Away By Michael Gow Essay
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Introduction Thesis – In the novel Away by Michael Gow all the characters have the desire to win and this can be interpreted as making the right choices for a good life. These attitudes to life can be seen through the characters Gwen, Harry, Vic and Tom.
Body Paragraph One –
Topic sentence – The character Gwen is the main protagonist who has a desire to win in the play Away. Gwen is seen as a stereotypical nagging wife and a mother who can be classified as a snob. Gwen’s dialogue is full of negativity and she is seen as a source of conflict and a barrier to winning a good life for her family. This is shown through her choice of achieving a good life by purchasing a new …show more content…
However, she is pushing her family away driving them to always have conflict. “This case won’t close” Page 16 is a prime symbol which demonstrates the conflict in her family as Gwen has thought about her choices in life to gain money but has achieved this goal with the expense of her family.
Link – Gwen’s desire to win and her definition of living a good life is different from Harry’s and Vic’s.
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Topic sentence - Harry and Vic live with an existential view on life. Their son Tom is dying and they live positively and strong for him.
Explanation - Gow uses the “storm” as a visual symbol to solve the conflict between the family of Gwen, Meg and Jim which is dramatically contrasted to the family of Harry, Vic and Tom as they already experienced their storm and have no conflict to reconcile. The stage direction of “the light becomes warm and intense” after the storm shows that this family have escaped the storm as they have nothing to realise or to change. The storm is used as the healing power of nature as it pushes away the losers in this play and everyone can use it as a learning experience. The storm foreshadows events in the play to come and can be seen as the turning point for the external turmoil.
Link – With this symbolic storm the family now realise they have to
Explain the point
Support the point
Link the point
Introduction Thesis – In the novel Away by Michael Gow all the characters have the desire to win and this can be interpreted as making the right choices for a good life. These attitudes to life can be seen through the characters Gwen, Harry, Vic and Tom.
Body Paragraph One –
Topic sentence – The character Gwen is the main protagonist who has a desire to win in the play Away. Gwen is seen as a stereotypical nagging wife and a mother who can be classified as a snob. Gwen’s dialogue is full of negativity and she is seen as a source of conflict and a barrier to winning a good life for her family. This is shown through her choice of achieving a good life by purchasing a new …show more content…
However, she is pushing her family away driving them to always have conflict. “This case won’t close” Page 16 is a prime symbol which demonstrates the conflict in her family as Gwen has thought about her choices in life to gain money but has achieved this goal with the expense of her family.
Link – Gwen’s desire to win and her definition of living a good life is different from Harry’s and Vic’s.
Body Paragraph Two –
Topic sentence - Harry and Vic live with an existential view on life. Their son Tom is dying and they live positively and strong for him.
Explanation - Gow uses the “storm” as a visual symbol to solve the conflict between the family of Gwen, Meg and Jim which is dramatically contrasted to the family of Harry, Vic and Tom as they already experienced their storm and have no conflict to reconcile. The stage direction of “the light becomes warm and intense” after the storm shows that this family have escaped the storm as they have nothing to realise or to change. The storm is used as the healing power of nature as it pushes away the losers in this play and everyone can use it as a learning experience. The storm foreshadows events in the play to come and can be seen as the turning point for the external turmoil.
Link – With this symbolic storm the family now realise they have to