In the Drummer Hodge scene, Hector doesn't really display much authority over Posner. There are no real uses of constraints and Posner never really tries to challenge Hectors asymmetrical power, the reason may be that Hector doesn't actually have any asymmetrical power. This is effective because it shows the teachers laid back approach to teaching, he tries on lots of occasions to get on the boys level and attempts to form a bond,sometimes in quite inappropriate situations, which also gives the impression that he doesn't know the boundary that is supposed to be set between teacher and student.
However, he does set the agenda with this interrogative at the start of the scene- "what have we learned this week?" but after Posner tells him that they've learned about drummer Hodge, Hector doesn't ask any other questions and just says "oh. nice."- this doesn't open up the conversation but suggests that because Hector has just found out that he's in other words 'fired', he allows his emotions to cloud his teaching. This portrays some selfishness in him, as he's not focusing on the future of the boys, but the future of himself. One technique highlights the natural way he teaches and how he doesn't plan what hes going to talk about in the lesson, this technique is called repetition- "It is. It is." This also shows his passion, because people tend to repeat things like that when they are trying to reach in to their mind and think of a good point.
Good understanding and you are starting to identify relevant techniques - work on doing more of this by always digging into each quote e.g. look a the 'empty' nature of the adjective "nice" which suggests he isn't giving it much thought or energy - you could do more to contrast this with the passion you have seen in the repetition of "It is. It is." that seems much more engaged because of the doubling of the feedback - is there a linked quote you could find that supports this developement? Don't forget to consider it as a play (language, form and structure are needed)
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