Jasper Jones Chapter Summaries

Australian author, Craig Silvey successfully portrays hero's and anti-heroes through the use of multiple themes in Jasper Jones. This is manipulated through his use of different language conventions and features. Charlie Bucktin the protagonist in the novel is perceived as a hero through the novel with his innocent nature. He is a boy with great intelligence and humour in which he found the strength to defeat hurdles which intricate his fear. Silvey proves Charlie to be a hero through his heartfelt and mysterious novel within the themes of fear and innocence, understanding and sympathy.

Change is inevitable, yet we fight it just the same. Change is going to happen, in fact, it happens every day, maybe it is too small to see, or perhaps we would rather not see it. Nikos Kazantzakis once said, “Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality”. To me this symbolises the different perspectives people can have. This is shown in Craig Silvey’s, “Jasper Jones” novel which explores the concept of change and the understanding of how our search for who we are is clouded by our perceptions and attitudes. The basic human need to establish our own individual path in the world can arise conflict between adolescents and authorities who restrict them; In July 2014 the UN’s, ‘A world at school’ bought together

The first chapter of Billy Sunday gives us an insight of the early childhood of Billy Sunday. Billy and Ed Sunday departed on a train from Ames, Iowa to go to the Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home’ at Glenwood, because Ms. Sunday, who lost her husband in the war, could not afford to keep her kids at home and take care of them. Ed Sunday was the brother of Billy. On the way to the orphan home, the train stopped in Council Bluffs and they had to take a freight train to rest of the way to the orphan home. In the end, the brakeman showed compassion to the boys by giving them the train ride for free.

Throughout the novel, Mary reveals her own weaknesses when she is put in vigorous situations. During the trials, Mary was faced against the girls, because she told the truth in the forest. Mary did not need to tell the truth; she could have lied to hold power, but she defended John Proctor. Arthur Miller best explains this situation with, “I-I heard the other girls screaming, and you, Your honor, you seemed to believe them, andI-It were only sport in the beginning, sir, but then the whole world cried spirits, spirits, and I-I promise you, Mr. Danforth, I only thought I saw them but I did not”(Miller 1096). Mary states she only followed the lie to gain power and importance from the court. Since Mary told the truth, she now has to grapple with the girls and court. This reveals how Mary cannot handle a lot of hate when it is all handed to her. In the novel, she betrays John Proctor by disobeying his word. Arthur Miller concludes this when Mary says, “She’ll kill me for sayin’ that! Abby’ll charge lechery on you, Mr. Proctor”(Miller 1080). Mary could have obeyed Proctor’s word with no argument, but she realises Abby will hurt her. Mary Warren has strengths and weaknesses, but this builds her character.

Craig Silvey‘s 2009 novel ‘Jasper Jones’ is established in the fictional town of Corrigan, Australia during the Vietnam War in 1965. The story follows the journey of a 13-year-old boy named Charles, or Charlie, Bucktin as he encounters various challenges and obstacles. His struggle initiates as soon as he encounters Jasper Jones, the mixed-race outcast of the small mining town, knocking on Charlie’s window in the midst of his sleep in request for his help to uncover the mystery murder of his secret supposed girlfriend, Laura Wishart. Following this discovery, Charlie endeavours to survive his town as it gradually closes in on itself in fear and suspicion. As he clashes with his mother, falls nervously in love and desperately holds back on

“The more you have to lose, the braver you are for standing up”, so say Charlie in Jasper Jones. This quote reflects both novels, as the both discuss the morally wrong actions due to racism or discrimination. To kill a mockingbird is so similar to Jasper Jones through its historical, ethical and social settings that critics are referring to Jasper Jones as an Australian version of To Kill a Mockingbird. These similarities are identified as we compare Jack Lionel and Boo Radley, Laura Wishart and Mayella Ewell and the small town life of both novels. The characters of both novels ma be very similar but the plot is much different.

The novel Jasper Jones written by Craig Silvey has many connections and similarities to the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee. The novel Jasper Jones leaves the reader wondering whether Silvey intentionally wrote his novel to have so many connections to the classic, and if so what was the purpose? The novels share connections between characters, key ideas/themes and orientation of the novel.

Introduction Prejudice refers to the judgements towards a person because of their race, social class, age, disability or sexual orientation. (Cherry, “What is Prejudice?”) Prejudice was, and still is, to a large extent experienced by people all over the world. It is a theme that is presented in so many works of literature in a plethora of different ways. One of the most prominent ways in which prejudice is explored is through the use of characters that perhaps are a different nationality or have a different orientation to the majority of the other characters in the works. Two texts, in which the theme is presented in an admirable way , are ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee, and ‘Jasper Jones’ by Craig Silvey. Through the use of the

Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey is a coming of age story that filled with suspense and mystery keeping us captivated till the end. Set in the 1960’s in an old mining town if Corrigan, where everyone knows one another. I certainly agree with weartholdcoat’s opinions on the novel, it’s a great thrilling read that keeps you completely hooked. Silvey uses various techniques like narrative and language conventions, theme and Australian context to achieve such a captivating finish.

