Chapter+20

=**Chapter 20 - Good Friday**=

**Summary of the chapter-**
//In the chapter before:// -Harley graffitied Nugent's store. -Aunt Beryl chained Harley up in the house which made Carl mad. -He approached Beryl while she was in the bowls club and yelled at her in front of everyone. //In our chapter:// -Aunt Beryl got home in the middle of the night and was annoyed about how Carl had embarrassed her -Carl decided that he would stay home and look after Harley for the day instead of working on the Barge. -Carl and Harley went to talk to Skip about not working for the day -Skip was happy about what Harley did to Nugent's store and told the boys to go to his house with Joy -Harley and Carl found Joy and Justine outside with the osprey -They took it in turns to hold a baby possum-Carl stayed in the Backyard and looked at the Osprey and watched it fold its strong wings //In the chapter after:// Carl stays at Joy's house and finds out about Maddie's sister who left when she was 17 and her brother brother who died years ago

**What have we learnt about the characters-**
//Harley-// In the previous chapters we learn that Harley has many different sides. Harley gets into a fight at school and 'Just about about killed Liam Wilson'. ( Page 83) But then he cries 'fighting tears, shame and misery trembling on his lower lip'. (page 91) He also make a cake with Joy and really enjoys it as you can read on page 88 in the old book. (108 in new book) Harley really likes joy and an example of this is when he goes to Joy's house for the second time to make the cake. 'He knocked and waited with a patience that Carl had not seen before'. (pg 102). Though these are his main sides sometimes he wants to be independent and wants to fit in. Carl is there and wants to protect him but sometimes Harley doesn't want him to interfere.( 'I don't need her to look after me. Don't need anyone' - page 93) However 'He's just a little boy' (page 129) and worries about the thought of getting kicked out of the house by Beryl and if his mum will ever some home. ( 'What about mum? When's she coming back? - page 23) //Aunt Beryl-// Beryl doesn't care about the boys and is extremely selfish. When Harley ruins her reputation even more by getting in trouble with the police she chains Harley up. Her resolutions are very wrong and unfair. She believes this is the only way to stop Harley from getting into trouble and going into town. She does not want to waste her time by trying to fix him up that's why she chains him up. She was extremely annoyed at Carl for embarrassing her in front of the town.( 'you embarrassed the crap out of me last night' -page 100) She also hit Harley so hard 'there was no disguising the angry red swelling across the boy's cheekbone'.(page 91) She doesn't learn how to control him and still wants to hurt Harley. She doesn't even think that how she treats them is wrong. She does not even spend any time on them and does not want to look after them if she does not get the money from the social security. This shows how selfish and unwilling she is towards Carl and Harley. //Justine-// Justine is very caring and gentle. She really takes a liking to the osprey and a little baby possum. Even though she is really big she treats them gently and tries to protect them. ('The girls arms rose carefully, her hands gliding slowly to the back of her neck' -Page 103) //Joy-// Joy is the exact opposite to aunt beryl. She really cares about Harley and wants to help him become a better person. Shes taught him many things, like how to make a cake and is very patient with him. She knows how to keep him happy and loves doing so. This shows how nice Joy is. She lost one of her children in an accident, her oldest daughter Helen left to live by herself and Maddie (the youngest daughter) wants to stay in Wiseman's cove.But Joy believes Maddie would benefit from living in the city with Helen. Looking after Harley gives Joy something to do and probably keeps her happy. We also find out about how Joy is surprised about how Harley and Carl have been treated in the past. "It was just an accident. Do you think I'm going to hit him?..............What's happened to you two?") This is what Joy says after Harley breaks the bowl. //Skip// Skip started to take a liking to Harley. He was fond of what Harley graffitied on Nugents store and started to laugh.('Finally he burst into laughter' -page 101) This shows us that Skip is starting to forget about his past and look to the future. He has realized that not all of the Matt's are bad and that he should give them a chance. ('any kid who takes on that old skinflint Nugent sounds fine to me'-Page 102) //Carl-// Carl really wants to protect Harley and is willing take whatever Beryl is going to do to him.( 'Carl covered the boy with his own bulk'- page 92) Carl is willing to stand up to Beryl in front of everyone. (in the chapter 'chains') Harley has had people walk in and out of his life for a long time but through Carl's eyes Carl believes that Joy is the best person to help Harley.(It's Joy. She's the only person who's been good to him since we came here.'-Page 107) Also Carl can be very gentle. Though he is really big he took the baby possum and was very gentle with it.('There, it's looped its tail around you. Sure sign that it's happy' -Page 104) He is also very curious. He looked at the osprey and watched its massive wings and it showed his love for all living things.

=Themes= When Beryl hits Harley it makes Carl realize how messed up his life really is at the moment and how important keeping the family together really is. Carl really want someone to love him and even thinks about resulting to Beryl. ('Carl I'm not your mother............Don't pretend that i am' -Page 50) Carl gets to know Justine and takes a liking to her. We learn that their personalities are quite similar and that they are both very gentle, kind hearted people. It shows that Carl is prepared to take a day off work on the barge if it means Harley is safe from his Aunt. He is also keeping Harley away from Beryl so that Beryl doesn't get frustrated at them both.
 * Family relationships**
 * Friendship**
 * Survival**

(All page numbers are referring to the old book)

Homework Task: Describe and draw what you think the Osprey would of looked like. Include color and annotations. Print it off and give it back to one of us. (Monica or Taylor)

