engage the reader and to aid in their perception of the text. Setting supplies the context of the novel through both time and place and is also linked to character development. Cloudstreet‚ written by the famous West Australian author Tim Winton‚ is a novel which places a strong emphasis on symbolic setting. Cloudstreet is the name given to a worn-out house of previous splendor‚ in which two contrasting rural families find themselves sharing not only the house‚ but timeless memories as well. Winton’s
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[Salutations] Today I will be discussing how the Contemporary Australian novel Cloudstreet‚ by Tim Winton‚ is of value and how it is received in different contexts. I will firstly discuss how the novel is of value because of the presence of universal‚ timeless themes of: the search for a sense belonging and the importance of family. Being post-modern readers‚ we believe that the reception of a text depends on our context and value system. Consequently‚ a text can hold many interpretations. In the
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Australian writer‚ Tim Winton’s iconic novel ‘Cloudstreet’ chronicles the lives of two working class Australian families who come to live together in One Cloud Street‚ a suburb of Perth‚ Western Australia. Cloud street encompasses critical Australian themes of family relationships‚ finding values within the stimuli of life and through this finding your cultural identity and exploring themes of religion and spiritually. Winton has cleverly examined the historical background of our country to incorporate
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Q. “Comment on the ways in which understanding a texts context of production would help readers make meaning from it” A. Cloudstreet‚ written by Tim Winton in the 1980’s and published in 1991‚ is a novel born out of its historical context. It agrees and affirms many of the key ideas of the time; that national pride is crucial towards Australian national identity‚ and the evolving acceptance of the Indigenous having rights to their own land. However‚ the text rejects more notions of the time
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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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Cloudstreet Dramaturge/designer Report Dramaturge: The dramaturge explores the inner and outer world of the play and how the use of Design can be appropriate to the plays context and accurately portray the playwright’s intention while still conforming to the conventions and practices of the period. Location: Mainly Nedlands Western Australia (no. 1 Cloudstreet) but also rural WA‚ Margaret River and Geraldton. Time: 1943-1963 Social Conditions: Final two years of World War Two‚ The Korean
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English Speech: How would you feel if your mother had to clean other people’s houses to make a living? How far would you really go for a friend‚ would you sacrifice a love life‚ your education? Out of all the books I have read‚ I absolutely love Tim Winton’s short stories‚ 2 short stories that I loved are “On Her knees” and “Big World”. I have particularly enjoyed “On her knees” not only because of its intriguing name but because it depicts the issue of dignity throughout the whole story and
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in a greater appreciation for life and a deeper understanding of who we truly are. This idea is clearly communicated in the feature film ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ (1999) directed by Kate Woods‚ and the bildungsroman print novel ‘Breath’ (2008) by Tim Winton; both texts exploring the various life-enhancing outcomes of adversity and how such seeming setbacks can often eventually contribute to personal enrichment. Looking for Alibrandi immerses the audience into a year of the life of main protagonist
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nature - Fish seeking water to accelerate his long awaited death and Ridjimararil dying and his spirit returning to the waterhole‚ they both had ’borrowed ’ their lives from nature → water is cleansing * Belonging the place - characters from Cloudstreet get a sense of identity from the ’breathing ’ house that brings them together and the Indigenous people are linked together as one through belonging to their home‚ the land and the cultural traditions generated from it‚ to unearth their identity
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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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