This passage gives us, the reader, an all-encompassing view of the narrator and his characteristics and relationships with other characters in the book. ... This does not lend to a sense of accuracy in terms of emotions, as thisidealized image? (p101) relies on his emotional sensibility, which throughout the novel is shown to be very dull. ... The narrator is not only detached from the emotions of other characters; he is removed even from the comedy in the lives of others. ... What is interesting in this particular passage is that the narrator, by describing events that tend to elicit some ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel, one of the most significant literary devices used by Winton is symbolism, which plays upon the aesthetic sensibilities harbored by the text's audience and provides insight and deeper understanding to the themes of the novel. ... Besides this, the character of Quick Lamb is also indicative of how human beings can through circumstances in life feel anguished and homeless. ... Besides this, his "misery pictures" reveal how the pain and despair present in the world has caused him to have a sense of homelessness, for his search for meaning and fulfillment in life take him to the ...

• Word Count: 1957
• Approx Pages: 8