Jetty Rats Essay
Jetty Rats is a novel about a thirteen year old boy called Hunter Vettori, who has an enormous ambition to catch a mulloway. A mulloway is not just a big fish, it’s a fish that’s going to make him more rich and famous than Rex Hunt! Then Hunter could get away from Dogleg
Bay, his boring, small town filled with old fogies. He could also get away from the dreaded M.A.B. (men’s amenity block) in the caravan park. If his dad were here, Hunter could go fishing while his old man scrubbed the toilets and got rid of the U.F.O.’s (unidentifiable floating objects). Hunter’s dad went missing five years ago off his favourite rock fishing spot, The Murk. Hunter has his razor ready when he returns, his Mum doesn’t trust men with beards. Everyone else in the town knows that Hunter’s dad isn’t coming back, but Hunter won’t come to terms with it.
Hunter’s dad’s best mate, Drilla, feels responsible for his disappearance because he was supposed to go fishing with him that day. Drilla has rebuilt his life, giving up drugs and alcohol, but Hunter can’t move on. His mum, Sandy, now runs the Dogleg
Bay
Community
Caravan
Park. She spends her spare time with her friend, Saphonia, or looking at tattoo magazines.
Saphonia is a hippydippyterian…well let’s just say she likes her jatz and dips. She has two twin daughters, otherwise known as The Photocopies. Fourteen year old Storm and Jasmine are actually very different though. Storm is outspoken and dabbles in ‘magik,’ whilst Jasmine is a beautiful, hippy girl. Hunter is attracted to Jasmine, although he later learns that looks can be deceiving. Hunter’s other friends are Miracle and Skullster. Miracle is a young entrepreneur, obsessed with making millions of dollars. He is always completely decked out in ‘mambo’ surf clothes, and tries all different money-making schemes. Skullster is a geeky computer nerd. He spends his days locked up in his bedroom, playing on his computer. His mum is really nice
Bay, his boring, small town filled with old fogies. He could also get away from the dreaded M.A.B. (men’s amenity block) in the caravan park. If his dad were here, Hunter could go fishing while his old man scrubbed the toilets and got rid of the U.F.O.’s (unidentifiable floating objects). Hunter’s dad went missing five years ago off his favourite rock fishing spot, The Murk. Hunter has his razor ready when he returns, his Mum doesn’t trust men with beards. Everyone else in the town knows that Hunter’s dad isn’t coming back, but Hunter won’t come to terms with it.
Hunter’s dad’s best mate, Drilla, feels responsible for his disappearance because he was supposed to go fishing with him that day. Drilla has rebuilt his life, giving up drugs and alcohol, but Hunter can’t move on. His mum, Sandy, now runs the Dogleg
Bay
Community
Caravan
Park. She spends her spare time with her friend, Saphonia, or looking at tattoo magazines.
Saphonia is a hippydippyterian…well let’s just say she likes her jatz and dips. She has two twin daughters, otherwise known as The Photocopies. Fourteen year old Storm and Jasmine are actually very different though. Storm is outspoken and dabbles in ‘magik,’ whilst Jasmine is a beautiful, hippy girl. Hunter is attracted to Jasmine, although he later learns that looks can be deceiving. Hunter’s other friends are Miracle and Skullster. Miracle is a young entrepreneur, obsessed with making millions of dollars. He is always completely decked out in ‘mambo’ surf clothes, and tries all different money-making schemes. Skullster is a geeky computer nerd. He spends his days locked up in his bedroom, playing on his computer. His mum is really nice