Swerve the novel, is a fictional book written by Phillip Gwynne. The book is about a young boy, Hugh ‘Brockie’ Twycross who started off as a normal grammar school boy from Sydney who was handed an opportunity of a lifetime, a cello audition. At the same time his Poppy, who he didn’t have much communication with suddenly began spending time with him. Poppy had the urge to go on an adventurous road-trip with Hugh. Hugh wasn’t a fan of the idea to begin with neither was his mother as she had no relation with him due to the past. Finally, Poppy convinces Hugh to join him; they get up to all kinds of trouble as they make their way across Australia to Uluru. This essay will explain the changes of Hugh along the way, the causes of these changes and
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The changes that happen to Hugh in the book occur on the last day of school, he gets an opportunity to go on a road trip across the country with his Poppy. From that day on, Hugh changed. He started talking and dressing differently, his interests in music changed from classical to Elvis, he becomes more confident when talking to girls, for example when he met Montana he flirted with her to get out of a fine, “’hey Montana?’ ‘Yeah?’ ‘What time you get off work?’ ‘Five.’ ‘You want to, I don’t know, go have a coffee or something?’” (Swerve, Pg78). Hugh becomes more rebellious; he disobeys his parents, breaks the law and drives off on the police. The changes discussed occurred when Poppy entered Hugh’s life. Before they left for the road trip, Poppy showed Hugh his Monaro, from this moment in the novel Hugh and Poppy bonded so well, whether it was over cars, music or any topic that came up. Examples of Hugh in his rebellious moments were when he drove away from the police. ‘Pull over!’ Said Poppy. ‘I didn’t break the limit, he did.’ ‘I said “Pull over”.’ I pulled over. So did the police car. A young-looking constable got out and approached our car. ‘Now kick it in the guts!’ Ordered Poppy (Swerve,
The changes that happen to Hugh in the book occur on the last day of school, he gets an opportunity to go on a road trip across the country with his Poppy. From that day on, Hugh changed. He started talking and dressing differently, his interests in music changed from classical to Elvis, he becomes more confident when talking to girls, for example when he met Montana he flirted with her to get out of a fine, “’hey Montana?’ ‘Yeah?’ ‘What time you get off work?’ ‘Five.’ ‘You want to, I don’t know, go have a coffee or something?’” (Swerve, Pg78). Hugh becomes more rebellious; he disobeys his parents, breaks the law and drives off on the police. The changes discussed occurred when Poppy entered Hugh’s life. Before they left for the road trip, Poppy showed Hugh his Monaro, from this moment in the novel Hugh and Poppy bonded so well, whether it was over cars, music or any topic that came up. Examples of Hugh in his rebellious moments were when he drove away from the police. ‘Pull over!’ Said Poppy. ‘I didn’t break the limit, he did.’ ‘I said “Pull over”.’ I pulled over. So did the police car. A young-looking constable got out and approached our car. ‘Now kick it in the guts!’ Ordered Poppy (Swerve,