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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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    Born in Karrinyup‚ Western Australia‚ Tim Winton completed his high school education at Albany. Determined to be a writer from an early age‚ Winton subsequently studied creative writing at the West Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University). He became a professional writer and household name when‚ at the age of 21‚ he shared first prize in the 1981 Australian/Vogel National Literary Award for a manuscript that became An Open Swimmer (1982). Several other books followed in the 1980s

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    1: Playwright Tim Winton was born in Western Australia‚ 1960. He attended a Creative Writing Course at Curtin University in Perth‚ and it was while there that he began his first novel An Open Swimmer. This was entered for The Australian/Vogel Award in 1981. It won and Winton has never looked back‚ utilising his considerable talent to maintain a full-time writing career. Something of an oddity for any Australian writer but especially for one of his age. In recent years Tim Winton has become the patron

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    In Cloudstreet‚ the mysterious figure of the Blackfella appears at key points‚ mostly to Quick. In each occurrence he appears to represent a different meaning or purpose‚ but there is an overall symbolic representation‚ and that is of spirituality. <br> <br>Although he appears to be in physical presence‚ as in where he talks to Quick‚ the Blackfella has an overwhelming spiritual presence. This is not represented just through aboriginal symbolism – there are also many biblical references when the

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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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    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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    Simple Gift

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    challenges such perceptions through three varying viewpoints‚ each elucidating the common theme that belonging is reliant on human feelings of security and happiness. Similarly‚ Breath by Tim Winton explores the notions of positive connection to place‚ and the capacity of negative belonging to drive individual development. Winton highlights the importance of positive belonging experience through exploring the detrimental effects of its absence. Both of these texts challenge the notion that belonging is about

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    Blueback Novel Essay

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    constructed. It is evident in the novel Blueback‚ by Tim Winton (1997)‚ the construction of characters are what Winton uses to communicate the ideas that Abel is passionate about the sea‚ Abel fights for what he believes in and that Abel is loyal to his friends and family. These ideas are easily found‚ through narrative point of view and dialogue. It is clear that the author must deliver‚ character construction to any reader. Through the novel‚ Winton has written that Abel is passionate bout the sea

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    Authors often raise many issues within their novels. Tim Winton portrays this in his novel Cloudstreet. A book which tells you a story of two families forced to move to the city because of two separate catastrophes which the encounter. The Picklesfamily who‚ face the death of their uncle Joel and the shock of their father Sam loosing his fingers in and accident‚ likewise the Lamb family are challenge by the trauma of the accident when Samson (Fish) is miraculously brought back to life after a fishing

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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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