Theme Of Jasper Jones By Craig Silvey

Independent Assessment Preparation

Part A: Critical - 15 Marks

Analysis how Silvey conveys Charlie’s experience of Joy

Joy is quite a complex emotion, to put into words, especially conveying it throughout a novel. But somehow, Craig Silvey is able to achieve and express that feeling of joy and ecstasy perfectly, especially in the character of Charlie Bucktin in the novel Jasper Jones. It feels as if you can feel the buzz of happiness radiating from Charlie from the excerpt. What physically gives you that feeling of joy is shown through Silvey’s use of his wide range of vocab and metaphors throughout the excerpt. To put you in Charlie’s perspective of joy the last line really draws you in to see what causes him to feel so giddy ( an immersive

The spelling of certain words shows the genuine feelings and emotions of the characters in the novels set in the the 1960s with the contrast of formality. Just from this one excerpt from the novel we can notice that the fluidity of emotion in Charlie is one that almost feels nostalgic of one of our own moments in life, his use of a metaphor comparing it to “a lick of ice cream. A Flavour of grace.” Shows such a common experience for a fictional character can feel so human and genuine that it's quite an immersive experience for not just the reader but Jasper himself. As it has been such a long time since he has felt the emotion of Joy due to the circumstances him and Jasper have got themselves into, that its almost like a breath of fresh air for him and he deserves it for all the trauma he has been through.To wrap it all up, just from those few sentences in that excerpt we can acknowledge all the linguistic devices and language Craig Silvey uses in the novel Jasper Jones to express the feeling of Joy. Vocabulary and Metaphors are the main key ones identified in the text and they are used so