literary devices. In Cloudstreet by Tim Winton‚ one of the most prominent of these devices is symbolism‚ which plays upon the aesthetic sensibilities harboured by the text’s audience and provides insight and deeper understanding to the themes of the novel. Indeed‚ Cloudstreet itself‚ the river and religious symbolism contribute to meaning and the author’s endorsement of love‚ family‚ determination‚ and spirituality in the search for completeness. The house Cloudstreet is deeply symbolic in
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The historical and social context of Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet enables the reader to have a deferent understanding of the action and themes throughout the text. · Cloudstreet is set between the events of World War II to the mid 1960’s. This is made clearly event when Rose pickles states " Yeah something terrible is up. Not the war." The context of the text affects the characters actions throughout the novel. · Cloudstreet is set in Subiaco Western Australia. This is the main setting that allows
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Text response homework: “Dolly and Oriel have more in common than they realise.’’ Tim Winton’s novel Cloudstreet presents two seemingly dissimilar families that are forced to live together in the same house. This piece of fiction contrasts many characters with diverse morals and behaviours‚ in particular the two mothers of the families‚ Dolly Pickles and Oriel Lamb. Beneath the surface‚ these women have more in common than they realise‚ especially when it concerns gaining power‚ suffering trauma
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Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet is a novel that fits into many genres‚ including that of family saga‚ gothic and magic realism. Although we can see evidence of all these in the text‚ it is the conventions of magic realism which work well in the creation of meaning and the formation of parallels between the society depicted within the novel‚ and a contemporary Australian. Some key elements of magic realist novels are that they include the use of fantastical elements‚ extensive use of symbols and imagery
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The reading of belonging in Cloudstreet is one of the more apparent and dominant readings. We as human beings have an innate need to belong‚ which makes the reading all the more prominent for the reader. For Winton to put such a focus on belonging in his book‚ he must have struggled with belonging sometime during his own life. Although we are told that as a child he had a close-knit family where everyone belonged‚ no matter how strange they were. Initially in Cloudstreet‚ no one belongs anywhere
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Sam: Character Profile 1) Compile a detailed background history about each character. · Sam’s father is Merv Pickles · Merv and Sam slept together (in the same bed) · Merv died whilst in a drunken state in bed with Sam · The image of his father‚ dead‚ lying next to him haunts him throughout his life. · Merv was a gambler · Sam inherited his (Merv’s) gambling addiction · Sam’s mother didn’t want Sam to be a jockey · Sam works on the island Albohros · Shovels guao phosphate on the island
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An inherent tension between stability and change is revealed through characterization in Cloudstreet. ‘It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary‚ decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.’ C. S. Lewis. Lewis’s hypothetical situation raises questions on how a person‚ the bird he is metaphorically referring to‚ must undergo a
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heartbreaking‚ hopeful saga‚ Cloudstreet‚ you are immersed in Australia: its histories‚ its peoples‚ its changing values‚ and its multiple longings. It is Australia imagined large and sprawling‚ but also in ordinary‚ intimate detail from a particular dot on the map: working class Perth‚ Western Australia‚ from the 1940s to the 1960s. Humorously‚ lyrically and poignantly‚ the novel probes questions of where and how to belong. Always already transient and haunted‚ belonging is a precious but fragile dream
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The most influential and complicated character in Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet is Dolly Pickles. Dolly has the ability to inflict a variety of emotions in the reader. Due to her persona to be a ‘slut‚’ alcoholic and a bad mother there are strong negative emotions invoked however as Dolly’s representation drastically changes the audience feels pity and sorrow for her. There are various symbols and language features that are associated with Dolly and as a consequence heighten the character’s influence
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for all the theatre which followed. ‘Cloudstreet’ has won countless awards‚ including the National Book Council ward‚ the West Australian Premier’s Award and the Miles Franklin Literary Award for its inspiring and influential narrative. Winton began his writing of ‘Cloudstreet’ while staying in an apartment maintained by the Literature Board of the Australia Council in Paris to give Australian writers an opportunity to live in Europe. The plot of ‘Cloudstreet’ is about the two families‚ the Lambs
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