Critically appreciate character of Jimmy Porter ‘Look Back in Anger’ by John James Osborne marked the beginning of the revolution in British Drama. It is a play of protect against the contemporary English society which reflects the mood and temper of post- war England. Main characters in this play are: Jimmy porter, Alison, Cliff, Helena. The character of Jimmy Porter is the rancorous hero who dominates the whole play. It is his behaviour and thought that has a decisive influence upon the situations and the other individual in the play. As a hero, he represents the fury of post war youth and gives a voice rebelliousness and disillusionment in the context of the time. The critic Stephen Williams remarks, my_spits venom against apparently convinced that for the youth of today the world is an utterly purid place.” post-war g: Jimmy has been regarded as a spokesman of the post-war generation in Britain. This play was first was produced in 1956 when the general mood of the people in Britain was one of frustration, disillusionment, cynicism, rebelliousness and even despair. Jimmy becomes a kind of representative of the young people of his time. Jimmy gives expression to this mood through his rhetoric speeches. We find all the characteristic of the post war youth in his character as the drift towards anarchy, the instinctive elfishness, the surrealist of sense of humour etc. An ‘angry young man’, Jimmy is an ‘angry_young_man’. Through the play, we find him cursing things and persons. One principal reason of his anger is difference between his own working class and upper class to which his wife belongs. Another reason is that he is living monotonous routine life. He has to follow the same routine every time - reading the papers, drinking tea and ironing. Another reason for Jimmy's bitterness is that he finds both his friend Cliff and his wife Alison to be completely devoid of any kind enthusiasm. This is how he states the case: “Nobody thinks, nobody cares. No beliefs, no convictions, and on enthusiasm.” Among many cause of Jimmy's anger, the major cause is the ill-treatment of the society. In a class divided society, critic Martin Banhan finds,Jimmy is a social rebel. He is waging a war against class-distinctions, He himself comes from a working-class family, while his wife comes from the upper-middle class family. This social disparity is his dissatisfaction. He constantly criticizes his family from which she comes. Jimmy ridicules Alison's father for living in the past. He described Alison brother Nigel as “that straight-baked, chinless wonder from Sandhurst.” He continues his denunciation of Alison's mother by calling her an ‘old bitch’ and expressing the wish that she should be dead. A self portrait of the author:- Some critics believe that Jimmy represents a self portrait of the author. There is much substance in this view. Osborne too had a grievance against middle class and his family too, had struggled against the odds of life as Jimmy had. Osborne has put something of himself in his portrayal of Jimmy. Osborn's sympathies too are evidently with Jimmy, to a large extent. However, we must not exaggerate the resemblance between the author and his protagonist. A resemblance there is but not an identification of author with his hero. Conclusion To summing up, Osborne has invested much of his thoughts, experience and energy in the character of Jimmy porter. Jimmy represents author's views about bishops, the class-distinctions hydrogen bomb, church- going and religious practices and rituals, politic and a number of other matter. Jimmy Porter was both individual and symbolic significant character.