Distant Lands By Tim Winton Analysis

Distant lands, by Tim Winton is a short novel that has resonated with me as a reader by its ideas expressed on the subject matter of family, multiculturalism and human desires. This is done through the language convention: simple sentences, point of view and the actions of its main character Fat Maz. Fat Maz is the main protagonist who is used to present the idea of family that has evoked in me a sense of appreciation and gratefulness towards my parents for the things they have done for me since birth. In addition, through the point of view of Fat Maz’s has reflected and reminded me society has changed to have cultures co-exist in harmony instead of one race downgrading the other. While, the actions through Fat Maz has made me well aware of …show more content…
Fat Maz has been day in and day out worked with no motivation in the book store of her parent’s bookstore. However, the appearance of the Pakistani man in the story has given her excitement and motivation in her daily life when she had given him access to reading a book for free in a bookstore, a no-go. ‘For now, it was enough just to look forward to the lunch hour and that strange feeling of comradeship she felt when the dark man was in the shop. She was part of a conspiracy,’ and ‘Just watching him….gave her pleasure.’ Thus from the actions taken by Fat Maz it is conveyed how her human desire for excitement and difference in her life has driven her to allow the Pakistani man to read freely. Fat Maz loved how she broke the rules, how she could do this with someone, how she found something different and exciting in her life. Overall, through the use of actions it has made me well aware as a reader that every person desires for excitement even that means breaking some rules and risk crossing their parents for the human desire cannot be neglected. Human desires are what drives us human to live