![]() Silvey uses racism and prejudice as the basis for the underlying fear which he explores through the character of Jasper. This is a very prominent issue as they feared a man who had done no wrong by the conjuring of their own mind. ![]() The readers, along with Charlie and Jasper, begin to understand that everything the town believed about Jack was simply fear and ignorance clouding their judgement. Over the course of the story, the readers learn that Jack shouldn’t be feared at all, as why would a “murderer” allow children steal from him? This discovery reveals the valuable lesson that fear is often the by-product of ignorance and outright foolishness. When they finally learn the truth, they realise that the townspeople “just feared the myth.” These rumours have gone to the point where the Corrigan society has become terribly afraid of him. Both Charlie and Jasper give in to the rumours and speculations surrounding Jack, Jasper even drawing his own conclusions of him being the one to kill Laura. ![]() ![]() It started when Jasper’s mother, Rosie, was killed in a car crash and Jack was blamed for the accident, resulting in the rumours of him being “mad.” The lack of information on Jack throughout the novel until the end raises questions in the readers of who he really is and builds a sense of fear to “mad” Jack’s name. Jack Lionel is a casualty of the town’s ignorance which Charlie and Jasper are influenced into believing. ![]()
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