Jasper Jones: Analysis

Study notes for the play, but useful for the novel too.

A teaching resource for the novel, with useful information for students too!

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A study guide by Paul Mitchell related to the film, but includes relevant analysis for the novel.

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"When Craig Silvey thought he would borrow many narrative tropes and themes from the Southern Gothic novelists he admired for his novel Jasper Jones, he was certainly on to something."

Jasper Jones is a novel that "...represent[s] the typical bildungsroman genre where the focus of the character’s growth is the main thrust of the narrative.