The novel that I most enjoyed from the ‘Rites of Passage’ and that I have chosen for this task is ‘Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude, Get a life’, a touching book with numerous teenage issues. After reading this remarkably insightful book, the idea that I identified as a key issue was how all three girls were completely different in personality, but somehow in the end they managed to form an unlikely yet strong friendship.
The visual representation that I thought best metaphorically mirrored this issue was an electrical wire.
‘Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude, Get a life’ is about three totally different girls, Katerina, a smart, beautiful girl who comes from a wealthy family, Jude a fiery young woman and Carmel, a reserved musician, all embarking a year in the big city along with enduring and assisting each other through love, heartbreak, and family conflicts while shaping an unbreakable bond.
The differences in personality of the three girls, Katerina, Carmel and Jude is reflected in this electrical wire through the three smaller wires each with their own colour, that are found in side the main white wire. The smaller wires come across as being just the same wire yet each with a unique use also reflect how all three girls appear as three teenage girls yet have a different path in life. (more…)