Similarities Between Sunday In The Park And Jasper Jones

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 the two main characters of the story. Morton, who started off as static and nonchalant about everything, morphed into somewhat of a coward and a disappointment to his wife. And his wife, who appeared quite distant and aloof at first, became more involved