A New Kind of Dreaming Analysis
“A New Kind of Dreaming” – Anthony Eaton
Section 1 – Arrival
Plot Development
The story starts off with Jamie arriving at Port Barren then goes into a back flash when Jamie had been talking to Eddie before he had left. Eddie is locked up in prison and Jamie is about to be sent to Port Barren. They have a quite strong relationship because as they were growing up they had no one else but each other. Their mum died when they were young and their father disappeared somewhere but he was never there anyway. Jamie meets Lorraine, the social worker/cop who seems to be different from the others he has dealt with. She then tells Jamie that Eddie has visited the hospital prison five times already because he has been baldy bashed. This comes as a shock for Jamie.
Jamie is then introduced to his host. His name is Archie and he is around 70/80 years old. He hardly speaks. As Archie is leading Jamie to his house Jamie encounters a drunken cop that tells him to watch out, he ignores this and as he is about to enter Archie’s house a cop car pulls up. Jamie is scared at first because the cops cannot mean good. He is confronted with a fat cop who chokes him and tells him again to ‘watch out’ just like the drunken cop did. He is also confronted with another cop, but this cop does nothing just gazes at Jamie. The police car drives off; this is the end of the first section.
Character focus/quotes
Jamie – Jamie is a young 17 year old boy that’s been in a lot of trouble and involved with around 5 different foster homes. He has a weird feeling when he arrives at Port Barren. He finds the cops and Archie a lot harder to play his games with. ‘This guy’s is gonna be different’ (page 30, lines 14 and 15, thought)
Eddie – Eddie is Jamie’s older brother. He is also in trouble with the law, he imprisoned. He seems like a good brother to Jamie. He is been badly bashed in prison though. “…Family? For as long as Jamie could recall, his family had been Eddie…” (Page 18, lines 27 and 28,
Section 1 – Arrival
Plot Development
The story starts off with Jamie arriving at Port Barren then goes into a back flash when Jamie had been talking to Eddie before he had left. Eddie is locked up in prison and Jamie is about to be sent to Port Barren. They have a quite strong relationship because as they were growing up they had no one else but each other. Their mum died when they were young and their father disappeared somewhere but he was never there anyway. Jamie meets Lorraine, the social worker/cop who seems to be different from the others he has dealt with. She then tells Jamie that Eddie has visited the hospital prison five times already because he has been baldy bashed. This comes as a shock for Jamie.
Jamie is then introduced to his host. His name is Archie and he is around 70/80 years old. He hardly speaks. As Archie is leading Jamie to his house Jamie encounters a drunken cop that tells him to watch out, he ignores this and as he is about to enter Archie’s house a cop car pulls up. Jamie is scared at first because the cops cannot mean good. He is confronted with a fat cop who chokes him and tells him again to ‘watch out’ just like the drunken cop did. He is also confronted with another cop, but this cop does nothing just gazes at Jamie. The police car drives off; this is the end of the first section.
Character focus/quotes
Jamie – Jamie is a young 17 year old boy that’s been in a lot of trouble and involved with around 5 different foster homes. He has a weird feeling when he arrives at Port Barren. He finds the cops and Archie a lot harder to play his games with. ‘This guy’s is gonna be different’ (page 30, lines 14 and 15, thought)
Eddie – Eddie is Jamie’s older brother. He is also in trouble with the law, he imprisoned. He seems like a good brother to Jamie. He is been badly bashed in prison though. “…Family? For as long as Jamie could recall, his family had been Eddie…” (Page 18, lines 27 and 28,