Character Relationship Map: if....

Characters

• Mick Travis (played by Malcolm McDowell) — protagonist

  Rebellious anti-hero and central figure of the trilogy, navigating education, corporate life, and institutional chaos with detached idealism and subversive actions.

• Wallace (played by Richard Warwick) — supporting

  Rebellious lower sixth-former and close associate of Mick Travis, involved in school pranks and the final armed revolt.

• The Girl (played by Christine Noonan) — supporting

  Mysterious café waitress in if.... who becomes romantically involved with Mick Travis and participates in the school uprising.

• Mr. Kemp (played by Arthur Lowe) — minor

  Easily manipulated housemaster in if.... who enforces discipline but ultimately becomes a casualty of the student uprising.

Key Relationships

• Mr. Kemp → The Girl (Conflict Antagonist)
• Mr. Kemp → Wallace (Conflict Target)
• Wallace → The Girl (Alliance Co-Conspirator)
• Mick Travis → Mr. Kemp (Conflict Enemy)
• Mick Travis → The Girl (Romantic Admirer)
• Mick Travis → Wallace (Alliance Teammate)

Story Analysis

A group of disaffected students escalate from petty defiance to armed revolution against a rigid British public school hierarchy.

Plot Progression

1. Institutional Oppression
2. Rebellious Awakening
3. Armed Escalation
4. Founders Day Massacre