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    IQE Charts for Module A – Tim Winton’s Short Stories and The Poetry of Zohra Saed. Theme/Value: Identity Context and text (Tim Winton) Technique & Quote Explanation Technique & Quote Context and text (Zohra Saed) “Big World” is a story of two boys’ lives as they finish school and assert their independence in the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Context: Grew up in small towns in WA. Working class background. Father was a police officer and great story teller. Educated at university. Christian

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    The Big World - Tim Winton

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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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    ideas about the world in which we live and explore. Works of fiction provide us knowledge 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

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    in enriching ones understanding of their identity‚ which leads to an understanding of where they belong in the world. This is shown through our prescribed text “The Simple Gift” composed by Steven Herrick; as well as Tim Winton’s “The Turning”. | Steven Herrick’s free verse novel explores this value of events that shape a persons identity and hence their sense of belonging in their world.  The cause of his alienation appears to be physical and psychological abuse from his father‚ lack of caring from

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    Tim Winton Biography

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    Biography Tim Winton began his first novel‚ An Open Swimmer (1982)‚ at the age of 19‚ while on a Creative Writing course at Curtin University‚ Perth. It won the Australian/Vogel National Literary Award‚ and he has since made his living as a full-time writer. Born in Perth‚ Western Australia‚ in 1960‚ he is the author of several novels for adults‚ including Shallows (1986)‚ a novel set in a whaling town‚ and Cloudstreet (1991)‚ the tale of two working-class families rebuilding their lives‚

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    2010 HSC Area of Study BELONGING ‘An individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can enrich or limit their experience of belonging’ Discuss this view with detailed reference to your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing An individual’s relation with others in their surroundings‚ may be enhancing or rewarding‚ or even set a boundary in a way for them to belong‚ however sometimes an individual’s environment can be too restrictive which would make it

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    Tim Winton - Neighbours

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    Belonging is the feeling of acceptance amongst the communities you are integrated and associated with‚ also the notion of being apart of a greater value through ones contact with a group. This may be through mutual interests‚ religious beliefs‚ education as well as age. The short story Neighbours written by Tim Winton depicts a young newly married couple moving into a new suburb filled with Neighbours that were different culturally and socially friendly. This is a change from life living in the

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    Tim Winton Biography

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    couldn’t be found. The librarian ordered another copy from Surry Hills to be sent for me to collect from Town Hall. On the way back to work I stopped at Ashwoods and bought Tim Winton’s book‚ The Turning (and a Weezer CD) for $5. I started reading the first story‚ Big World‚ on the train home. Which is how I ended up reading Winton instead of Carver. I enjoyed the story until this last paragraph:

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    Cloudstreet, Tim Winton

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    Cloudstreet‚ by Tim Winton "A texts setting and structure will normally be used by writers to develop and convey its themes." The novel Cloudstreet‚ by Western Australian born novelist Tim Winton is essentially a story revolving around how two rural families have come to live together at number one Cloudstreet. This novel’s themes are about finding one’s place in the world and the search for the meaning of life. As in this instance‚ Winton has successfully used setting and structure‚ crucial

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    Tim Wintons Essay

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    Minimum of Two Tim Winton Tim Winton’s Book “Minimum of Two” contains short stories concerning ordinary people. The stories explore complex relationships involving two or more characters; in particular the text shows ordinary people struggling to cope with life’s challenges. Throughout the text‚ readers observe the characters as they struggle to manage issues such as isolation‚ loss of a parent and/or difficulty or dysfunctional parents. Winton shows characters struggling to cope with the

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