Power relations are represented in different ways in various texts depending on the historical era from which the text is produced. Jasper Jones is a coming-of-age novel written by Australian writer Craig Silvey in 2009. It follows the life of Charlie Bucktin, a thirteen-year-old resident of Corrigan, a rural mining town in Western Australia, then as he reaches adulthood. In order to protect Jasper Jones, the town's "troublemaker", he helps Jasper dispose of the corpse of Laura Wishart, the missing daughter of the county president and fights to keep this terrible secret. The power relations in this novel were reflected, reinforced and challenged in their own context and in my personal context through various narrative conventions. Racial power was reflected in the text through the context in which the text is placed. Sexual power has been reinforced in the contemporary context. Furthermore, both in the context of the text and in my own, the idea of ​​political power was called into question. In Jasper Jones, racial power was reflected through the representation of certain groups and individuals from the 1960s and the conflicts that took place. At the time the text was written, in the 1960s, racial prejudice was evident in Australia, particularly in rural areas which maintained a parochial and xenophobic society. Aboriginal people were not recognized as Australian citizens and, in some cases, not even as people. They were mistreated and generally considered uneducated drunkards and criminals. The descendants of white settlers and Aborigines were considered "half-castes" and were also not recognized as Australians. In the same context, there was growing hatred and resentment towards Vietnamese immigrants due to the impact...... middle of newspaper...... traditional views about who holds political power and their expected behaviors such that they were morally corrupt and abusive of their powers. The power relations in Craig Silvey's Jasper Jones have been represented in various ways in the context of the text and in my own. Through the depiction of Lus and Jasper Jones, racial power was reflected in the context of the 1960s text. In the contemporary context, sexual power was further reinforced through Charlie's point of view and the death of Laura Wishart in the plot. Political power was questioned in my current context as well as in the context of the text through the characterization of Pete Wishart and the Sarge. As society evolves, power relations also evolve, and so over time there will certainly be changes in who holds power in these relationships..