The God Boy
For each of the text analyse how the writers presented a positive or negative view of humanity or society.
The red sari by apirana Taylor and burning boats by Rosie Scott both highlight the issue of poverty. Burning boats is set in New Zealand where poverty is a rear thing. The red sari is set in New Delhi the capital of India where there are millions of people living in poverty.
In the red sari the narrator is not shocked by the poverty in New Delhi. The author sees the poverty as a very big problem that cannot be helped and helping one person will not make a difference because there are millions of them. ’’Don’t give them anything just a couple of rupees.. don’t be silly there’s millions of them’’. The poverty in new Delhi is ignored rather than helped
Analyse how one main character or individual changed to become (more/less) admirable.
The god boy by Ian Cross is about 11 year old jimmy Sullivan. Jimmy and his family live in Raggelton new Zealand where he goes to a catholic school. Jimmy is not really who we think he is at the start as we read the book we see how jimmy really is. At start jimmy seems like a normal 11 year old boy but as we read on we see that this not the case. In the book the god boy jimmy is a character which becomes less admirable.
Ian Cross uses actions to help the reader understand jimmy.
Jimmy has a problem with God. . And when he is told that God frowns upon bad behaviour by punishing those that sin, Jimmy believes that he is being reprimanded from up on high when the family life around him begins to disintegrate. His father’s a drunk, his mother has a secret abortion, and their disdain for each other grows throughout the novel. Jimmy, always thinking he is to blame, attributes their arguments to the new bike he begged for and received and even offers to give it back if that will stop the trouble.
Jimmy Sullivan believed he was protected by god but when things go wrong jimmy blames god. Ian Cross uses action to help
The red sari by apirana Taylor and burning boats by Rosie Scott both highlight the issue of poverty. Burning boats is set in New Zealand where poverty is a rear thing. The red sari is set in New Delhi the capital of India where there are millions of people living in poverty.
In the red sari the narrator is not shocked by the poverty in New Delhi. The author sees the poverty as a very big problem that cannot be helped and helping one person will not make a difference because there are millions of them. ’’Don’t give them anything just a couple of rupees.. don’t be silly there’s millions of them’’. The poverty in new Delhi is ignored rather than helped
Analyse how one main character or individual changed to become (more/less) admirable.
The god boy by Ian Cross is about 11 year old jimmy Sullivan. Jimmy and his family live in Raggelton new Zealand where he goes to a catholic school. Jimmy is not really who we think he is at the start as we read the book we see how jimmy really is. At start jimmy seems like a normal 11 year old boy but as we read on we see that this not the case. In the book the god boy jimmy is a character which becomes less admirable.
Ian Cross uses actions to help the reader understand jimmy.
Jimmy has a problem with God. . And when he is told that God frowns upon bad behaviour by punishing those that sin, Jimmy believes that he is being reprimanded from up on high when the family life around him begins to disintegrate. His father’s a drunk, his mother has a secret abortion, and their disdain for each other grows throughout the novel. Jimmy, always thinking he is to blame, attributes their arguments to the new bike he begged for and received and even offers to give it back if that will stop the trouble.
Jimmy Sullivan believed he was protected by god but when things go wrong jimmy blames god. Ian Cross uses action to help