Craig Silvey has constructed Charlie in a way that allows us to grasp a deeper understanding on issues that happen in society from 1965 and relate them to our current issues. Silvey has portrayed the characters to show the bigger picture in our great society. ... Jeffrey is constructed to bring a ray of sunlight into the book to lighten the depressing/serious tone. ... Jasper is an Indigenous half-cast who is seen as the outsider of town. ... There are no strong women presented in the novel this is because the town is based around dominant males. ...

• Word Count: 1328
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

According to Jan Bakker, "Only Anse, the husband, has profited, and the irony here is in line with the irony of life, which does not concern itself with equity but distributes rewards or punishments regardless of our moral, or lack of moral worth. ... It is the furious energy one feels pulsing in the writing itself that keeps us buoyed, that works as a tonic in revitalizing our sluggishness in the face of the intractable stuff life is made of," states Jan Bakker. ... Most of his works have an honest, heartful tone, but there is always comedy thrown in somewhere (Polk, 55). ... According to Wa...

• Word Count: 1548
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

But isn't that exactly how our lives are today? ... This book is much like our lives, like I said before, many would find it boring because its just reading their life, however I found it intriguing because we find ourselves everyday asking why does this happen to me, when actually it happens to everyone. ... This young woman is the love interest of every man in the town. ... His tone is much like a character in the book, he places himself in every scene and acts as though he is part of it. ... "Hey where did we go, Days when the rains came Down in the hollow, Playin' a new game, L...

• Word Count: 2037
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School