play The Crucible‚ Tim Winton’s short story Neighbours and Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. It is evident in The Crucible that individuals will go to extreme lengths in order to find a place within their community. This results in what appears to be a sense
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My Father’s Axe by Tim Winton Setting ’My Father’s Axe’ begins at the main character’s semi-rural house. A house in which he had lived most of his life. This was a house filled with so many memories‚ stories and emotions. It is also the house where the main character discovers that his father’s axe had gone missing. The story is set in different periods of time‚ such as the main character’s boyhood‚ to when he has grown‚ married and started a family of his own‚ and later‚ to a time when
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ClOUDSTREET By Tim Winton The title‚ Cloudstreet‚ although a bit plain‚ couldn’t be more appropriately named as everything that happens within the story revolves around the house nicknamed Cloudstreet. Winton sets this book around Perth‚ Western Australia‚ around the time of the second end of the Second World War over a span of twenty years. From reading other Winton novels it’s easy to see that his part of the country has had a big impact on him and he has a strong affinity with his country and
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BIG WORLD After five years of high school the final November arrives and leaves as suddenly as a spring storm. Exams. Graduation. Huge beach parties. Biggie and me‚ we’re feverish with anticipation; we steel ourselves for a season of pandemonium. But after the initial celebrations‚ nothing really happens‚ not even summer itself. Week after week an endless misting drizzle wafts in from the sea. It beads in our hair and hangs from the tips of our noses while we trudge around
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and wisdom that help us through hardships and sufferings. Stories with strong characterisation allow us to relate with the personal and interpersonal conflicts‚ and feel a deep empathy and sympathy with their circumstances which may resemble our own. Tim Winton’s short stories “Big World” and “Long‚ Clear view” are great examples of what a ‘good story’ is. (About long velar view) Similarly‚ “Big World” presents a simple story about the main character’s journey which represents the themes of changing
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on issues present within their cultures‚ history and personal lives. Zohra Saed’s poems‚ Nomad’s Market: Flushing Queens and What the Scar Revealed‚ published in 2003‚ both address issues that she finds significant in her Afghani refugee context. Tim Winton uses his short stories‚ Big World and Reunion‚ published in 2005‚ to express his feelings on changes within the Australian culture and our values. These authors have used their texts to question the changes that have occurred within their own lives
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A good neighbour is a great blessing. On the other hand‚ a bad neighbour is a curse. A good neighbour makes life worth living by sharing our joys and sorrows but a bad neighbour is a source of constant trouble and nuisance. As luck would have it‚ we have both good and bad neighbours. We live in a crowded locality. The streets are narrow and the houses are mostly multi-storeyed. So we have quite a few neighbours. Our next door neighbour is a poor workman. He is very hardworking. He works from early
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In Tim Winton’s collection of short stories Minimum of Two‚ Jerra and Rachel Nilsam are ordinary people who we may see on the street and the battles that they face are battles that we ourselves may fight. Relationships and financial stability provide a constant distraction and having a baby adds to the emotional burden. When faced with adversity it is the support and understanding that we receive from our family that helps us to survive and carry on. Jerra and Rachel Nilsam struggle to maintain
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Everyone has neighbours‚ that much is obvious. Whether they live down the street or if they live within throwing distance. Every person‚ every family‚ and every neighbourhood is different. Some neighbours can be very inconsiderate‚ and then there are some who are very considerate towards helping and respecting others. The inconsiderate neighbour is the one constantly playing loud music‚ and when someone complains they do not change their ways at all. The considerate neighbour may be the one who
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MY NEIGHBOUR A good neighbor is a great blessing. He is always with us. Either we are in sorrow or joy‚ in rain or in shine; he is always by the side of us. He is the first to reach to our help‚ even before our relatives. A good neighbor always rushes to his neighbor with active help and support. Last month‚ we shifted our residence to Shastri Nagar. It is a new government colony mainly inhabited by government’s employees‚ belonging to different government’s departments and ministries. It is a
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