Passion Is Both Imprisoning and Liberating
English
Shauni Plank 12E
‘Analyse the emotional changes of Jed and How does he imprison Joe’
One of the major characters in the novel is Jed Parry, one of the main male leads. Jed is a harsh Christian, to put it kindly “Please leave your message after the beat. And the may the Lord be with you”. After the ballooning incident, he develops a voracious obsession with Joe Rose, who we know has a wife; Clarissa. Jed doesn't seem like the violent type, though the power of his obsession is itself a kind of violence. He describes his love for Joe in his various letters and phone messages, as something dictated by God. He sees himself, as the result of Joe's escape. The tension here is a slight variation of that between Joe and Clarissa. It revolves around the battle between science and faith.
Throughout the novel, Jed expresses his love and views towards Joe very openly and seems like the character in which he follows his heart instead of his head. From when Joe receives a phone call from Jed, enquiring when he shall be meeting with him, he ends his part of the phone call with; “I can come to you.” He hesitates while saying this and with no surprise Jed replies with “ No. Tell me where you are.” The fact that Jed is very versatile and forgiving towards Joe tells us that he is truly in love with him.
Jed is very passionate towards Joe and portrays this deeply; “I don’t know why you’ve chosen me. All I know is that I love you too now, and that there’s a reason for it, a purpose.” Through this he seems to have put Joe in a very awkward moment. From this he feels and knows that Joe has to react in either a way of horror or agreement. Joe feels trapped and very imprisoned even though Jed is only expressing his feelings and trying to understand why Joe doesn’t feel the same way.
Later on in the novel, Jed starts to (in certain ways) ‘interrogate’ Joe so he starts to understand exactly how he feels; “look. You don’t have to go about it like this. You could save us
Shauni Plank 12E
‘Analyse the emotional changes of Jed and How does he imprison Joe’
One of the major characters in the novel is Jed Parry, one of the main male leads. Jed is a harsh Christian, to put it kindly “Please leave your message after the beat. And the may the Lord be with you”. After the ballooning incident, he develops a voracious obsession with Joe Rose, who we know has a wife; Clarissa. Jed doesn't seem like the violent type, though the power of his obsession is itself a kind of violence. He describes his love for Joe in his various letters and phone messages, as something dictated by God. He sees himself, as the result of Joe's escape. The tension here is a slight variation of that between Joe and Clarissa. It revolves around the battle between science and faith.
Throughout the novel, Jed expresses his love and views towards Joe very openly and seems like the character in which he follows his heart instead of his head. From when Joe receives a phone call from Jed, enquiring when he shall be meeting with him, he ends his part of the phone call with; “I can come to you.” He hesitates while saying this and with no surprise Jed replies with “ No. Tell me where you are.” The fact that Jed is very versatile and forgiving towards Joe tells us that he is truly in love with him.
Jed is very passionate towards Joe and portrays this deeply; “I don’t know why you’ve chosen me. All I know is that I love you too now, and that there’s a reason for it, a purpose.” Through this he seems to have put Joe in a very awkward moment. From this he feels and knows that Joe has to react in either a way of horror or agreement. Joe feels trapped and very imprisoned even though Jed is only expressing his feelings and trying to understand why Joe doesn’t feel the same way.
Later on in the novel, Jed starts to (in certain ways) ‘interrogate’ Joe so he starts to understand exactly how he feels; “look. You don’t have to go about it like this. You could save us