Loss In Jane Harrison's Stolen

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Group Concept Through a collaborative group effort, we identified the major themes and concepts in Jane Harrison’s Stolen. From this, our group decided to focus on the theme of ‘loss’ and it’s many ways of impacting people. Definition – Lose 1. “to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery.” 2. “to suffer the deprivation of.” [http://www.dictionary.com/browse/lose] This theme will be explored in an alternate direction for each individual character, of whom we have chosen Jimmy, Sandy, and Ruby, each one telling a different story within our piece: Jimmy Seen as a mischievous and cheeky young boy, Jimmy falls to drinking as an answer to his …show more content…

Further along her dark story, she also gradually descends into madness and as such, losses her sanity. We decided to focus on these three characters as their stories show the greatest deviation from one another. Though their stories begin in the same direction of them being stolen as children, their journeys set them on their own path and resolutions. Jimmy battles with the voices in his mind tearing him down and ultimately loses and gives up on the fight, taking his own life. Sandy contrasts from the other two, as he is not tormented and beaten by other forces, but just wants to have a family again. With determination and a fight to keep going, Sandy continues his journey to finding his place; his home. Ruby and Jimmy’s stories share many similarities though contrast, as though they both suffer on their journey and end in a state incomparable to their beginning, Jimmy’s leads to death and Ruby’s leads to insanity and brokenness. Despite having a similar resolution, they both face the same struggle of society taking something that belonged to them. This will be further explored as an overarching theme, as the Stolen Generation as a whole lost their identity and is a ‘lost’

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