![]() ![]() ![]() The town has created these rules that make only some characters the ‘outcasts’, whether or not its justified. Even Jasper Jones doubted Lionel for murdering his girlfriend Laura Wishart later finding out he’s related to this rumoured murderer, who supposed killed his mother. ![]() He’s just old and sad and poor and lonely”. However, Charlie later realises that he was wrong, “Mad Jack Lionel isn’t a criminal. Jack Lionel is treated as someone who doesn’t get invited to any town gatherings due to the rumours. I imagine his face as a composite of Albert Fish and assorted movie villains.” p.108 the author shows what most kids think of him, and ‘the villain’ is one of the most petrifying characters known to children. Charlies gives a statement of Jack Lionel, “I think of Mad Jack Lionel. Mad Jack Lionel was rumoured to have killed a woman and is a figure of fear amongst the children of Corrigan. You can’t put the ball anywhere when his eye is in. He’s like an animal, aggressive and focused. He’s not so affable with the pads on and the bat in hand. One of those sweet, significant moments that leaves a footprint in. This might be one of those rare events that lasts, one that'll be remembered and recalled as months and years, wind and ravel. And it's been some time since I've felt that blinkered rush of happiness. Jeffrey isn’t the only one in his family that gets the discrimination, it’s the whole Lu family! But Jeffrey Lu is uncanny, Jeffrey can manage to be intimidating. Excerpt from Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey. Jeffrey gets bullied at school by the boys but “Maybe he’s bravest out of all of us”, he copes with bullies really well though, ignoring them and keeping a strong face. Charlie’s best friend Jeffrey is Vietnamese hence is mistreated for this reason, but Jeffrey is extremely talented at cricket as told by Charlie. “It requires some special sort of pathology to give it the kind of devotion that Jeffrey shows”. Jeffrey Lu and his family faced a great amount of discrimination from the town of Corrigan, for one reason which was there background. The townspeople of Corrigan have designed their own way of how their community should look, not accepting the Jasper Jones for something which he can’t change. “In families within Corrigan, he’s the first name to be blamed for all manners of trouble”, this further proves that he’s used as scapegoat for the troublemakers. There shouldn’t be anything wrong with being a half-caste, but the small town makes it so, Jasper is aware of and could not think of any other ideas which led him to run away to seek help. He’s lazy and unreliable.” Jasper was getting criticised and blamed for Laura’s death which got him arrested without any evidence against him, ignoring that he might actually be innocent. C raig Silvey’s bestselling 2009 novel Jasper Jones was greeted with none-too-faint praise, lauded in some circles as Australia’s own To Kill a Mockingbird. Within the town he’s described as “a Thief, a liar, a Thug, a Truant. Jasper Jones was alone a ‘half caste’ making him an easy target to discriminate against. ![]()
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