A New Kind of Dreaming by Jamie Riley Essay

Jamie Riley changing for the better through come forth the novel A New Kind of conceive of is thanks to many of the events throughout his keep in Port Barren. The courts sending Jamie to Port Barren on Isolated Cargon, I find, is the best thing they put one across done for him. Even though he was targeted, threatened and set-up, he managed to endure it, and come out the other side a better somebody. He flush toilet only owe it to Port Barren and its people for the turnaround in his life.Jamies poor positioning and behaviour issues are no fault of his own. They are at the fault of both his father and late mother. His mother had passed when Jamie was quite young, and his father was of no use every last(predicate), usually too pissed to worry almost anything, particularly the boys. Having no parents meant that both Jamie and Eddie could do whatever they like and not have to reap the consequences. Jamie and Eddie both took full advantage of this situation, and it hasnt done eithe r of them any favours. Eddie is now behind bars, nonoperational with no concept of the severity of the situation. He unless continues to think that it doesnt matter, that he will get out and go and find Jamie in Port Barren and theyll live happily ever after.This attitude of Eddies plays a major part in influencing Jamie, specially because Eddie is the only person Jamie can look up to, and he isnt what I would call a good influence. So as Jamie carries this attitude into Port Barren, he cops a bit of shit for it. As soon as he arrives in Port Barren, he stops dead still in the road with shock, as if something bad, something evil had reached out and touched him as he crossed the road. After this little incident, mid-way thru a conversation among Jamie and his social worker Lorraine, a comment she makes, startles Jamie a little bit This is it, Jamie. This is your last chance. As much as he had heard it all before, he knew that for some reason, this actually was his last chance.Bei ng Jamies last chance, before Jail, hed been putting in the hard yards. He was attending school, and had execute quite close with Cameron, who was becoming more and more like a brother as the story unfolded, and had settled at Archies. Often, of an evening, Jamie would go for long walks, to think,and at times to release some steam. However, on the way back from one of his regular walks, after seeing Butcher burning the school down, Butcher followed him home, and just before Archies stopped Jamie blamed him for burning the school down. Jamie tried to defend himself, but Butcher just smacked him over the back of the head with his baton and threw him in the back of the police truck. After a torturous ride in the back of the police truck, Butcher deserted Jamie at an old tap Station, Flaheretys Curse, handcuffed to a retaining pole.Cameron managed to decipher where Jamie was, however, another visit from Butcher, he smashed Camerons Fathers car into the Mining Hut, and left. Which me ant if the boys even wanted a chance of survival, theyd have to hike it back to town, a very strenuous journey, especially after all of Jamies experiences. The boys found the previous person Butcher had left out there, who was unlucky enough to have died out there, and they bought her skeleton back too. After their near-death experiences on their travels, and being struck with pure luck, of determination a watering hole and two recreational hikers, who gave them a ride back to Port Barren, they made it back. Butcher, furious with the news, made a beeline for Archies house, in search of Jamie, and after a call from Cameron, he made for his sacred place, the boat.Butcher, eventually finding Jamie, set the boat alight, and upon Jamies escape from the inferno, held him at gunpoint. convey to some ingenuity from Robb, Cameron and Archie, they managed to make it before it was too late, and Robb shot Butcher in the shoulder, saving Jamies life. They made contact with the Karratha Police, and had Butcher arrested and charged. Once all the fuss was settled, Jamie returned to Archie, and in reference to a story Archie had told Jamie, he asked if he was a wanderer or a lost one, and Archies reply was neither mate, youre a local. This was a massive milestone for Jamie.Clearly Jamie realises that he needs to pull his finger out or he has had it. This is shown aright throughout the novel. Jamie does well at school, offers to give Archie around the house occasionally and he is off the streets. He feels different, usually when he was sent to Foster Homes, theyd all smother him, and nurture him, and treat him like an idiot, however, Archies was different, he had the freedom to do whatever he liked, but most of the time, hed be controlled hed stay at home, and sleep orstudy. Also, throughout his stay in Port Barren, he felt as if he had a Guardian Angel, constantly watching over him and speaking to him. In the words of the narrator, The girls presence filled Jamie. Shed been watching him, part him, calling him, ever since the moment hed stepped off the bus and into Port Barren.I find that Jamie is also very grateful for the experiences throughout his stay in Port Barren, as good or as bad as they were, because if it wasnt for them, hed still be the same upstart delinquent hed come as, and for all we know, couldve ended up in Prison with Eddie.