Tim Winton's Damaged Goods

Tim Winton is an Australian writer. In 2007 he was named a Living Treasure by the National Trust and has won numerous literary awards. He has won the Miles Franklin Award four times. The Turning is a collection of short stories it includes 17 of them. Within these 17 stories common themes, locations and characters are present allowing the reader to make connections between the short stories. Winton draws his prime inspiration from landscapes and small harbor towns, mostly from coastal Western Australia. 3 of the short stories are Damaged Goods, Big World, Small Mercies

‘Damaged Goods’ by Tim Winton presents us with the story of Vic and his obsession of ‘Damaged Goods’. Strawberry Alison was the girl Vic’s dreams in his youth and all the way …show more content…
Its first set on a coastal town in Western Australia were the two mates are living their lives day by day “…hosing blood off the floors.”(page 2) having saved up enough Biggie and he protagonist set in on a journey within a blink of an eye. Tim Winton uses language techniques that draw in typically Australians with slang and profound language such as “fuck it” Biggie declared, for had had enough of “…severed nostrils and lips and ears between your fingers.” While on the road Tim Winton writes this as a ‘Holiday’ for the two of them. No worries in the world, on page 3 it states that “For a couple of hours we’re laughing, pushing, shoving, farting…” the audience connects to this moment for they would have memories of a moment like this. Tim Winton lays out the scenery elegantly but simple too on page 4 when the boys see Perth for the first time “...distant towers ablaze with midday sun…”. the ending to big world leads the books theme from this bubbly world to this sort of halt “as the horizon fades” its symbolises a slower pace leading it to the end. The main protagonist reconciles about what he has done and what might become of him this ties the knot on his and Biggie’s journey from