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 ...

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