Black Swan Green – Flashcards

-Protagonist -Ages 12-13 Years throughout the Novel -Bullied -Has a Stammer (Hangman) -Writes poetry under pseudonym

-Jason's pseudonym that he publishes poems in the "Black Swan Green Parish Magazine" under

Jason Taylor's best friend in Black Swan Green.

Jason's sister and a college bound student in BSG.

-Girl who likes Jason -Jason's first kiss -Tells Jason that she was waiting for him to finally stick up for himself

- The Girl Jason has a crush on - Dated Ross Wilcox -Slept with Grant Burch (Causes Ross Wilcox to lose his leg in incident)

- Dated Dawn Madden - Loses leg in motorcycle accident after seeing Dawn Madden with Grant Burch

Julia's boyfriend

- Older boy (Brother of Nick Yew) - A local hero/legend -Jason sees him having sex with Debby Crombie in "Bridle Path"

-Jason's speech therapists -South African

-Popular Boy

-Jason's Aunt (Moms Sister)

-Jason's uncle

-Jason's "Cool" cousin

-Jason's cousin, Hugo's little brother

-Popular boy -Member of the Spooks -Who Dawn Madden sleeps with making Ross Wilcox angry (Losing his leg)

-Tom Yew's girlfriend -Becomes pregnant with Tom Yews baby

Jason's Moms friend who has her manage one of the shops she owns

Jason's mom

Jason's Dad

-Belgian publisher of poetry whom meets with Jason in "Solarium" -Disappears at the end of "Solarium" -Jason receives a post card from her in Brazil later in the second "January Man" chapter

Young work associate of Jason's dad

Jason's Dads boss

The Bus driver

Jason's Dads mistress

Setting

Setting

Airy room

Jason Taylor is a 13-year-old with a stammer in the small village of Black Swan Green in Worcestershire. This chapter introduces many of the story's characters. -Jason publishes poetry under "Eliot Bolivar" -Jason breaks his grandfather's Omega (Expensive watch) -Talks about his stammer (Hangman) -Play British bulldogs on the ice -While peeing the "Sour Ant" scolds him -Jason has to touch a dead cat -He Hurts his ankle at night (While skating) and stays the night at the "Sour Ants" house

Jason goes into more detail about his struggles with stammering. He refers to this mental block as "hangman". He's scared to stand up and speak during the school's weekly rhetoric session, but is saved by a call from his South African speech therapist, Mrs. De Roos. -Jason's stammer began 5 years earlier -He calls his stammer "Hangman" -He trips on "N" and "S" words -Mrs. De Roo is his speech therapists -Mrs. De Roo saves Jason from reading to class by calling in to Jason's teacher -Gary Drake was angry that Jason didn't read

Introduces Jason's relatives who come for a visit, including cool, 15-year-old cousin Hugo Lamb who convinces Jason to try his first cigarette. -Uncle Brian criticizes Julia's decision not to go to Oxford or Cambridge, but to go to Edinburgh. He says it's only because of her boyfriend -Jason overhears his mother and Aunt Alice talking about the phone calls and Alice tells his mom to go back to working -Jason and Hugo play darts -Hugo teases Nigel and makes him cry -Jason plays asteroids at the Black Swan Green games rooms -Hugo steals a pack of cigarettes and creme eggs. -Jason smokes a cigarette with him

A fight between Burch and Wilcox ends with the former breaking his right wrist. Jason encounters Madden, a girl he has a crush on. She treats him like a dog. Escaping up a tree, Jason witnesses Tom Yew, on leave from the Navy, make love to Debby Crombie -Jason comes across a fight between Grant Burch and Ross Wilcox (Sides with Grant) -Grant loses the fight and hurts (breaks) his wrist -Jason sees Dawn Madden on a tractor -She splits a pastry (Danish) with him -She chases him off whenever he doesn't get her signals -While in a tree he sees Tom Yew and Debby Crombie having sex -Tom wakes up screaming and Debby comforts him -Jason finds Moron in a bath tub -They stumble across the "Malvern Loonybin"

This chapter explores Jason's perspective on the growing British instability in the Falklands War and arguments between his mother and father. Tom Yew is killed when his ship, the HMS Coventry, is bombed by Skyhawks. Eventually, a ceasefire is declared -Jason's parents fight about building a rockery (Mom is in favor of it, they in the end do get the Rockery) -After hearing that Russians are feeding the Argentinians information, Jason fears for WW3 -The "HMS Coventry" is bombed at war, and Tom Yew dies -Argentinians agree to ceasefire -Margaret Thatcher becomes a sort of National Hero -A Heron swoops down a takes on of the Koi from the water of the rockery that Jason's mom wanted installed

Jason's mother takes up an interest in running an art gallery part-time. Jason finds an invitation to join the Spooks, a local secret society made up of Noak, Burch, Swinyard, Peter Redmarley and John Tookey. Jason and Moran are challenged with making it through six back gardens in 15 minutes. Jason makes it with ten seconds to spare, but his friend Moran is injured when he falls through a greenhouse. -Jason tries to impress his classmates by pulling a "Ding-Dong ditching" prank on Mr. Blake -Jason opens his pencil case at school and finds a note that reads "The Graveyard 8 tonite Spooks" -Spooks: Secret group of boys in BSG. -Spooks members: Grant Burch, Pluto Noak, and John Tookey -To gain access to the Spooks they must: Go through 6 back yards in 15 minutes without being caught -Jason makes it -Moron falls through a greenhouse and is injured

