Burke uses drink driving to show the way one accident affects the lives of the entire family. We see this through the transition of Tom. Burke uses the character Tom the outsider the person who is effected the most from moving away to making new friends. This is also declined through the way he thinks about his mother and the way he is ha delving “she smells” describing the way Tom sees her and the way she acts. Toms transition helps us understand the way people change and how they see drink driving.
Transition help and form family relationships through actions and words. Toms family relationships form and change through Brendan is also very supportive to everyone in the family. He too visits both Daniel and Fin regularly. Indeed it is Brendan who helps Tom recuperate emotionally, as he not only helps him becoming interested in training again (p. 112), but treats him like a close friend. Because of Brendan, Tom does indeed become fit and has a future that includes playing a high standard of rugby, romance ( p. 238) and a holiday in Nepal. Brendan is extremely stoic and in order to help keep the family together he hides his own feelings of despair ( p. 237). One family transition is tom's …show more content…
The poet suggests a new found confidence. The Horse shows the transformation of batman and robin into a new world The simile ‘he was like a father to me’ and the past tense of ‘was’ a new experience and outlook he is provides with a new set of skills experiences and his sense of confidence. conveys the beneficial separation from his father and transition into a new realm has provided him with a new skill set and has allowed him to gain more confidence, this suggests that although transition into a new world may be complex it provides an individual with
Transition help and form family relationships through actions and words. Toms family relationships form and change through Brendan is also very supportive to everyone in the family. He too visits both Daniel and Fin regularly. Indeed it is Brendan who helps Tom recuperate emotionally, as he not only helps him becoming interested in training again (p. 112), but treats him like a close friend. Because of Brendan, Tom does indeed become fit and has a future that includes playing a high standard of rugby, romance ( p. 238) and a holiday in Nepal. Brendan is extremely stoic and in order to help keep the family together he hides his own feelings of despair ( p. 237). One family transition is tom's …show more content…
The poet suggests a new found confidence. The Horse shows the transformation of batman and robin into a new world The simile ‘he was like a father to me’ and the past tense of ‘was’ a new experience and outlook he is provides with a new set of skills experiences and his sense of confidence. conveys the beneficial separation from his father and transition into a new realm has provided him with a new skill set and has allowed him to gain more confidence, this suggests that although transition into a new world may be complex it provides an individual with