Nathan Gaz is desperate to make money so he can pay the court ed child support to his ex wife , Mandy . His concern is that he if he does not pay the support , the courts will prevent him from having visits with Nathan The amount of support he is to pay takes in to account that he is on unemployment , or the dole , as it is known , but still he isn 't keeping up with the payments . Gaz seems genuinely committed...