‘The Turning’ by Tim Winton is not only the most relatable and engaging story of this era, but an award winning and Australian best-selling novel. The book consists of 17 short stories that all connect in some way through character and theme which helps challenge the audience perspectives on teenagers and the way the world keeps turning no matter the situation. The short stories ‘Damaged Goods’, ‘Long Clear View’ and ‘On her Knees’ all connect through the use of the same character ‘Vic Lang’ who is explored into greater detail throughout the series.
Throughout the heart braking story ‘Damaged Goods’, Winton’s narrator tells the story of her husband’s teenage love for ‘Strawberry Alison’ and how she feels his fantasy has never gone away. The …show more content…
Throughout the story, Winton makes it very clear that Vic highly values his relationship with his father and looks up to him as a role model “There’s no days off for the old man, no fun, no respite, no weekends away or drives out to farms to ping tins off tree stumps…” (page 96). Due to the fathers employment, Vic struggles to spend quality time with his father and finds himself feeling alone and abandoned. Winton explains in the story how Vic has a strong attachment towards his fathers rifle that lives in a cupboard in his parents room. When home alone, Vic makes use of his time and takes the rifle out just to sit there and hold. It represents as a calming mechanism and is suggested to the audience that is helps connect him to his father when he is feeling lonely. Winton has Vic fondly remembering when his father took him out to go shooting with that same rifle. This helps us link Vic’s love for the rifle with his father. Towards the end of the story, Vic’s father ends up leaving the family for a job in another town abandoning his wife and two children. Making Vic the man of the house. This connects to ‘Damaged Goods’ and ‘On her knees’ as Vic is a dominant character throughout each story and Vics mother makes appearances in each narrative. Through the actions of the character, Winton divulges the theme of self discovery as Vic uncovers his importance in the family when his father
Throughout the heart braking story ‘Damaged Goods’, Winton’s narrator tells the story of her husband’s teenage love for ‘Strawberry Alison’ and how she feels his fantasy has never gone away. The …show more content…
Throughout the story, Winton makes it very clear that Vic highly values his relationship with his father and looks up to him as a role model “There’s no days off for the old man, no fun, no respite, no weekends away or drives out to farms to ping tins off tree stumps…” (page 96). Due to the fathers employment, Vic struggles to spend quality time with his father and finds himself feeling alone and abandoned. Winton explains in the story how Vic has a strong attachment towards his fathers rifle that lives in a cupboard in his parents room. When home alone, Vic makes use of his time and takes the rifle out just to sit there and hold. It represents as a calming mechanism and is suggested to the audience that is helps connect him to his father when he is feeling lonely. Winton has Vic fondly remembering when his father took him out to go shooting with that same rifle. This helps us link Vic’s love for the rifle with his father. Towards the end of the story, Vic’s father ends up leaving the family for a job in another town abandoning his wife and two children. Making Vic the man of the house. This connects to ‘Damaged Goods’ and ‘On her knees’ as Vic is a dominant character throughout each story and Vics mother makes appearances in each narrative. Through the actions of the character, Winton divulges the theme of self discovery as Vic uncovers his importance in the family when his father