Jasper Jones Quotes

Question 1

P211 jasper gets beat up

Answer 1

I remember thinking that if I hadn’t seen the cuts and bruises on jaspers face for myself, I wouldn’t have thought for a second that this burly paternal copper was capable of locking up an innocent boy without charge and beating him

Question 2

Heroism/superman

Answer 2

The more you have to lose, the braver you are for standing up

Question 3

Infidelity

Answer 3

The more I know, the less I understand

Question 4

Eliza

Answer 4

I know I’m not a good person. I don’t even know why you talk to me.

Question 5

Eliza/Hepburn

Answer 5

She looks a little like Audrey Hepburn today

Question 6

Leaving the window

Answer 6

My exit from the window is a little like a goal being born. It’s a gangly and graceless drop, directly into my mothers gerbera bed. I emerge quickly and pretend it didn’t hurt.

Question 7

Moment of realisation

Answer 7

That cold moment of dismay where…you’re disarmed by a shard of knowing

Question 8

Sandals

Answer 8

I’ve traded my pansy sandals for heavy boots

Question 9

Jeffrey nickname p239

Answer 9

Those belligerent bastards, yelling ‘Shot, Cong!’ across the field, at once turning an insult into a nickname.

Question 10

Jeffrey racism p235

Answer 10

‘The next ball is short and sharp and hits Jeffrey flush on the shoulder…but Jeffrey doesn’t flinch or go down. He barely even looks hurt.’

Question 11

Lu’s garden

Answer 11

I don’t know how my parents can distance themselves from what just happened out there so easily. How they can put a lid on their outrage and bang it shut.

Question 12

Lousy world

Answer 12

What kind of lousy world is this? … Has it always been so unfair?

Question 13

Jasper leaves

Answer 13

Jasper jones fell out of this world and nobody noticed…and they’ll notice now because something has been burned. Now they’ll look for jasper jones.