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LA Postcards

            
             LA Postcards by Glyn Parry presents the unusual friendships between Jamie and Margie. The storyline develops around the basic human desire to feel needed and accepted. In LA Postcards Jamie tries desperately to be accepted by Margie and his father. The narrative techniques are used are point of view, characterization and setting.
             Jamie wants to feel accepted by his peers and his father. Jamie proudly shows Davo the postcard, which he received from his father. Jamie has the money to go over to California to be with his dad. But he will not consider going until his dad calls for him because he wants to feel needed by his father. This shows to the reader that Jamie wants to be needed and accepted. When Jamie has a problem he goes for a surf to release all of the stress about his life so he doesn't feel accepted.
             Margie wishes to feel wanted and accepted by her parents and Jamie. Margie's parent are very controlling and have extremely high expectations of her and wants her to do well in school. Margie wants to be accepted by Jamie later on in the book but until then want nothing to do with him. Whenever Margie gets a problem she locks her self in the room and sulks about the problem. Margie tells Sharon most of her problem but not all of them.
             Jamie attempts to feel wanted and accepted by Margie. Jamie sees Margie in the library and thinks that it is a good time to go talk to her. Margie knows that Jamie is not the type of person that will go to the library. Jamie starts to talk to her and she takes it the wrong way and thinks that Jamie is trying to embarrass her Jamie has lot of attempts to be wanted and accepted by Margie and she needed to be accepted too.
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             Jamie tries once more this time it is at the school social. Jamie thought that he could come in and be her man in shining armor and rescue her from the school bully. Margie thinks that he is really trying to embarrass her. A bit later on Margie catches on to him and they both sneak out of home to meet at the oval and they talk.


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