Essay
Comparison Essay
What is the major theme in the novels and how to the characters influence this
Garry Disher the author of The Divine Wind and Suzy Zail the author of The Wrong Boy use literary techniques to show racism was present during the mid 1900’s. The novels major theme is racism during World War II. The similarities between the books are that they both have racism as their major theme and show it in similar ways as the protagonist and antagonists of each novel fall in love with each other causing controversy.
The similarities of the two novels, The Divine Wind and The Wrong Boy are there is racism in each novel. In The Wrong Boy the character Hanna Mendel was taken from her home along with her family and was put into Jew camps where they were treated badly and were servants for the Germans. In The Devine Wind, the character Hartley Penrose was supposed to be liked as he was a typical Australian teenager in the 1940s and worked with their dad on the family business. The author, Zail uses writing techniques to make the reader feel sorry for Hanna and her family build a hatred for the Germans as they continue to torture the Jews for no apparent reason. In The Divine Wind, the author, Disher uses literary techniques to portray the Japans as if they were all bad people and didn’t deserve the same rights. Michael Penrose, Hartley’s dad told his friends “Oh, somewhere in the east, shove ‘em in with the Germans and the Italians, I suppose.” This shows how the people of Australia didn’t care what happened to the Japanese, as long they were gone.
Another similarity the two novels possess is that they both have an antagonist. In The Wrong Boy the antagonist is the German’s commander’s son, Karl. Suzy Zail portray Karl to come across as obnoxious teenager who looks down on Jews in particular Hanna. Hanna is talking to herself and says “He avoids eye contact with me as if I was transparent”. This thought by Hanna reiterates how the Germans thought
What is the major theme in the novels and how to the characters influence this
Garry Disher the author of The Divine Wind and Suzy Zail the author of The Wrong Boy use literary techniques to show racism was present during the mid 1900’s. The novels major theme is racism during World War II. The similarities between the books are that they both have racism as their major theme and show it in similar ways as the protagonist and antagonists of each novel fall in love with each other causing controversy.
The similarities of the two novels, The Divine Wind and The Wrong Boy are there is racism in each novel. In The Wrong Boy the character Hanna Mendel was taken from her home along with her family and was put into Jew camps where they were treated badly and were servants for the Germans. In The Devine Wind, the character Hartley Penrose was supposed to be liked as he was a typical Australian teenager in the 1940s and worked with their dad on the family business. The author, Zail uses writing techniques to make the reader feel sorry for Hanna and her family build a hatred for the Germans as they continue to torture the Jews for no apparent reason. In The Divine Wind, the author, Disher uses literary techniques to portray the Japans as if they were all bad people and didn’t deserve the same rights. Michael Penrose, Hartley’s dad told his friends “Oh, somewhere in the east, shove ‘em in with the Germans and the Italians, I suppose.” This shows how the people of Australia didn’t care what happened to the Japanese, as long they were gone.
Another similarity the two novels possess is that they both have an antagonist. In The Wrong Boy the antagonist is the German’s commander’s son, Karl. Suzy Zail portray Karl to come across as obnoxious teenager who looks down on Jews in particular Hanna. Hanna is talking to herself and says “He avoids eye contact with me as if I was transparent”. This thought by Hanna reiterates how the Germans thought