An Analysis Of Lian Tanner's 'Icebreaker'

On an ancient ship in the middle of frozen ocean, Petrel a 12-year-old girl with no tribe, lives in the ship's darkests corners trusting no one besides two rats. Life was boring and had no meaning until a boy, a frozen boy, was found on a Iceberg and brought onto the Oyster (boat). In the book Icebreaker, Lian Tanner, focuses on revealing actions, inner thinking and dialogue to provide background information about the characters in order to understand the story with a deeper meaning.

One set of evidence that proves that Lian Tanner focuses on revealing actions, inner thinking and dialogue to provide background information about the characters is (pg. 49) “ You should ask ‘im questions….The rat’s eyes gleamed Answers. No, Answers!” This shows that Mister Smoke is inconsiderate and bossy. The author does this by …show more content…
But Brother Thrawn was leaning over him, saying, ignorance is no excuse. Most people chose to be ignorant, And to be poor and lazy and dirty.” This illustrates Brother Thrawn being a role model / mentor to Fin due to Fin thinking about what Brother Thrawn said and taking it into his decisions. Though the author also focuses on description to create the setting, the techniques and goal that is most dominate is revealing actions, inner thinking and dialogue to provide background information about the characters.

All in all Lian Tanner, focuses on revealing actions, inner thinking and dialogue to provide background information about the characters, in order to understand the story with a deeper meaning. Due to all of the evidence that supports this such as Mister Smoke being inconsiderate, Fin’s terrible climbing ability and Brother Thrawn being a mentor to him. Now knowing this information people can understand books with a deeper