Ginger Character Analysis in Jerusalem

Ginger is one of Johnny’s friends and seems to know Johnny the best out of anyone. Although Ginger rarely believes a word that comes out of Johnny’s mouth, he enjoys getting Johnny to tell stories. In part, he enjoys picking Johnny’s stories apart, but they also amuse him. Although is relationship with Johnny is sometimes combative, Ginger appreciates his company and friendship. He also values what Johnny used to represent in the community back when he was a daredevil. Although Ginger does not believe Johnny’s tall tales, he is the first person to give him credit for his actual accomplishments. During the climax of the play, when Troy and his lackeys are assaulting Johnny, Ginger shows up and witnesses the tail end of the attack. However, rather than step in and help his friend, he stays hidden and only shows his face after Johnny’s assailants leave.

Ginger Quotes in Jerusalem

The Jerusalem quotes below are all either spoken by Ginger or refer to Ginger. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

DAVEY: They’ve got a point, though, haven’t they? I’m not being funny, right, but if you’re sat in your brand-new house you’ve sweat your bollocks off to buy, and find out four hundred yards away there’s some ogre living in a wood…I bet it never said in the brochure: ‘Detached house, three beds with garden overlooking wood with free troll. Free ogre what loves trance music, deals cheap spliff and whizz, don’t pay no tax, and has probably got AIDS. Guaranteed non-stop aggravation and danger.’ I bet that weren’t in the brochure.

Related Characters: Davey (speaker), Ginger, Fawcett, Parsons, Johnny “Rooster” Byron, Lee

Page Number and Citation: 21

Explanation and Analysis:

After Johnny leaves to go inside his trailer, Davey, Lee, and Ginger discuss his situation with the local authorities. Here, Davey takes the side of those who want Johnny to leave—he chooses not to defend his friend and the place where he often spends his time. Davey’s position is not exactly a betrayal, though calling Johnny an “ogre” is not exactly a ringing endorsement either. Rather, Davey is more accepting and understanding of the wants and needs of regular people than someone like Johnny who could not care less. This is an important moment in the play because it places Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Ac

GINGER: He’s dead. They pronounce him stone dead. St. John’s put a blanket over him. Paperwork, everything. All the mums are crying, how they should build a statue to him in the town square, when suddenly everyone turns round and he’s gone. He’s vanished. There’s just a blanket with nothing under it. They follow this trail of blood across the field, past the whirler-swirler, into the beer tent, up to the bar, where he’s stood there finishing a pint of Tally-Ho.

Related Characters: Ginger (speaker), Johnny “Rooster” Byron

Page Number and Citation: 30

Explanation and Analysis:

Here, Ginger relates a story about a time when Johnny attempted a daredevil stunt and ended up “stone dead.” It is a notable moment because, throughout the play, Ginger goes out of his way to invalidate Johnny’s fantastical stories. More than any other character, Ginger strives to keep Johnny honest and does not allow him to self-mythologize. However, in this moment, Ginger does some mythologizing for Johnny. The story he tells is seemingly impossible according to the laws of medicine and science. The fact that Johnny survived (or was resurrected) reinforces his mythic character in its suggestion that there is Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore

DAVEY: Who can say these days. You ask me, BBC Points West has lost its way.

GINGER: What?

DAVEY: Points West used to be solid local news. First they’ve done the cuts, merged with Bristol, now it’s half the bloody country.

Related Characters: Ginger (speaker), Davey (speaker)

Page Number and Citation: 54-55

Explanation and Analysis:

After Johnny tells his story about the giant, Davey and Ginger get into a fight about the story’s veracity. Davey takes Johnny’s side because he is skeptical of the media in recent years. Davey’s critique of the media speaks to the play’s larger theme of how England treats communities like Flintock. In the same way that Flintock leaves Johnny behind, there is a sense that England is leaving Flintock behind. As the country’s population grows and larger news organizations absorb local news broadcasts, the concerns of a small town like Flintock do not make it to air. In the same Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi ne

DAWN: I get here and you’re sitting around, getting pissed with a bunch of kids. The police are coming. They’re going to bulldoze this place. You’re having a party.

Related Characters: Dawn (speaker), Ginger, Johnny “Rooster” Byron, Marky

Page Number and Citation: 60

Explanation and Analysis:

Dawn confronts Johnny because, rather than taking their son, Marky, to the fair, he is partying with a group of teenagers and Ginger. Although Johnny wants to avoid the question of what will happen to his home, Dawn confronts it directly and confirms it will be demolished. From Dawn’s perspective, Johnny is trying to hang on to something he has already lost—and ruining his son’s day in the process. In addition to Johnny’s illegitimate claim to the land (at least from the local council’s perspective), the people of Flintock dislike Johnny because they believe he is a negative influence on Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis.

GINGER: I thought we were mates.

JOHNNY: Mates.

GINGER: I thought we were. Friends and that.

JOHNNY: I see. I see. Well. Listen to me now. Listen very careful. (Beat.) We’re not friends. I’m not your friend. I’m Johnny Byron. I’m nobody’s friend. Is that clear? Now get. You and all these rats. Just leave me alone. Or yours is what’s coming.