Ernest J.(James) Gaines was an African American author that was born on January 15, 1933 on River Lake Plantation in Oscar, A small town in Pointe Coupee Parish, which is near New Roads, Louisiana. Ernest J. Gaines was the oldest of 12 children and was raised by his disabled aunt .Ernest J Gaines was born and raised in Louisiana and attended rural schools, and at the age of eight he worked in a plantation for just 50 cents a day. A series of Ernest J. Gaines's stories are based off of his disabled aunt. His aunt, Augusteen Jefferson, was an inspiration on his life. She had changed his writing forever.His most famous book gave readers a perspective of African Americans in the South after World War

In chapter 22 when James Mcbride meets Aubrey Rubenstein he learns more about his family and the way things were for them back in the day. James had been looking for bits of his family’s past and where they came from in order to understand a bit more of who he was. For instance,”I wanted to see it, then tell my black wife and my two children about it because some of my blood runs through there, because my family has history there, because there’s a part of me in there whether I, or those that run the synagogue, like it or not”. James finally says that he has found that for which he has been looking at this point in the story because he has finally visited the places his family grew up in, got to speak to the people that knew his family well

The suffering of both mothers, Addie and Mary, fragment the family as well. Mary’s addiction to morphine is hurting her family severely. A majority of the arguments in the Tyrone household are due to it. Her addiction completely changed her personality. She constantly has mood swings and flips out. This causes her to say many things that she doesn’t truly mean, such as blaming her son Jamie for the death of their infant child Eugene, and never forgiving Jamie (O’neill 90). Mary also says she wishes she would not of married Tyrone if she knew how much an alcoholic he is. She also reflects on her time as a young, talented, and single girl and wishes for times like that. The family cannot even trust Mary by herself in fear that she will inject

If I could save any book series, I would save Junie B. Jones.I like Junie B. Jones, because there is not a lot of adventure, but yet there is still an interesting plot. Many people would want to save a young adult book series, but no one thinks about the enjoyment of the kids. I have also been told by my mom that I act like Junie B, in the sense that I make a lot of tiny mistakes that got me in trouble as a kid. I also like to be loud, and appreciate it a lot when people are willing to listen to me talk. I have read all of the chapter books, and in case you are wandering, there are over 40 of them.I know that I have read all of them, because that was my only goal summer after third grade. Junie B. gets in trouble in so many different

In the exposition, Dahl describes that “this was her sixth month expecting a child. Her mouth and her eyes, with their new calm look, seemed larger and darker than before.waiting for her husband to arrive home from work” (Dahl). This displays a picture of innocence. The way Dahl uses the description of Mary to make her seem pure and harmless is a tactical, intentional move on the part of the author. By characterizing her this way, it makes the rising action and climax even more suspenseful and shocking. As the story progresses, Mary’s husband Patrick arrives home. His actions are unusual, which causes Mary to become worried. She becomes desperate for any sign of affection from her removed husband, with no reward. Patrick says that he had some bad news to tell her, and while we do not know exactly what he said, we do know her reaction to it. After hearing the bad news, “her first instinct was not to believe any of it. She thought that perhaps she’d imagined the whole thing. Perhaps, if she acted as though she had not heard him, she would find out that none of it had ever happened. ‘I’ll fix some supper,’ she whispered. When she walked across the room, she couldn’t feel her feet touching the floor. She couldn’t feel anything except a slight sickness. She did everything without thinking. She went downstairs to the freezer and took hold of the first object she found. She lifted it out, and looked at it. It was wrapped in paper, so she took off the paper and looked at again --- a leg of lamb” (Dahl). This is the turning point of Mary’s character. She proceeds to approach Patrick from behind, and “she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head. She might as well have hit him with a steel

James who is the father and Jamie, the alcoholic son suspect a relapse, which made Mary start abusing drugs again. Despite this, their determination is not to engage in any hostilities that might upset her, as she they think this will further affect her ability to handle things. Under such circumstances, feelings of sadness and guilt engulf them, as they do not want to confront her as they love her, but they know at some point she will need help. In fact, the first chapter of the book is like walking on “egg shells.” In the play, there are two main tragedies surrounding the family, which is the addiction and illness in the household. To bring out the addiction, O’Neill shows Mary as a troubled woman, who needs Morphine to cope with life challenges and demands. As her family is well aware of the issues she faces with her addiction, they do not show