Criminal of Society and Hero to the People
Through his year-long journey depicted throughout the novel Black Swan Green, Jason shows incredible growth from having to conform to society, to openly rejecting its rules. While his growth is gradual, when looking at the beginning of the book compared with the end of the book, one can see a stark difference in actions towards society. This need to conform can be seen during multiple instances in the book. The first scene is where he is participating in the hated game British Bulldogs. He says, “I hate British Bulldogs…but this morning, anybody who denied loving british bulldogs’dve looked a total ponce( Mitchel, 7).” Here, he shows his reasoning for playing the game despite his hatred of it; he plays in order to avoid looking bad in his society or like a “ponce”. Thus, he shows how his actions represent his need to conform to society because he is constantly tr...