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    A transformative and provocative journey is identified within Tim Winton’s short story Neighbours resulting in a profound discovery‚ Gaining a greater understanding of society and themselves. This leads the protagonists on a mental journey‚ exploring an aspect which is ‘foreign’ to the individuals or‚ conclusively ‘lost’. A transformative discovery is imposed as they will gain an open-mindset thus furthering a new perspective to be forged‚ perceiving society differently. ‘The newly-weds feel like

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    Significant events are pivotal 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

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    In the Tim Winton’s novel ‘Lands Edge’ and the 2009 film ‘Australia‚’ varying images of Australia are explored‚ through the illustration of the landscape as a result of the descriptive language used and also through the use of visual techniques used in the film ‘Australia’. Tim Winton’s ‘Lands Edge’ depicts various images of the costal‚ remote costal and suburban life of Australia throughout his life. In contrast in the film ‘Australia’ portrays images of the remote rural desert Australia landscape

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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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    values inherent in each composer’s context. Compare and contrast how Winton and Saed explore similar values. Make detailed reference to your texts. An authors values and ideas originate and stem from their personal‚ historical and cultural context. By comparing the two authors Tim Winton (from an Australian context) and Zohra Saed (Afghani/New York context) we are able to see how similar values are shaped through identity/contex. Winton uses various literary techniques to embed personalised values into

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    different points of view and influenced subconsciously by a number of exterior factors rather than consciously by oneself. Teachers and fellow students‚ it is this which makes the concept of “Searching for Identity” so captivating and enthralling. Tim Winton explores the ideas within the concept of “Searching for Identity” extensively within his collection of short stories‚ ‘The Turning’. Two of these said short stories have shaped my understanding of the concept of “Searching for Identity” are ‘Abbreviation’

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    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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    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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