Black Swan Green Analysis

Jason’s father was known for his violent tendencies because of his gangster lifestyle. The fact Jason’s mother neglected him certainly didn’t help the fact Jason needed help. Serious

Jason deals with a speech impediment called stammering. Stammering is a speech disorder that involves repetitions of certain sounds. By having this speech impediment he gets bullied from other teenagers and as well as his own family. Jason is in Miss. Throckmortons class playing Hangman. On the board are the letters NIGH-ING--E. “The word ‘nightingale’ kaboomed in my skull but it just wouldn’t come out” (Mitchell,26). At this moment Jason is quite scared, ashamed, and breathless and his response was, “I’m not sure miss.”(Mitchell,26). Jason now thinks that his stuttering would “sprea[d] round the school like a poison-gas attack” and “life won’t be worth living” (Mitchell,26). Eventually it does and everyone knows about it. Ross Wilcox is the first one to make fun of him saying,”G-g-go on, l-l-l-lend us yer p-p-protractor, T-T-Taylor, honest I want to do m-my M-M-M-Maths homework”(Mitchell,219). Ross keeps nagging Jason so he can do his “mat[h] homework”, but as we can see he’s just cruel and a jerk towards Jason.

Hangman, a name Jason gives for his stammer, originates from a game that exposes Jason as a stutter boy in front of the whole class. Through mentioning that ”… my life divided itself into Before Hangman and After Hangman. … I remember Lucy Steads whispering to Angela Bullock, stifling giggles. I remember Robin South staring at this bizarre sight. I'd've done the same if it hadn't been me”(26), Jason expresses this exact feeling of disrespect and shamefulness that tugs at his heartstrings and reminds him the lack of popularity. Therefore, instead of admitting his speech deficiency, Jason would do anything to avoid his stammer for the sake of not being excluded from the upper tiers of his school mates. He has even figured out methods to “outfox Hangman” (27) by adjusting sentences with different words from the dictionary and by replying with the phrase “I don’t know”. Another thing that Jason refuses to tell his classmates and especially his cousin

He’s very confused about a lot of things, and there are a lot of people that he doesn’t recognize at first. Most of these people are scientists that are trying to help Jason, but at the same time they are just using him to find out more about their experiment. A lot of opinions from these people are thrown into Jason’s face. He gets threatened with death many times from them because he doesn’t want to cooperate with these scientists. He just wants to go home to his family. However, he has to tolerate all of it and go along with it for a while otherwise he might not make it out of the facility

Throughout the two short fictions, “Son of the Wolfman” by Michael Chabon and “The Red Bow” by George Saunders, we discover and more or less travel through tragedies in the main characters’ lives with them. Both tragedies about children, but contrasting in that one results in the death of a child, while the other is a birth. There are many internal and external conflicts within both stories in which they share multiple comparisons and contrasts. Many of these conflicts made me develop judgments about both characters and the choices they made throughout the fiction. While reading, I developed many perceptions about each character and each story; some with which could be obvious and some that have a more personal origin.

Jason had no memory of his family, his strengths, his weaknesses, or simply anything that makes him who he is. He later discovers that he is part of a dangerous world, full of frightening monsters and vengeful gods. Without knowing the truth of his past, he is sent on a journey to save a goddess and his memories. This loss of identity affects him, and how he makes decisions. Jason wishes to have a more serious relationship with Piper, but he feels as if he might be betraying someone from his path.

“Black Swan Green” is a story about a highschool boy, named Jason Taylor. Jason has a stammer unlike his other peers at his horrible high school. He’s the kid that dreads talking in front of the class because he sees himself as different. He’s afraid to be judged for his flaws. Also, he has a love for poetry he must hide from everyone. He can’t express his feelings for poetry or anything because he's too scared to be himself. In this story, his mentor, Madame Crommelynck teaches him to accept himself and show the world the real Jason Taylor. Jason has many conflicts throughout the story, especially with himself. On the contrary, Madame Crommelynck relates Jason’s high school peers to hairy barbarians. She asks Jason, “So you want a double life. One Jason Taylor who seeks approval of hairy barbarians. Another Jason Taylor is Eliot Bolivar, who seeks approval of the literary world. Is that so impossible?” (Mitchell, 154). Jason wants to fit in at his school, while Eliot Bolivar wants to be accepted in the literary world. Jason thinks to become a good poet he needs to be accepted by his peers but poetry is for yourself. It’s your thoughts and feelings. Poetry is not for an audience to criticise. To be a poet, you need to be yourself and then you’ll truly be accepted.

