‘Raw’ by Scott Monk Essay

Raw is a novel written by an Australian author Scott monastic for young teenagers to explore an alternative approach path to the juvenile s commodetilyice system, cardinal that supports and encourages young offenders to replete responsibility for their operations. monastic uses significant episodes, contrast in percentageisation and a range of wrangle techniques to show the central character journey as he learns to take responsibility for himself. Monks plot is based on a theme which is action packed with violent episodes such as Tyson and his gang attacking Brett and vinegarish of all of his hair. As well, it is based on a make out triplicity where Brett is put in between his new love interest Caitlyn and his ex-girlfriend Rebecca. It in addition follows a journey theme where Brett swaps once he travelled an 800 km journey from Sydney to the Farm. The plot is episodic and highlights the permute in Brett. Episodes which show this change and that it is sometimes difficu lt for him include, walking a track from involutioning Mr Douglass, not permit his anger control him, hed lost one fight but won some otherAs well as apologising to Caitlyn realising that he was wrong and wanting to fix his mistakes, And hed learnt that the hard way that love couldnt be owned One main character was used to show the theme of a troubled one-on-one and ordinations way of dealing with them. Monk writes in third psyche but with Bretts perspective. He also used many utility(prenominal) characters who are a part of Bretts journey such as, his love interest Caitlyn, friends Josh, surface-to-air missile, Robbie and enemy Tyson. Monk also cleverly contrasted characters to highlight the aspects of society, for example, Sam diplomacys the kids like normal citizens, not criminals and tries to help them rebuild their lives, which is contrast to Mr Douglass who makes assumptions rough Brett and all of the boys at the conjure, not treating them as normal citizens of socie ty and not allowing them to show that people can change.Monk also used Bretts developing relationships to show his slow growth into soulfulness who has something to twisting society. For example, his relationship with Caitlyn teaches him that you need to treat people with love and respect to receive it, he also learnt that other peoples wants and needs are just as important as his own. His relationship with josh allows him to understandthat someone will always have it worse then you and that whatever is occurrent only you can control and change your future. Just remember, Brett, only you can change your life. The language used in the novel is directed at Monks youth audience. He uses colloquial language, when Brett calls the police (pigs) as well as lots of direct speech to show the interactions between Brett and the other characters, (Josh) I saw you perving at Caitlyn (Brett) what Is that her name?Monk uses descriptive language builds up the imaging of his characters, The man looked like an old cowboy or one of those guys who drive cattle, a stockman As well as the settings used, imagery is sometimes very symbolic for example, Brett leaves Sydney and arrives at the farm in a paddy wagon then 3 months later leaves back to Sydney in the paddy wagon but as a changed man. Monks presentation of the farm as a juvenile detention centre shows his audience another side of this issue. There is minimal security, few rules where Sam and Mary treat everyone as individuals dont call Brett a no-hopper Monks theme of the individual being responsible for his/her own actions is shown well.His characters show that when they make bad decisions there are repercussions. For example, Rebeccas decisions ruined her future, and Tysons bad choices ends him in jail. At the start of the novel Brett was consistently making bad choices but by the end of the novel Brett is making good choices, which is shown when he walks away from Mr Douglass. The epilogue of the novel shows the resu lt of this idea when Sam asks if hes well-read anything and he realises he has, lots of stuff, like friendship. Trust. Love. And loss. Even though he is going back to Sydney, in the same paddy wagon he came in, to go to a proper detention centre,Monk shows that Brett has changed through his thoughts at the end, He was young and he was going to start again Scott Monk wanted his readers to know that if you are in a bad side only you can change that, but having people around you who offer a second chance can be vital to bear witness that you can be a good person and you can change for the better.