FREE ESSAY ON THE KILLING OF MUDEYE

THE KILLING OF MUDEYE

READING JOURNAL
This novel is about the killing of a small adolescent troubled boy whom was labelled
Mudeye because he was a real victim. I think that Ned is guilty because he has made
Linton Begg even weaker because he refused to hand out a friendship to Mudeye. He did
this because he was to good to be his friend and he didn't want to be payed out for
hanging around with someone so low and not liked.
Ned, Mudeye and Goldfinger have many things in common that include the desire to be
popular, the lack of happiness, they all are smart, they are all rich, Goldfinger and
Mudeye both have strengths such as Mudeye being smart at writing and Goldfinger needing
to get a better mark. They are all good at their work and they all have problems with
insecurity.
I think Ned could have saved Linton Begg because he could have become his friend and
helped him to be more secure. He also could have stopped people from hurting him mentally
as well. Ned didn't help Linton because had his own insecurities and was too selfish to
help.
The killing of Mudeye is like a game in life and death where people are rewarded or
punished. This is because there is a leader of the game, Goldfinger, and he rewards and
punishes people. Goldfinger especially does this to Mudeye. He punishes him to excess.
When he stole Mudeye's glasses he punished Mudeye by making him beg. He also rewarded him
into their group by making him have a joint and getting him sick. The punishment to
Mudeye was a reward to Goldfinger. He loved to see people weaker than him. He gained
strength from watching them suffer. The novel is largely about jealousy. It is about Ned
being jealous of Goldfinger because he is so good and has the best looking girl in the
school and Goldfinger is followed by everyone. There is even jealousy of Mudeye from
Goldfinger because Mudeye is such a good writer and Goldfinger gets jealous; he makes
Mudeye do his work so he can get a better mark. Goldfinger is also jealous because Mudeye
is liked more by one of the teachers then Goldfinger is and so Goldfinger tries to get
back at that teacher. He wants to punish them.
When Linton Begg writes, "I am only born to suffer" he is really speaking the truth
because his whole life was about suffering and being picked on and not liked by anyone.
His life was a total suffering right up to where he hung himself. He had a problem,
though it was Schizophrenia, where he heard voices and was always depressed. He was like
this because of his parents as well because they didn't like him and didn't care about
him. They didn't want him in their lives.
Mudeye is killed by his mental disorder but also his insecurity. He really did get the
mental disorder because he was so insecure and nobody wanted to know him not even his
mother and father. He was alone and marginalised continually by everyone.
The Killing of Mudeye is about reconciliation with the past and Ned does achieve it very
well because he is really disturbed when he relives his whole school life. He decides to
face where the killing of Mudeye is done and it makes him feel a lot better. His son had
helped him to because he found a friend like Mudeye and didn't care and it made his
father feel better.
Linton Begg dies and a lot of the people in the book did get what they want even Ned who
faces all his problems real well. Linton Begg also ends up happy because all his pain is
gone and he is finally free.
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