English connected text essay - How do the authors use literary techniques to explore common themes throughout both novels?
One would think the deep by Claire Zorn and Breath by Tim Winton
Tim Winton and Claire Zorn are two Australian authors of the novels Breath and One would think the deep, respectively. The two texts are based in small Australian towns along the coast, and are set between the 1970s to 1990s. They feature the use of Australian slang and pop culture, including surfing, which is an underlying basis for both texts. The authors have used literary techniques to explore the themes of; struggling with self-confidence, men cannot show weakness, and escapism. With dialogue, Zorn and Winton have looked at the self-confidence of both …show more content…
Sam finds life extremely hard once his mum passes away, and he doesn’t have a sense of purpose or goals anymore. He struggles with dealing with his grief and turns to different forms of escapism, surfing, drinking and music. Zorn uses Australian colloquial language when describing elements of surfing, drinking and especially the 90s music scene. As her novel is set in a small coastal town out of Sydney, the prevalence of surfing is vast, and relevant in the novel too, and Sam lives right on the ocean, surfing most mornings with his cousin. The setting is also conducive to the 90s music of the time, and teen drinking and smoking. Zorn uses the setting to explain how Sam is introduced to some of these activities, and how he begins to use them as a way to escape from his life and forget the horrible things he has been through already. Winton uses a similar setting within his novel Breath. Pikelet grew up in a fictional small, coastal town similar to the town in One would think the deep, but the story begins in the 1970s, and follows the story of Pikelet’s childhood, into adulthood. His pre-teen and teenage years in the mid to late 70s show the presence of marijuana, and explains how Pikelet finds release in smoking it. Winton uses the setting to shape the characters within the novel, and Sando the older surfer, influences Pikelet’s choices, and pressures him into things, causing him to feel the need to escape, by smoking. Both authors have used setting
One would think the deep by Claire Zorn and Breath by Tim Winton
Tim Winton and Claire Zorn are two Australian authors of the novels Breath and One would think the deep, respectively. The two texts are based in small Australian towns along the coast, and are set between the 1970s to 1990s. They feature the use of Australian slang and pop culture, including surfing, which is an underlying basis for both texts. The authors have used literary techniques to explore the themes of; struggling with self-confidence, men cannot show weakness, and escapism. With dialogue, Zorn and Winton have looked at the self-confidence of both …show more content…
Sam finds life extremely hard once his mum passes away, and he doesn’t have a sense of purpose or goals anymore. He struggles with dealing with his grief and turns to different forms of escapism, surfing, drinking and music. Zorn uses Australian colloquial language when describing elements of surfing, drinking and especially the 90s music scene. As her novel is set in a small coastal town out of Sydney, the prevalence of surfing is vast, and relevant in the novel too, and Sam lives right on the ocean, surfing most mornings with his cousin. The setting is also conducive to the 90s music of the time, and teen drinking and smoking. Zorn uses the setting to explain how Sam is introduced to some of these activities, and how he begins to use them as a way to escape from his life and forget the horrible things he has been through already. Winton uses a similar setting within his novel Breath. Pikelet grew up in a fictional small, coastal town similar to the town in One would think the deep, but the story begins in the 1970s, and follows the story of Pikelet’s childhood, into adulthood. His pre-teen and teenage years in the mid to late 70s show the presence of marijuana, and explains how Pikelet finds release in smoking it. Winton uses the setting to shape the characters within the novel, and Sando the older surfer, influences Pikelet’s choices, and pressures him into things, causing him to feel the need to escape, by smoking. Both authors have used setting