Jasper Jones Racism Quotes

Jasper Jones is a novel that takes place in a Fictional called Corrigan in Western Australia in 1965, during the Vietnam War. 2009 saw the publication of Craig Silvey's coming-of-age novel that follows, Charlie Bucktin, a 13-year-old boy, and his transformation from a somewhat naive child to an insightfully understanding adolescent. In order to give readers a thorough understanding and deep recognition of the characters. Silvey employs aesthetic and stylistic features, Through the use of characters like Jasper and the Lu family, the author mobilises the concept of racism. Jasper Jones identifies as a "half-cast" Aboriginal, and the Lu family is portrayed as communists because of their immigrant background, specifically Jeffrey Lu. Racism is

Jasper, a 14-year-old aboriginal, is described as rebellious, mixed-race, and solitary among other things. Due to the lack of care, he receives, Jasper is described as an outcast, raised by his alcoholic and negligent father and who frequently abuses him. Jasper frequently turns to theft as a means of survival, as his father fails to provide the basics. As a result, Corrigan believes Jones is a threat due to his race. “He's a Thief, a Liar, a Thug, a Truant. He's lazy and unreliable. He's feral and an orphan, or as good as. His mother is dead, and his father is no good.” (Pg.6) Through the use of several metaphors and high modality Jones is reflected. He is shown to be despised because of his race and his identity is seen to be interchangeable with negative titles, while indigenous Australians had the right to vote, their lack of citizenship at this time is reflected by jasper jones's exclusion from Corrigan. “I'd heard Jasper Jones described as a half-caste which I'd never really understood until I mentioned it one night at the dinner table.” (Pg.7). The diminished term “half-caste” implies that someone is not whole but half, this device also connotes the cultural assumptions of the time concerning indigenous peoples place in Australian society. Jasper is also emphasised for his rebellious behaviour by the Corrigan families, “they’ve been waylaid by the devil”. (pg.7) Silvey

Jeffrey Lu is characterised as the victim of both physical and psychological racial discrimination. Lu is both physically assaulted and called denigrating names by characters such as Warwick Trent. Even when the very able Lu saves the day by playing a winning shot for the Corrigan cricket team and is made to feel like an outsider is shown through the continued denigrating term “Cong." (pg. 240) This insult has now become a second name for Jeffery as it is used numerous times to depict Jeffery's character. Because of Lu's heritage and the Vietnam War, he is relentlessly bullied throughout the novel, especially by the cricket team. Jeffery is referred to as a Cong because they are Vietnamese and are considered communists. Jeffery is also bullied casually and daily while at school, “Jeffrey’s parents are Vietnamese, so he’s ruthlessly bullied and belted about by the boys at school.” (pg. 9) Silvey employs the B alliteration to emphasise both the brutality of this treatment and reinforce how vulnerable Jeffery is to others and contrasts him to a puppy dog, which additionally demonstrates how much power the whites have over people of colour. Jeffery is also bullied casually and frequently while attending school. Trent is able to control Jeffery because of the status of their respective