“The world isn’t right. It’s small and it’s nasty and it’s lousy with sadness.” This one quote is able to give such a deep meaning through its use of descriptive language, imagery and even personification to help shape the context. In this case: this quote is from the story of Jasper Jones.
Jasper Jones was first written as a book and was later adapted into a play. Set in Australia during 1965 (the Vietnam War), it is written in first person narration: through the eyes of an adolescent, white, Australian lad named Charlie Bucktin. The story mainly revolves around the two leading characters of Charlie and Jasper Jones (a half-white aboriginal outcast) and their journey towards maturity as they are encounter certain events that test them. The
