The Divine Wind’ is a book/novel written by Garry Disher. The novel is set in the Pearling town of Broome which is located in the North-western region of Australia. The novel explores prejudice, friendship, love and betrayal. The novel is mainly set in World War 2, with Hart as the main character. Hart is the narrator of this story, he is retelling his story during WWII with all the problems that he faced. The novel displays “ the dislocation and emotional suffering people experience when their lives are severely disrupted”. There are two main characters that endure this feeling of isolation, dislocation and severe disruption. Ida Penrose and Mitsy.
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Mitsy is an Australian, But a decent from Japanese parents, although she lives in Australia, her heart lies in Japan. With the Japanese invading the Pacific shores, Mitsy along with many other Japanese in Broome were getting racially abused as Australians were scared of being invaded. This was hard times for Mitsy as there was war between her native land and her current home land also her current home as told by this quote. ” Next year is the 2600th anniversary of the Empire. We’ve taken up a collection to send home.” Home? Alice said, raising her eyebrows. Mitsy scowled. You know what I mean”. The strain of the war puts a huge load on Mitsy’s life, the death of her father, slandering by the locals and frustration from Hart when the Japanese sunk the boat Alice was working on and presumed dead. “I felt a spurt of burning tears and said to Mitsy, You Bitch”. The war is an extremely awkward time for Mitsy as her friends are joining the army to fight the “Japs”. It’s like her friends are going to war with her as well. She is stuck in the middle not sure what side she is on, even though she was born and spent her whole life in