Jetty Rats Rite of Passage Notes

groyne Rats is a story set in the sasss, write by Phillip Gwynne on the 6th of February 2004. The story is primarily about three kids c exclusivelyed Hunter, Storm and Jasmine that go through the rite of passage in which they are all told confronted with at some point in their adolescent lives. Hunters only goal in life is to catch a record breaking Mallow so he could make his dad proud, sadly Hunters dad disappeared when Hunter was eight years old whilst fishing on the rocks.Although everyone knows hes not coming jack, Hunter doesnt seem to swallow up it. These are the stages Hunter goes through that tell us he has gone through the Rite of Passage. The first issue that was stated is family. At the beginning of the novel Hunters dad was swept out to sea while fishing at his favorite spot on the rocks. Hunter thinks that it is dos fault that his dad went missing, because that day Drill was supposed to go fishing with his dad, but didnt. Drill let his dad break the rule of fishin g on rocks Thou Shall Not Fish On Your Own which lead to his dads disappearance.Hunter didnt accept his dad is robbery never coming back until the end of the novel when Hunter throws out his dads old rusty razes he had kept for five years and said Bloody extraterrestrials. Mustve done him ages ago The second issue in the story is friendship. Hunters best friends, Storm and Jasmine are all very different from each other and unique In there own way. Theyre the group that consists of four members in Dogleg bay known as the Jetty Rats. First there is there Is Storm and Jasmine (The twin girls Hunter calls The Photocopies) and Hunters best friend, Miracle and of coarse, Hunter.