Stylistic Analysis Of Anna's Vertigo '

Good morning Mrs. Tattio, Mr. Ellis and students i will be speaking to you about a new hsc prescribd text Amanda lohrey’s vertigo, the ideas conveyed in the text are the connection to place and coping with grief and loss. Similarly, in my related text stolen by jane Harrison, I will be focusing on the protagonist, Ruby who was forced to work as a domestic from a young age, whose mental health was adversely affected by the sexual abuse of her white ‘carers’. The themes I will be discussing in this hybrid style play is innocence and racism.

The search for a place that accommodates Luke and Anna’sg sea-change leads us to an appreciation of the value of a home which can ultimately convey the changing experience of people. Anna describes her vertigo, she doesn’t know what’s happening and the visual imagery of “dance swiriling” provides this for us. To picture what her anxiety is
Perhaps an individual needs an awakening to help seek a fresh start. In luke and Anna’s case, the bush fire acts as a catalyst for their fresh start and change. Distinctive imagery is created through the similie of the trees being “primitive totoems” of the ground metaphorically ‘a carpet of ash’ Through only this moment, Luke realises the extent of his greif. We are also foreshadowed the bushfire in random parts of the novel the “thin stunted sticks” and “the casuarina’s a very dry” the effectof this _____ in addition to this, the flashback also reveals to the reader a more complex reason for Luke and Anna’s desire to move from their old life in the city. The with-holding of this revelation until the end of the novel intrigues the reader and creates suspense in the novel. An important symbol in this novel is Luke’s navy sweater because it ties in to the death of his child when the sweater is discarded and burnt by a stray ember, their old life symbolised by their sweater gives way to their new life symbolised by the