Raw by Scott Monk, is about a young protagonist, sixteen year old Brett Dalton, who is sent to a youth rehabilitation center for juvenile delinquents after he is arrested for stealing from a bottle shop. Brett spends three months of his life at the institution where he is faced with different situations that affect his attitude towards his life. Brett experiences friendship, trust, love and lost at “the farm” and leaves a rehabilitated person then when he entered.
Brett doesn’t coincide with traditional narrative characters. He doesn’t come from a broken home, or has experience any emotional scarring event. As the title states, Brett is metaphorically ‘Raw’.
The characters of the text include Brett, who is the protagonist of the story, Sam who is the Director or caretaker of the institution, Frog and Josh
The setting of the institution or ‘the farm’ is similar to a boarding school in the country. The farm has classrooms, bunks, eating area, woodshop, paddock and many other similarities. These related characteristics create a sense of community within the institution, which is different to regular detention centers. The sense of community makes the detainees feel like they belong and are apart of something bigger in life. Because of this setting, the inmates’ experiences something better in life and in doing so are rehabilitated in the process.
Friendship is present in this narrative as Brett, is required to make friends within the camp to be able to co-exist and survive the three months of solitude. It turns out the friendships and relationships he builds during his time attending the farm allow him to see that t
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