Related Characters: Ginger (speaker), Johnny “Rooster” Byron (speaker), Phaedra

Page Number and Citation: 96-97

Explanation and Analysis:

This conversation is the last time Johnny and Ginger speak to each other in the play. Throughout the play, it seems that Ginger is the person who knows Johnny best: he is around the most, and he has known Johnny for a long time. Although Ginger tends to give Johnny a hard time, he also appears to have genuine respect from him and is hurt when Johnny tells him they are no longer friends. This moment is a major turning point for Johnny’s character because, with the possible exception of Phaedra (who is still hiding inside his trailer), he has Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commo

Ginger Character Timeline in Jerusalem

The timeline below shows where the character Ginger appears in Jerusalem. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

Ginger, one of Johnny’s friends, enters the grove singing songs about summer, unity, and the Flintock... (full context)

Ginger switches the subject to tell Johnny he is banned from The Cooper, a local bar.... (full context)

Johnny tries to make excuses for his behavior, but Ginger doesn’t let him. Ginger tells him that he has finally been banned from every bar... (full context)

A man whom Ginger and Johnny call Professor arrives on the scene, calling out for Mary. His sudden appearance... (full context)

Johnny reintroduces Professor to Ginger. Professor asks Ginger if he is in the Maths department. Ginger tells Professor that he... (full context)

Ginger gets up and goes inside the mobile home to prepare breakfast. Johnny gives Professor a... (full context)

After Professor is gone, Ginger comes out of the mobile home holding bacon rolls. He talks to Johnny about how... (full context)

The horn wakes up a young man named Lee who—unbeknownst to Ginger—was asleep on the couch Johnny placed on his mobile home’s porch. It takes a moment... (full context)

Ginger says he thought Lee was supposed to be leaving for Australia. Lee responds that he... (full context)

As Ginger and Lee discuss Lee’s upcoming trip, another one of Johnny’s associates, Davey, walks up to... (full context)

...Johnny lies and says they are agents who came to ask him to join MI6. Ginger turns around and spots the notice Parsons and Fawcett left on Johnny’s door. Johnny tries... (full context)

...underneath Johnny’s mobile home. Pea takes a moment to get her bearings. Tanya immediately tells Ginger that he missed a great party. (full context)

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...heads inside the mobile home. When he closes the door, the notice once again draws Ginger’s attention. Lee and Davey talk about how a new housing development is going up near... (full context)

Ginger tells Lee that Johnny used to be the main attraction at the Flintock Fair: he... (full context)

Ginger says that Johnny stopped performing his daredevil stunts after the local council made it illegal... (full context)

...back. Lee comes up with a complicated scheme to pay Johnny back, which involves sending Ginger money from Australia. However, Johnny still refuses to give them any drugs. Lee and Johnny... (full context)

...village, Johnny takes the notice off his door and reads it. At the same time, Ginger walks up with a schedule for the fair and starts reading it to Johnny. Johnny... (full context)

...and blows a whistle, causing everyone to stand at attention. Johnny hands a jar to Ginger. Ginger opens the jar, which contains pills, and begins feeding everyone drugs. Everyone starts dancing... (full context)

...fake stories about his father and his childhood. No one believes a word he says, Ginger least of all. Ginger gets stuck on a story Johnny tells about how he was... (full context)

...for Australia. Lee thanks Tanya for the song and then starts to cry. Davey and Ginger lightly tease Lee until he snaps out of his somber mood. (full context)

...that he never tried to jump Stonehenge, but he met the giant that built it. Ginger asks him to elaborate, knowing that a fake story is coming. Johnny tells a story... (full context)

When Johnny finishes his story, Ginger begins to pick apart the logic of his story. He says that the BBC would... (full context)

Ginger asks Johnny to show him the drum to prove that it is indeed real. Johnny... (full context)

...asking questions. Johnny answers all of them before she can even finish asking, which makes Ginger angry. He accuses Johnny of rigging the game by memorizing the questions in advance. Everyone... (full context)

...they can talk alone. Johnny refuses, which makes Troy angrier. He begins insulting Pea and Ginger, who try to stick up for Johnny and Phaedra. In response, Johnny says, “You’re just... (full context)

...a goldfish in a bag. Johnny does not respond to the knocks on the door. Ginger walks up wearing a helmet and holding a coconut. Lee suggests that Ginger take off... (full context)

Ginger asks Lee if Johnny is around. Lee says he is unsure. Davey tells Ginger that... (full context)

...Phaedra runs away, but the men grab Johnny, violently beating him as Troy stands guard. Ginger shows up as the men are beating Johnny. Ginger hears Johnny scream, but he runs... (full context)

Ginger returns to Johnny and asks what happened. Johnny does not give a clear answer, though... (full context)

Once Ginger leaves, Johnny turns around and sees Marky behind him. Marky tells Johnny that he got... (full context)

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Ginger Character Timeline in Jerusalem