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    The Divine Wind has lots of people with worries on their mind. Discuss By Tom Sutton. Set in the Pearling District Broome in Western Australia during the years of World War II‚ Garry Disher’s “The Divine Wind” follows the personal experiences of Hartley “Hart” Penrose as he recounts the events of his youth leading up to and during World War II . The problems facing Hart are those in which he lusts for Japanese friend Mitsy Sennosuke‚ who encounters hate and prejudice as Japan enters the war

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    Setting (time and place) The Divine wind is set in Broome‚ Australia in 1942 during the time of WW2. Quote: ‘’Where double-storeyed dwellings breathed over one another across a gap no wider than a small car’’ Technique: personification to emphasize the lack of privacy in such a small town portraying that everyone is close and synchronized. Key characters and their connections Hartley Penrose-The novels narrator has a connection with Japanese girl Mitsy Sennosuke who later treats her abominably

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    Insight Text Guide Sue Sciortino The Divine Wind Garry Disher ITG_DivineWind-Prelims-2pp.indd 1 13/04/12 10:18 AM contents Character map Overview iv 1 About the author 1 Synopsis 1 Character summaries 2 Background & context 5 Genre‚ style & structure Chapter-by-chapter analysis 13 Characters & relationships 42 Themes & issues 50 Different interpretations 62 Questions & answers 66 Sample answer 74

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    SACE 2 - English Communications Task 2 Novel: The Divine Wind By Gary Disher Gary Disher’s novel‚ The Divine Wind‚ is set in a typically Australian town called Broome‚ before and during World War II. The central characters‚ Hart‚ Alice and Mitsy help Disher explore and establish themes regarding numerous relationships which occur within society. Friendship is the first‚ showing how with age the foundations to which these are made cannot always be strong enough to maintain friendships. The other

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    In Garry Disher’s ’The Divine Wind‚’ it sends across a strong and important message that in a time of horrific war‚ everyone loses-including the so-called ’winners’. This message is conveyed throughout the text as Hart’s mother loses her life in the surrounding circumstances of war. Hart also loses his life-long love‚ Mitsy‚ not by death but by the alienation of the Japanese. Even though Hart is labelled as a ’winner’ because he belonged to Australia‚ which was one of the allied forces. Hart still

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    The Divine Wind

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    The Divine Wind by Garry Disher is a historical romance that deals with issues -- Hart with the people around hart and some series of things happen to them. Their story takes place before and after the war‚ during a lot of things were happening: the protagonists grew up together with their relatives‚ many people came and went‚ and some are forever leave them. The relation between friendship and love are two of the main themes. Another theme is young people forced to grow up quickly. The story is

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    The divine wind racism

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    The Divine Wind ‘The Divine Wind shows how difficult it is for communities to accept cultural difference.’ Discuss. The community of Broome before the advent of World War II in The Divine Wind at first appears to be an idyllic town in which Malays‚ Koepangers‚ Japanese‚ Manilamen and Australians all work in relative harmony in search of the elusive pearl. Hartley Penrose‚ the central narrator of the novel‚ seems to enjoy describing the tropical existence of Broome and its harmony: “mangoes and

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    ESSAY The Divine Wind

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    Introduction: The novel “The Divine Wind” written by Gary Disher is a novel that presents the readers the conflicts that occur throughout the history of mankind and were all caused by the racial prejudice. The years of 1940’s in the chaotic times of Australia where it was filed with war and hatred in which many lives and loved once and families was destroyed. This novel is a good example of a historical setting. It also shown us the prevalence of racial prejudice that result to hardship between

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    the unpleasant past between White Australians‚ indigenous Australians and Japanese people‚ there have long been tensions between these racial groups. These were intensified by the fear and threat of invasion during World War II. In the novel‚ The Divine Wind‚ Garry Disher presents readers with a confronting account of prejudice and fear during this time. This is evident through Disher’s representation of the harsh treatment of aborigines and Japanese; furthermore‚ it is illustrated that everyone is

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    The Divine Wind Conflicts

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    The divine wind presents the same conflicts that occur throughout the history of mankind‚ they were all caused by racial prejudice. The Divine wind is set during World War II where tension arose between Australian and Japanese communities. Infamous events that were motivated by racial discrimination include The Holocaust‚ the African-American civil rights movement and the treatment of the Aborigines are ultimately the result of racism. These events resulted in death of millions of people. Even today

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