Jasper Jones Quotes
Topic 1
‘The world of Jasper Jones is a frightening on where it is difficult to find your place.’ Discuss.
Quotes
• “All these parents crowding round the umpires trying to get someone else in.” • “Mate Laura’s old man is the worst out of the whole lot”, “He’s worthless and he drinks worse than mine” “He dint just know, he was sticking the boot in most of all” “Stinkin of turps worse than my old man.” • “This town they think I’m a bloody animal. They think I belong in a cage.” • “Town whose social currency is sport”, “established a hierarchy based on their skill with a ball. • “Jasper Jones has a terrible reputation in Corrigan. He’s a Thief, a Liar, a Thug, a Truant.” • “She joined the CWA; mixed with Corrigan’s leading ladies…..She ticked all the community boxes.” “In an instant she’d stripped her name of whatever careful varnish she’d glossed it with for so many years.” • “The surround in Folks just stared.” “People looked on, watching like they were some kind of exhibit.” “Nobody talked about what had just happened.” • “Well-fed bloodhound” “Bewildered and useless” • “But he says nothing in Jaspers defence”
TOPIC 2
‘In Jasper Jones the truth is difficult to discern.’ Discuss. • “I think Jasper Jones speaks the whole truth in a town of liars.” • “These foggy community fibs that I’ve been led through, they’re the source of these niggling doubts in my head.” Jaspers rep in the town. Pg 56 • “Maybe that’s why this town is so content to face in on itself.” Pg 312 • “They want to be told stuff. And they don’t want to doubt it either.” • “And so Corrigan remains a town of barnacles. A cluster of hard shells that suck themselves stuck and clench themselves shut and choose not to know about dying. “Pg 161 • Of course Corrigan was ruthless. Rumours spread…” • “And they wound around each other so tightly they seemed destined to strangle and obscure the real truth” • “It’s always the
‘The world of Jasper Jones is a frightening on where it is difficult to find your place.’ Discuss.
Quotes
• “All these parents crowding round the umpires trying to get someone else in.” • “Mate Laura’s old man is the worst out of the whole lot”, “He’s worthless and he drinks worse than mine” “He dint just know, he was sticking the boot in most of all” “Stinkin of turps worse than my old man.” • “This town they think I’m a bloody animal. They think I belong in a cage.” • “Town whose social currency is sport”, “established a hierarchy based on their skill with a ball. • “Jasper Jones has a terrible reputation in Corrigan. He’s a Thief, a Liar, a Thug, a Truant.” • “She joined the CWA; mixed with Corrigan’s leading ladies…..She ticked all the community boxes.” “In an instant she’d stripped her name of whatever careful varnish she’d glossed it with for so many years.” • “The surround in Folks just stared.” “People looked on, watching like they were some kind of exhibit.” “Nobody talked about what had just happened.” • “Well-fed bloodhound” “Bewildered and useless” • “But he says nothing in Jaspers defence”
TOPIC 2
‘In Jasper Jones the truth is difficult to discern.’ Discuss. • “I think Jasper Jones speaks the whole truth in a town of liars.” • “These foggy community fibs that I’ve been led through, they’re the source of these niggling doubts in my head.” Jaspers rep in the town. Pg 56 • “Maybe that’s why this town is so content to face in on itself.” Pg 312 • “They want to be told stuff. And they don’t want to doubt it either.” • “And so Corrigan remains a town of barnacles. A cluster of hard shells that suck themselves stuck and clench themselves shut and choose not to know about dying. “Pg 161 • Of course Corrigan was ruthless. Rumours spread…” • “And they wound around each other so tightly they seemed destined to strangle and obscure the real truth” • “It’s always the