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Jasper Jones Reading Guide S.A. Jones v2 April 2010 http://www.sajones.com.au Synopsis .................................................................................................................................................. 3 About the Author .................................................................................................................................... 3 Edition Used ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Morality and Ethics ................................................................................................................................. 3 Moral Duality†¦show more content†¦If Jasper Jones hadn’t shown me the cigarette burns on his shoulders just hours before, if I hadn’t touched their ugly pink pucker with my fingertips, I wouldn’t have suspected this man to be the monster he was’ (p. 160) Charlie’s mother, Ruth, cultivates her image as a good mother and citizen, memb er of the CWA and volunteer for all manner of civic events. She demands obedience and respect from Charlie and is capable of a quasi-hysterical response when she doesn’t receive it. Yet she is carrying on a clandestine affair with an unnamed man from the back seat of a car. Charlie’s disappearance compromises Ruth’s image: ‘I’d shattered the facade, I’d sullied the family name and her repute. Tongues were wagging. Aspersions were being cast like dandelion spores on hot gossipy winds. The CWA brigade and the badminton babblers were tutting like vultures. I was no longer a model child and she was no longer a model mother. And a snide, petty part of me was thrilled about it, almost proud’ (p. 198-199) When Charlie finds his mother in a compromising position with a man who is not his father it shifts the power balance between them (p. 244). At this moment, Ruth loses her moral authority over Charlie and in some ways Charlie ceases to be a ‘child’. He must assume responsibility for his own moral stance. Pete Wishart, Laura and Eliza’s father, is probably the most hypocritical character in the novel. Whenever Charlie mentions him, he almost invariably remarks that he isShow MoreRelatedImplementing A Dementia Care Programme For Patients With Dementia Within Hospitals3532 Words   |  15 PagesFrom: Mrs Susana Jones, Head of Patient Care Services, Fawks Hospital To: Mrs Forever Powerdo, Chief Executive, Fawks Hospital, NHS Trust REPORT: A proposed strategy to introduce a Dementia Care programme for patients with dementia within hospitals. Contents Page (Executive) summary Rationale for the introduction of Dementia Care Programme Critical Discussion Devising a Dementia Care Team Current System Model of Improvement Implementation Plan Question 1: What are we trying to accomplishRead More Improving Patient Safety in Stroke Rehabilitation Wards2914 Words   |  12 Pages Patient safety is a major issue in health care, especially in the public sector. 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