Jason Taylor Becomes a Spook?! (Not Clickbait)
When it comes to all of the books we’ve read in this class so far, Black Swan Green is easily my favorite. Despite the very British dialogue being a little incomprehensible at times, Jason Taylor was my favorite character to read and learn about. Especially because of the ending to this book. When he got revenge on blank and others for all that he’d been through over the course of this book, it felt truly rewarding. Though, his behavior with that scene made me wonder: Jason in a way sort of became a Spook. But not the one he tried to become in the Spooks chapter. The rashness of his actions reminded me of what the Spooks were back in the day, and I think it makes sense to call Jason one of those. When the Spooks group is introduced to us in the promptly named Spooks chapter, they are described as this kick-ass group of teens (specifically originally farmhands) who enact vigilante-type justice on those who deserve it, doing good deeds in their own way. That’s what the original Spooks w...