Jesus' School Days is about a boy, David, getting ready for school. He learns to communicate with other people, looking for his place in this world. The writer shows the problems of growing up: what does it mean to be human, what do you need to protect yourself from, what is more important - the mind or feelings? But Coetzee’s novel is not an educational manual - it encrypts the whole world in simple everyday situations. A world in which a savior must appear. But who or what do you need to save yourself from?