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Friendship In Jasper Jones By Craig Silvey

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In the novel, ‘Jasper Jones’ Craig Silvey uses the theme friendship to encourage the reader to respond in a sympathetic way to the characters in the novel. ‘Jasper Jones’ is a story about a teenage boy, Charlie Bucktin, who one night is told to sneak out of his room by another boy called Jasper Jones. Jasper takes Charlie to a spot down by the river and reveals a dead girl hanging from a tree, Laura Wishart. Charlie of stunned and scared but Jasper persuades him not to tell anyone and that they must figure out who did this to her. Charlie is faced with many problems throughout this journey and is forced to grow up and become more mature. He makes many new friends because of this secret. Silvey uses the narrative conventions and language techniques; …show more content…

From the beginning of the story, Charlie and Jeffrey are characterised to be extremely smart and therefore they do not fit in at school. Because they do not fit in with everyone else they have become friends because there had no one else. Jeffrey and Charlie challenge each other’s minds a lot through their conversations, when they were talking about which super hero was the best. They talk back and forth and make points to each other which require them to think critically about their opinions and back up what they say. Jeffrey is also vietnamese and living in Corrigan, a racist town, him and his family are often picked on. By Charlie being friends with Jeffrey is signifies that Charlie is not racist like the rest of the town and is not ashamed of Jeffrey. This also shows that they highly respect each other. They allow each other to have their own opinions and in a town of racist people, they stand by each other. When Jeffreys dad is being beaten up and their family is being abused by the town Charlie doesn't join in or pretend he doesn't know them, he is supportive and is there for them as much as possible. “I stand beside him, ready to hold him if he goes down.” this symbolise just how much respect he had for Jeffrey that even though the whole town was being extremely racist Charlie just stood by his mate and was ready to help. Charlie and Jeffrey are characterised to be outsiders of the town through their high academic performance and how they use it to their advantage to challenge each other, they also have a lot of respect for each other which symbolises how strong their friendship

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