Jetty Rats Rite of Passage Notes
Jetty Rats Rite of Passage
Jetty Rats is a novel set in the 1980’s, written by Phillip Gwynne on the 6th of February 2004. The story is primarily about three kids called Hunter, Storm and Jasmine that go through the rite of passage in which they are all confronted with at some point in their adolescent lives. Hunters only goal in life is to catch a record breaking Mulloway so he could make his dad proud, sadly Hunter’s dad disappeared when Hunter was eight years old whilst fishing on the rocks. Although everyone knows he’s not coming back, Hunter doesn’t seem to accept it. These are the stages Hunter goes through that tell us he has gone through the Rite of Passage.
The first issue that was stated is family. At the beggining of the novel Hunters dad was swept out to sea while fishing at his favourite spot on the rocks. Hunter thinks that it is Drilla's fault that his dad went missing, because that day Drilla was supposed to go fishing with his dad, but didn't. Drilla let his dad break the rule of fishing on rocks “Thou Shalt Not Fish On Your Own” which lead to his dad's disappearance. Hunter didn't accept his dad is probably never coming back until the end of the novel when Hunter throws out his dads old rusty razers he had kept for five years and said "Bloody extraterrestrials. Must’ve done him ages ago"
The second issue in the story is friendship. Hunters best friends, Storm and Jasmine are all very different from each other and unique in there own way. They're the group that consists of four members in Dogleg bay known as the "Jetty Rats". First there is there is Storm and Jasmine (The twin girls Hunter calls The Photocopies) and Hunters best friend, Miracle and of coarse, Hunter.
Jetty Rats is a novel set in the 1980’s, written by Phillip Gwynne on the 6th of February 2004. The story is primarily about three kids called Hunter, Storm and Jasmine that go through the rite of passage in which they are all confronted with at some point in their adolescent lives. Hunters only goal in life is to catch a record breaking Mulloway so he could make his dad proud, sadly Hunter’s dad disappeared when Hunter was eight years old whilst fishing on the rocks. Although everyone knows he’s not coming back, Hunter doesn’t seem to accept it. These are the stages Hunter goes through that tell us he has gone through the Rite of Passage.
The first issue that was stated is family. At the beggining of the novel Hunters dad was swept out to sea while fishing at his favourite spot on the rocks. Hunter thinks that it is Drilla's fault that his dad went missing, because that day Drilla was supposed to go fishing with his dad, but didn't. Drilla let his dad break the rule of fishing on rocks “Thou Shalt Not Fish On Your Own” which lead to his dad's disappearance. Hunter didn't accept his dad is probably never coming back until the end of the novel when Hunter throws out his dads old rusty razers he had kept for five years and said "Bloody extraterrestrials. Must’ve done him ages ago"
The second issue in the story is friendship. Hunters best friends, Storm and Jasmine are all very different from each other and unique in there own way. They're the group that consists of four members in Dogleg bay known as the "Jetty Rats". First there is there is Storm and Jasmine (The twin girls Hunter calls The Photocopies) and Hunters best friend, Miracle and of coarse, Hunter.