Travis's Struggle For Survival In Jam By Yahtzee Croshaw

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In the novel Jam by Yahtzee Croshaw, man-eating jam runs rampant in Brisbane, Australia. Throughout the novel as the main character Travis struggles for survival, he has to work together with Tim, Angela, and Don who live in his same apartment complex as him. Some of the other survivors create a new society where the newly elected leader’s ideology is to have any people he dislikes executed, which ultimately causes an issue of hunger for power. Travis changes over time; he changes from passive to aggressive. Travis started out as quiet, unmotivated, and relaxed; but he soon starts to become outspoken, assertive, and irritable. The reason behind this shift in attitude is because Travis and the rest of the survivors have an ambition to gain power