Jasper Jones is an Australian young adult novel, that is constrained by heteronormative ideas and discourses. By definition, heteronormative means denoting or relating to a world view that promotes heterosexuality as the normal sexual orientation. A prominent discourse of heteronormative attitude that seeps throughout the pages of Jasper Jones is the construction of masculinity. This essay will work to discuss how masculinity is constructed and valued in the town of Corrigan, I will demonstrate this by examining the town bully Trent Warwick and the contrast Craig Silvey created between Charlie Bucktin and Jasper Jones. Furthermore, we will examine how Charlie our main protagonist relates to these conventional masculine ideals that Corrigan
