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Jasper Jones Quotes - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The strong connotative language of slap and shake are utilized to demonstrate the strength, and subsequently, physical hatred that Charlie’s mother has for them. She attempts to educate Charlie through fear and pain, and the novel shows that this does not help her son to learn at all.
  - - - The disgustful and almost violent tone helps Jasper to encourage a sympathetic response from the reader. Contrasting court with death is used to emphasize the prejudice he suffers. Not exactly the conventional sense of prejudice regarding race, but the more simple form of the word. People will always judge him poorly based on their preconceived ideas. The ideas however, are fundamentally formed because of Jasper’s culture and status, things he cannot control. This culture of normality, in terms of nationality, is fostered in rural areas and more remoted towns because there isn’t the same kind of multiculturalism. This makes social change harder and take longer, but it means that certain people will be targeted and will be discriminated and they will not have protection from it.
  - - - This quote could be tied into quite a few concepts. Language features – metaphors (multiple?!?), oxymoron, connotation. It suggests that the people who know something is going on have a great deal of power, (a choir). They have responsibility and their voices must resound and not be lost. People should come forward, and ignoring it does not omit yourself.
  - - - People didn’t care when Mrs. Lu was assaulted. They didn’t apologize or offer gifts or even try to help her. When the garden, that had become a part of their lives, was trampled, then they offered gifts. It was only then that they felt empathetic when it was actually confronting their own lives. People can disregard even their own morals if it doesn’t alter their life in any real way.
  - - - This quote could also be very useful in examining Australian identity and values. Throughout the entire novel, Jasper Jones has been characterized as heroic, as a lone wolf / independent, and someone very admirable. Despite all of this, Jasper Jones could not handle everything alone. He never made this motive clear to Charlie, probably out of him valuing his own appearance, but he needed Charlie. This quote, in the real world, can examine that physical, social, and in general, human connection is a necessary part of everyone’s lives. Just because someone doesn’t display an overt sense of gratitude and care on the matter, doesn’t change how they feel. People who seem stoic and independent, aren’t simply lone-wolfs, it could be that they don’t know how, or want to express themselves
  - - - People can manifest lies until it is the truth. If everyone believes something, who is to say it is wrong? If no one believes you, there is no way to convince anyone of anything. Over time, people will do what they always do, lie and gossip and spread rumors, and there will always be people who suffer: Jack Lionel.
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      - motif
      - Symbolism
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  - - - Jasper Jones
  - - - Charlie Bucktin
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  - - - Australian Gothic