Dear Craig‚ I am writing to you because I thought it was important to tell you‚ I really enjoyed your novel‚ Jasper Jones‚ and I fancy your writing style. I am not much of a reader and usually when I have to read a book for school‚ I dread it‚ but this time was different. Your book was such an easy read and for the first time‚ I looked forward to sitting down‚ getting cozy‚ and reading. The slang that you used enhanced the book and made the story have a realistic feel. I felt as if some of
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Jasper Jones Close Reading By Lindie Naudé In this passage from the novel Jasper Jones‚ written by Craig Silvey‚ Charlie is busy filling in a hole‚ which his mother told him to dig and then refill after a fight‚ and his father finally comes to tell him he can stop. This scene results in Charlie’s ever growing anxiety over Laura’s death and Jaspers own fate. Within this scene Charlie seems to regress to a childish state with a cynical understanding of the relationships around him‚ showing his
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Laura is the name of Eliza’s and Charlie’s daughter. All of her life she knew of Jasper Jones‚ but only as a fictional character from her father’s books. She didn’t know that his stories had some truth to them and especially the first book he had written. It was the first day of the Christmas holidays‚ school just finished which meant my family are packing and heading out to Corrigan for our annual visit to my grandparents house. I never understand why my grandparents still live there well from my
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Jasper Jones is technically good in that it has a message and themes and all that. But the deeper meaning is so close to the surface that a five-year-old could tell you what Craig Silvey is really trying to say. So I guess it’s not really a “deeper” meaning at all‚ more like a “surface meaning.” As suggested by my “better” title‚ Silvey was very obviously inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird. It sometimes seemed like he was writing it as TKAM fanfiction with a bunch of major changes and twists‚ and
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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 protagonists the theme is presented in a way that allows the reader to realize the harsh reality of the subject matter‚ yet it is still demonstrated in a approachable and relatable way‚ further enhanced
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Jasper Jones Essay (Southern Gothic Genre) There are points in a person’s life when they must grow‚ drop their naïve illusions about the world and step into the shoes of an adult and accept the harsh reality of life. Jasper Jones is a ‘coming of age’ novel written by Craig Silvey set in small town Corrogan. With the main theme being right of passage or coming of age. Jasper Jones has been compared to a Southern Gothic Genre story. Using the narrative conventions of characterisation‚ setting and
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Ruvindi Yapa 10B When Jasper Jones asks Charlie for help‚ he also asks Charlie to develop a new moral code‚ one that sees beyond conventional morality to a deeper‚ more complex understanding of right and wrong. Discuss with close reference to the novel. In the novel Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey‚ we the reader see the gradual evolution of moral understanding that the young protagonist endures as he observes the morality of others. A cry for help from the town’s half-caste misfit soon triggers
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HYPOCRISY VERSUS HONESTY Silvey’s novel Jasper Jones explores the theme of social hypocrisy and honesty. A villain traditionally is dishonest and wishes to hide his dishonesty and crimes behind an appealing mask. A hero wishes to expose and challenge the hypocrisy around him/her acting with honesty and integrity. In the novel‚ the setting of Corrigan‚ as well as the characters of Shire President and Sergeant‚ are powerful symbols of the hypocrisy in society. Charlie Butkin- a youthful hero
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destination is never a place‚ but a new way of seeing things.” The concept of “not the destination but the journey” is seen in this statement. In Frank Darabont’s film: “Shawshank Redemption” this proves to be true‚ likewise in Craig Silvey’s novel: “Jasper Jones”. Both of these texts challenge our understandings of what is success and how by adapting to the journey‚ one can find new qualities within ourselves. “One’s destination is never a place”‚ in the film Shawshank Redemption‚ Darabont’s first
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Both Sunday in the Park and Jasper Jones have also utilised settings to establish similar notions surrounding hypermasculinity and its prominent position in society. Sunday in the Park sets us off with an ordinary family having an ordinary outing in the park on an ordinary Sunday afternoon. The mood starts off as peaceful and pleasant‚ but as the story progresses‚ the mood gradually develops into something more morbid and foreboding. The transition in the mood of the story symbolizes the change in
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