Jasper Jones Chapter Summary
Chapter 1
-Chapter 1 introduces the two main characters, Jasper Jones and Charlie.
-The chapter begins with Jasper coming to Charlie's window in the middle of the night and asking Charlie to leave his house in order to help him.
-Charlie seems to feel honoured that Jasper has asked for his help. Charlie describes Jasper.
-Jasper explains that he needs Charlie's help but he won't tell him why.
-They walk through their town, Corrigan, until Jasper stops to smoke a cigarette in front of the house of the town's Mad Jack Lionel.
-Jasper tells him this is not where they're going and keep walking. Charlie tells us that Jasper has a bad reputation in their town, because of his skin colour he is severely blamed and mistreated.
-They continue through the bush to one of Jasper's hiding spots, this is where Charlie is confronted with the dead, hanging body of young Laura, the mayors daughter and the older sister if charlie's .
-Charlie panics and is confronted with morel challenges when Jasper suggests what he believes they need to do.
-Before the boys discard of the body by dropping her in the dam with a weight on her feet, we learn that Jasper has a much deeper relationship with Laura then we are first led to believe.
-Charlie smokes the cigarette, even though he doesn't like it.
-Jasper does steal, but only what he needs to survive and he only steals from people who can afford to lose it.
-Coming of age story. Bedroom is described as a womb and falling out the window is described as the 'birth of a foal'.
Chapter 2
wakes up realising that last night wasn't a dream\ why Jasper seeked him out, doubts jasper washing him self, rid himself of guilt breakfast, his dad notices his funny behaviour, closer than his mum dad literature teacher goes to Jeffrey’s (vietnamese) house he's listening to cricket, test ashes match.
Jeffry had come to charlie's already
Jeffrey asks; “would you rather die from heat or cold?”
“the mention of
-Chapter 1 introduces the two main characters, Jasper Jones and Charlie.
-The chapter begins with Jasper coming to Charlie's window in the middle of the night and asking Charlie to leave his house in order to help him.
-Charlie seems to feel honoured that Jasper has asked for his help. Charlie describes Jasper.
-Jasper explains that he needs Charlie's help but he won't tell him why.
-They walk through their town, Corrigan, until Jasper stops to smoke a cigarette in front of the house of the town's Mad Jack Lionel.
-Jasper tells him this is not where they're going and keep walking. Charlie tells us that Jasper has a bad reputation in their town, because of his skin colour he is severely blamed and mistreated.
-They continue through the bush to one of Jasper's hiding spots, this is where Charlie is confronted with the dead, hanging body of young Laura, the mayors daughter and the older sister if charlie's .
-Charlie panics and is confronted with morel challenges when Jasper suggests what he believes they need to do.
-Before the boys discard of the body by dropping her in the dam with a weight on her feet, we learn that Jasper has a much deeper relationship with Laura then we are first led to believe.
-Charlie smokes the cigarette, even though he doesn't like it.
-Jasper does steal, but only what he needs to survive and he only steals from people who can afford to lose it.
-Coming of age story. Bedroom is described as a womb and falling out the window is described as the 'birth of a foal'.
Chapter 2
wakes up realising that last night wasn't a dream\ why Jasper seeked him out, doubts jasper washing him self, rid himself of guilt breakfast, his dad notices his funny behaviour, closer than his mum dad literature teacher goes to Jeffrey’s (vietnamese) house he's listening to cricket, test ashes match.
Jeffry had come to charlie's already
Jeffrey asks; “would you rather die from heat or cold?”
“the mention of