The central idea of the hangman section is that Jason’s stammer is a big hurdle in his life. Jason is the narrator and he has a stammer. He refers to the cause of his stammer as hangman. Jason worries a lot and he has to avoid speaking normally because of it.

However, Jason’s evilness spawns from most of his past. Hence, Jason’s hatred towards women is the result of his mistreatment as a child and his opposed perspective of Caddy’s promiscuity. His complicated relationship with Caddy constructs him to be a satanic figure, within the novel, hating all women, deeming them derogatory terms and such. The lack of love Jason received was also a contributing factor to his bitterness. Greed for money has also turned him into a manipulative and cold hearted person. Jason’s character is what one would call an antagonist for actively opposing the ways of Caddy and

Main Characters Jason Taylor is the pre-teen protagonist of the novel. He is described to have several alter egos throughout the book, “Hangman,” who causes his stammer, “Unborn Twin,” his conscience, and “Eliot Bolivar,” the pseudonym Jason uses for his poetry. Although Jason’s goal in life is perceived to fit in with his classmates, he does not lose his moral ground. His character is portrayed as innocent in the beginning, however, the novel finished with Jason being more mature and experienced. Tom Yew, a member of the Royal Navy, is portrayed as a local hero and is idolized by Jason and his classmates.

Throughout the chapter “Hangman” in Black Swan Green, Mitchell introduces Jason, the main character, as well as his stammer. Jason introduces his stammer not as a speech impediment but as a villain trying to ruin his life. Jason only sees bad things coming from his stammer which blinds him from seeing the good in it. In the chapter “Solarium” Jason goes to Madame Crommelynck to get his poems published.

“Black Swan” is a dark and chaotic film that follows a ballet dancer named Nina who's only and greatest dream is to become the “Swan Queen” in the production “Swan Lake.” The movie follows Nina’s demise into chaos as she attempts to master and embody both the white and black swan. Although dark, confusing, and sometimes frightening, the movie excellently portrays the utter chaos of living with an eating disorder, as well as the perils of schizophrenia, and anxiety. The movie begins with the portrayal of Nina as a timid person struggling with Anorexia and self-confidence with the aspiration to become the perfect ballet dancer.

Black Swan Green is a coming of age, autobiographical like novel in which “Solarium” is a chapter of. The chapter focuses on Jason, the main character going and getting advice from Madame Crommelynck on his

Jason, the third Compson child, is arrogant and spoiled when he is little, constantly crying when he is scolded and threatening to tattle on his siblings if he does not get his way. As an adult, he continues to focus on what he wants for himself rather than contributing to the family. Jason’s relationship with his sister’s ghost lies in his repeated attempts to perform an exorcism. Unlike his brothers, Jason does not dwell on his childhood memories with Caddy but on his recent encounters with her. He recalls two times when he attempted to physically remove Caddy from his life. The first occurs when Caddy appears suddenly in “a black cloak . . . and lifted up her veil” (TSTF 202) at Mr. Compson’s funeral. Jason immediately recognizes the dark, ghost-like figure from his past, warning her to leave. When she refuses to depart without conditions, Jason faces her a second time. He takes

Coming of age is never an easy process, nor is it an experience that all adolescents deal with in the same way. Young people face enormous difficulties as they mature and are exposed to many factors that influence their development. The experience often comes with backlash from society due to deviation from perceived normalcy. Society ostracizes those who appear different, when in reality it is individuality that makes a person uniquely exceptional. Jeffrey Eugenides’s own adolescence was no exception to this. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he grew up amidst the industrial boom and violent race riots of the 1960s and was influenced by this turbulent society to begin writing, even using this experience as the setting for many of his novels. Furthermore,