Jason receives an invitation from the publisher of his poems. The real benefactor is revealed to be Madame Eva van Outryve de Crommelynck. She conducts sessions with him, offering constructive criticisms of his poems. Crommelynck is soon extradited as a result of her husband's financial scams in Germany. -Jason (Eliot Bolivar) is invited to a Vicarage and meets Madame Van Outryve de Crommelynck - Because of the Spooks incident he is bullied and pushed in muddy water Ross Wilcox - Crommelynck tells Jason to write under his own name -Jason spends time translating the first chapter of "Le Grand Meaulness" from French

Wilcox and Drake make fun of Jason for going to the cinema with his mother. Wilcox starts calling him "maggot", a name which grows within the school. Jason meets Holly Deblin, who tells him, "You're not a maggot. Don't let dickheads decide what you are." -Jason was spotted at the movies with his mother -Everybody begins to make fun of Jason (Especially Ross Wilcox, Gary Drake, Neal Brose, and Ant Little) -Ross Wilcox, Gary Drake, and another boy have to run to the bridge but take a detour and return 40 minutes later -The boys make a song about their substitute teacher with dirty lyrics (Him being gay) -The gym class is sentenced to a weeks detention - Jason learns from Moron that Debby Crombie is pregnant -When Jason is asked to read from "Lord Of the Flies" he stammers a lot and his steacher tells him to get his whistle from the staff room -There is an anti-bullying xerox copy in next to the whistle - Holly Deblin tells Jason that he isn't a maggot -Ross Wilcox and another boy throws Jason backpack on top of the Bus - Norman Bates tells him to get a bowie knife and cut Ross Wilcox's tendons

Jason is taken to fish and chip's by Danny Lawlor, a man who works under his father at Greenland. He later meets his father's boss, Craig Salt. Jason's mother takes over as manager of Yasmin Morton-Bagot's gallery, La Boite aux Mille Surprises. Jason and his mother prevent a trio of girls stealing items from the store. His mother decides to take him to see Chariots of Fire, an act which gets noticed by people from his school. -Jason goes on a trip with his dad to Lyme Regis -Jason spends most of the Day with Danny Lawlor -Jason's dad promises Jason that they can go fly kites in the morning -Jason's father comes back to the hotel drunk, and Jason sees him naked (Penis and all!!!) -While flying kites Jason's Dads boss comes over and falsely identifies a fossil -Jason visits Chelthenham with his mother -Looks at Omegas, but their too expensive -Jason sees "Chariots of Fire" with his mom

A gypsy knife grinder visits Jason's house, offering his services. Jason does not let him in. Jason and his father attend a village meeting to decide what to do about a proposed gypsy encampment. After several speeches, a fire alarm is pulled, causing minor panic. Moran's father reveals to Jason that his grandfather was a gypsy. Through a series of events Jason finds himself in the gypsy camp. -Jason's sister leaves for Edinburgh -There are 3 surprises in this chapter 1. New Tv 2. The Knife Grinder 3. Scalp -There is a meeting over gypsy's and there encampment -A majority of the town does not like the gypsy's -While taking a long route to avoid Ross Wilcox a dog steals Jason's backpack - While following the dog he ends up at the Gypsy camp learning that they are all regular people just like them -One of the boys carves Jason a rubber carving of Jason's head

Jason finds Wilcox's lost wallet, containing six hundred pounds, at the fair. After some encounters in the fair ground he decides to give it back. Wilcox breaks up with Madden and finds her sleeping with Burch. In shock, Wilcox steals Tom Yew's Suzuki and crashes it, losing part of his right leg. -Jason and Moron go the Goose Day holiday fair -Jason finds a wallet belonging to Ross Wilcox with 600 pounds -Jason sees his dad at the fair -Jason returns the wallet to Ross -Ross then leaves and finds Dawn Madden with Grant Burch - He hops on Grant Burch's motorcycle and loses control in a muddy patch and crashes. -Ross Wilcox loses part of his leg because of this

Taking place two weeks later, Jason reminisces around the village one final time before leaving. The mystery phone calls were from Jason's father's mistress, Cynthia. He has stopped writing poems for the parish magazine. -Jason hears two women talking about his family's scandal -Jason meets Cynthia (His father's mistress) -Jason is going to move soon -Jason goes back to the lake (One in the original January man) and talks to squelch -Jason confesses to the "Sour Ant" lady in the woods the whole Ross Wilcox story of his wallet, and lost leg -Jason looks through a box of keepsakes -Jason is very sad that he is going to lose everything and begins to cry, Julia comforts him telling him that everything will be alright in the end

It is learnt that Jason's father lost his job. Jason crushes Brose's calculator in a vice. After being taken to the Principal's office, Jason reveals that Brose has been running an extortion scheme, intimidating other boys in his year for money. Brose is expelled. Jason is kicked out of the Spooks. Miss Lippetts delivers a class about secrets and the ethics of revealing them. During the dance, Jason kisses Deblin. He reveals to his father that he broke the watch and his father reveals that he's been having an affair and is divorcing Jason's mother. -Jason crushes Neal Brose's calculator in a vice -Jason gets a phone call from Julia telling that she has a new boyfriend and that Jason should go to the disco -Jason goes and enjoys himself at the disco, dancing with the other kids -Jason and Holly Deblin meet up when the couples started to dance. (They kiss) -Jason confesses to his dad about what he had done at school, and about breaking his grandfather's watch -Jason's dad confesses to Jason about cheating