Theme Of Friendship In Jackie French's 'Refuge'
What is friendship? Everyone has a different definition of a friend, but for me a friend can be defined as someone who is always there for you. Giving their shoulder to comfort you, helping resolve your problem and making you simile when you are sad. Good morning Miss Sofartizis and my fellow classmates. Today I will be discussing with you the theme friendship and its importance in Refuge by Jackie French. Jackie French has emphasised friendship many different ways in this book, she allows the audience to relate to the all the different types of cultures in Refuge and shows the strong friendship everyone builds on their journey through meeting new people and gaining courage to return back to the real world.
Jackie French narrates that “He …show more content…
I’m not going till you step through that door”. Susannah says this to billy when he refuses to go back to the real world. The technique that French uses is a hyperbole, this exaggerates part of the quote “I’ll stay here till the sea washes every grain of sand away”. This makes the audience see that Susannah might have seen Billy in a different way, more than just a friend.
In the final chapters where Faris meets Susannah as an old lady, she discusses with him that from their Refuge they have taken memories and as well as something else. Jackie French narrates that, “The gift of friendship. Every one of us, bruised and battered by other people. We learned understanding there. We learned that together we were strong.” French has used emotive language to communicate with the audience that, each and every one of them went through hardship and courage to get them to a place where they didn’t need to worry about war and conflicts.
To conclude my speech, I strongly believe that friendship is the most important theme in Refuge, because of the strong bond every individual in this book formed with each other, and this helped everyone believe in themselves and gain courage to return back to their real home and face the wars and conflict that had waited them.
So, would you have left the Refuge and returned back
Jackie French narrates that “He …show more content…
I’m not going till you step through that door”. Susannah says this to billy when he refuses to go back to the real world. The technique that French uses is a hyperbole, this exaggerates part of the quote “I’ll stay here till the sea washes every grain of sand away”. This makes the audience see that Susannah might have seen Billy in a different way, more than just a friend.
In the final chapters where Faris meets Susannah as an old lady, she discusses with him that from their Refuge they have taken memories and as well as something else. Jackie French narrates that, “The gift of friendship. Every one of us, bruised and battered by other people. We learned understanding there. We learned that together we were strong.” French has used emotive language to communicate with the audience that, each and every one of them went through hardship and courage to get them to a place where they didn’t need to worry about war and conflicts.
To conclude my speech, I strongly believe that friendship is the most important theme in Refuge, because of the strong bond every individual in this book formed with each other, and this helped everyone believe in themselves and gain courage to return back to their real home and face the wars and conflict that had waited them.
So, would you have left the Refuge and returned back