Mod 3 Jasper Jones analysis Flashcards
What are the evidences for JJ essay?
Racism:
1. “This is my place. Not yours. And I’m sick of you people turnin’ up and shiftin’ everything around and then expectin’ me to be able to find my way through it all.”
2. “Mrs Findlay, the publican’s wife, screamed at Jeffrey’s mum. Told her to go back to where she came from… Apparently, one of Mrs Findlay’s sons got drafted. Everyone rushed to her after it happened… but no-one helped Mrs Lu.”- Charlie
3. “They can do anything they like with their shiny badges and steel-capped boots.”
4. “We carry the sense memory of towns like Corrigan in our bones. The pillars and politics of those small-town communities.“
Gender:
5. “I reckon it’s set in a town of never-ending fucking silence. It’s about a town that kills women. Murders little girls. A town that even my baby daughter didn’t want to be born into.”
Appearances and secrets:
6. “We’re just specks, Charlie. It’s all bigger than us, so there’s no point in trying to be bigger than we are.”- Jasper (can’t defend himself legally or physically)
Guilt and forgiveness:
7. “Suddenly, Laura appears from the dam. She points at Charlie. Charlie stares at her wide-eyed as she stands before him, drooping”
8. “A new voice on the breeze… that of Eliza, singing ‘Que Sera Sera’, sitting in a nightgown beside the dam. Charlie: Laura?”
Fear:
9.Why did she wit until then? The sister, Jenny. Why didn’t she tell someone at school? She was Sylvia’s only ally and she didn’t say a word. Why would she do that?”
10. “CHARLIE turns to us …
CHARLIE: Or are they looking for me?”
Intro to text
Kate Mulvany, 2017
Context
Set in rural Australia,Corrigan, in the 1960s.
- fictional town, prevents reader having pre-conceived ideas
- vietnam war
What does the society of Corrigan represent?
Small, lower socio-economic status town was used to represent society as a whole, characters make up a cross section of society.
How does Jasper feel about the town of Corrigan?
Sense of comfort and relief- refer to quote “sick of you people turning up…”
What plays a pivotal role in a theatrical performance? Elaborate.
Set design- sets need to be authentic, visually appealing and informative and should help to drive the plot.
Describe costume design of in the play.
Charlie: sandals ‘ridiculously chunky sandals’, glasses
Laura’s white nightgown: innocent
How was sounds utilised in the production to convey meaning?
Sounds: A beat (pauses between dialogue- juxtapositioning), cicadas
What language devices were used in the play?
Simile, hyperbole, humour, sarcasm
- idiom- australian, indigenous and vietnamese: “tole”, whitefella, half-caste
- colloquial language: coon, arse, wanna, fersure
- sensory imagery and description
- repetition
- anaphora
What are the key messages of the play?
- the need for atonement and acceptance of australia’s dark past for a reconciled future
- true courage= ability to accept blame and seek forgiveness
What are the themes of Jasper Jones?
- appearance v.s. reality
- outsiders/ insiders
- representations of rural Australia v/s cities
- courage
- escapism
Character: Charlie
- began as bookish 14yo, uses books to escape reality of corrigan
- parents locked in unhappy marriage
- narrator of text
- Mulvany used him to foreground tragedy of text- loss of childhood innocence
- used to symbolise goodnessl honesty and trust, fails those who lack these
Character: jasper
- true hero
- symbolise australia’s dark and racist past
- scapegoat
Character: mad jack
- linked to theme of courage through peaches and ability to say sorry
- used by Mulvany to embody theme of atonement
Character: Jeffrey
- voice of hope and optimism in play
- cultural outsider
- ironic treatment as a refugee
- used by Mulvany to highlight Corrigan’s immoral behaviour and Xenophobia
