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laura wishart while the audience never meets laura, many other characters talk about her during the play. at 15 years old, laura was a similar age to Jasper and the pair had a very close friendship.
Similarly one may ask, how old is Laura Wishart in Jasper Jones?
laura wishart while the audience never meets laura, many other characters talk about her during the play. at 15 years old, laura was a similar age to Jasper and the pair had a very close friendship.
Likewise, how did Laura die in Jasper Jones?
In Jasper's glade, Eliza tells Charlie that she is responsible for Laura's death. Eliza claims that she followed Laura to Jasper's glade on the night Laura died. She silently watched as Laura sat and waiting for “someone” to arrive. Eventually, Laura climbed up a tree, tied a rope around her neck, and hanged herself.
"Jasper Jones," written by author Craig Silvey is the story of thirteen year old Charles "Charlie" Bucktin and his struggle to process and live with the fact that he helped Jasper Jones, the town trouble maker, cover up the death of Laura Wishart. The story takes place in Corrigan, Australia during the Vietnam War.